S'pore woman, 54, claims CDC vouchers redeemed by previous homeowner, makes police report

A woman was trying to redeem her June 2026 Community Development Council (CDC) vouchers online when she realised they had already been claimed — allegedly by the previous homeowner of her house.

Feeling shocked, she went to her nearby community centre to get clarification, and the staff said the vouchers were claimed by someone with the same name as the previous homeowner, she told Zaobao.

This was the first time it happened, as she had been able to redeem her CDC vouchers in the past few years.

She submitted a complaint to the community centre and made a police report.

In response to Mothership's queries, the police confirmed that investigations are ongoing.

Debt collection letters

The woman, a 54-year-old accountant surnamed Huang (transliteration), shared with Zaobao that she had bought her current four-room flat in Punggol in 2021.

It was a man who signed the resale contract, and his wife and daughter were living in the house at the time.

Before she moved in, Huang had renovation works done in the house.

When she visited the unit before the works began, she saw that there was an additional lock on the front door, and felt that something was not right.

She later noticed there was a debt collection notice pasted on the wall outside her unit, with her new address written on it.

She said she reported it to the police immediately, then put a note on her front door to say she was the new homeowner, requesting debt collectors not to come to the house again.

This did not work, as she continued to receive letters of demand from licensed moneylending companies, Huang claimed.

Did he update his address?

To better understand the situation, she opened and read the letters, and discovered that the previous male homeowner had borrowed money.

"Many of the loans were even made after the unit was sold, which suggests that the previous male homeowner did not even update his address," Huang told Zaobao.

She claimed that she contacted the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA), who informed her later that the man had updated his address.

Regarding the redemption of Huang's CDC vouchers, ICA told Zaobao they could not provide further information as the police investigation is ongoing.

ICA also highlighted that, according to the National Registration Act, people who have moved are required to report a change of their residential address within 28 days.

Huang has apparently managed to claim her CDC vouchers, Zaobao reported.

Still, she expressed concern that her address might continue to be misused and that she might face more trouble.