[Public Housing] In the next 5 years, it is expected to provide 95,000 units of backward long-term target 40%.

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Written by: Huang Weilun

2019-11-25 20:30

There is a shortage of public housing in Hong Kong and the waiting time for public housing has reached record highs. The Government has repeatedly expressed its wish to solve the housing problem. According to the documents of the Transport and Housing Bureau, the Housing Authority expects to provide a total of 71,700 public housing units or green housing units and 23,700 other subsidized units for sale in the next five years. The total of the two is about 95,300 units.

However, according to the 2018 Annual Progress Report of the Long Term Housing Strategy, the total public housing supply target for the next 10 years will be 315,000, that is, more than 150,000 units should be provided in the next five years. In other words, the current estimated supply is actually not up to standard. , still about 40% of the target.

About 95,300 public housing units are expected to be completed in the next five years. (data picture)

Lack of 62,200 units

The Housing Authority submitted a document to the Legislative Council to explain the public housing construction plan for 2019-20 to 2023-24. According to the forecast of the Housing Authority in September this year, a total of about 95,300 units will be completed in the above five years, including about 71,700 public housing units or green housing units, and about 23,700 units. Other subsidized sale units.

However, the "Long-Term Housing Strategy 2018 Annual Progress Report" mentioned that the total public housing supply target for the next 10 years is 315,000 units, that is, there should be 157,500 in these five years. According to this calculation, the unit figure expected by the Housing Authority is still far from the target of 62,200, which is about 39.5% less.

The paper mentioned that the forecast of housing production is affected by various uncertain factors. Most of the projects in the five-year period have passed consultation and planning. The completion schedule will be more accurate, but there are still opportunities to change in actual time. The projects being consulted and planned, More uncertain. As for the projects completed in 2024-25 and later, most of them are in the initial planning and design stage, and the projects may be changed. It is difficult to list detailed information and timetables at this stage.

The paper mentioned that the forecast of housing production is affected by various uncertain factors. Most of the projects in the next five years have passed the consultation and planning. The completion schedule will be more accurate, but there is still a chance to change the actual time (data picture)

Baitian Village reconstruction plan delayed completion

In terms of public housing construction, a total of 71,700 public housing blocks will be completed in the next five years. As the long-term target has been revised at the end of last year, 22,000 public housing units (including green housing) have to be built each year. Looking at the construction plan for the next five years, there is no one-year construction capacity to reach the target. The year in which public housing construction is the largest is 2021/22 years, reaching 20,700 units. The least construction year is 2020/21, with only 6,100 people.

As for the 300-year-old Xiu Ming Road public housing that was originally scheduled to be completed in 2018/19, it will be completed until 2019/20, and the 11th redevelopment project of Baitian Village involves 1,100 people, which will be completed until 2020/21.

The 11th reconstruction project of Baitian Village involved 1,100 people and was completed in 2020/21. (data picture)

Public housing construction in 2020/21 fell off the cliff

It is worth noting that the number of public housing constructions in 2020/21 has fallen by a "cliff" type, with only 6,100, as the Queenshill Public Housing Scheme was originally scheduled to be completed in the year of 6,300 and will be completed in 2021/22. The tenth phase of the redevelopment of Pak Tin Estate was completed in 2022/23 and was slightly increased from 700 to 900. The public housing project in the 9th district of Tai Po also increased by 300 units from the previous scheduled 6,400 to 6,700. .

As for the latest public housing development project for 2023/24, except for the No. 1 site (East) of the North West Kowloon Reclamation Area, 2,600 people. The "large supply of customers" in the year came from the Tung Chung Area No. 99 and Area 100 projects. A total of 10,000 people were provided. In recent years, there were 10,000 new public housing units in the same period.

Public housing tenants paying their sentences for arrears and returning them to the unit. The Ombudsman advocates that the arrears of rent can be allocated to the building.

Waiting time for public housing to maintain a 5.4-year high of more than 257,500 applications

Members of the public housing estates in the ninth district of Tai Po are worried about the lack of support for the community.

The subsidized housing will owe 21,500 people in the next 5 years.

In addition, the Housing Authority's total supply of subsidized homes for sale in the next five years will be 23,700, taking into account the Housing Society's provision of 2,400 flats. In the next five years, the number of subsidized homes sold will be 26,000. This is compared with the target of 10 years. 9.5 million people funded the sale of units, and the proportion still owed 21,500 people in the future.

The housing production for subsidized housing will be in 2021/22, and the project in Area 54 of Tung Chung will be completed. The main reason is that the 2,100 Ma On Shan Road project will be completed until 2022/23.

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