Public housing supply │Chen Fan admits that the supply is chasing after the second round of anti-epidemic fund to help the grassroots

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Author: Lao Minyi

2020-04-06 18:52

A number of Legislative Council members today (6th) questioned the issue of rent allowance and rent control in the Special Finance Committee and whether they would consider using government idle land, golf courses, military land, etc. The Secretary for Transport and Housing, Chen Fan, said that there is no crystal ball to predict how long households will have to wait to go upstairs. They can only do their best if the land supply is lacking. Subsidies, I also hope that the second round of anti-epidemic funds can support the grassroots.

Chen Fan said that Hong Kong is facing very challenging prospects. The supply of public housing is still lagging behind, and it can only do its best in the absence of land supply. (Profile picture / Photograph by Liang Pengwei)

Citizen Party member Guo Jiaqi questioned at the meeting that the current government made the housing problem worse, saying bluntly "not to mention life, survival is also a problem." Chen Fan said that Hong Kong faces very challenging prospects, and the supply of public housing is still lagging behind. He believes that transitional housing is only a halfway stop. He can only do his best in the absence of land supply. It also provides applicants who have been waiting for public housing for more than 3 years. Until the cash allowance is allocated to public housing, I hope it will be issued in the middle of next year.

Labor Party Member Zhang Chaoxiong believes that in the epidemic, the government calls on the public to stay at home, but the households living in a narrow and poor sanitation environment may not be a good thing for health. Failed to provide "timely rain". Chen Fan said that he understands the hardships of housing tenants, and the support should be fast or slow in the epidemic situation. He hopes that the second round of anti-epidemic funds can help them. The relevant details are being drafted and will be distributed to relevant households through the Care Fund before the implementation of the plan. A lump sum cash allowance.

Chen Fan said that he never gave up public housing redevelopment, and he did not hesitate to use the "Land Reclamation Ordinance" to increase land supply. (Profile picture)

Many Members asked why they did not use the government's idle land, golf courses, PLA camps, etc. to solve the problem of land shortage. Democratic Party Member Yin Zhaojian pointed out that "it is good to reverse the situation today in 20 years", and also believed that Chen Fan visited the house earlier. When the child felt tears, he hoped that he would have more courage and determination in promoting housing policies such as the redevelopment of public housing. The Democratic Party Kwong Jun Yu also asked again whether the government will relaunch the Lantau project tomorrow and whether it will use the Land Resumption Ordinance.

Chen Fan said that he never gave up public housing reconstruction and did not hesitate to use the "Land Reclamation Ordinance" to increase land supply. He also said that the retention of military land is "a military training for thousands of days", but said it was not appropriate to comment on defense and security. Measures. As for whether to stick to the Lantau project tomorrow, he said that Hong Kong lacked land supply and reclamation was a persistent method in the past. However, because the project belongs to the Development Bureau, and because it does not have complete data, it is not suitable for answering.

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