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Written by: Zhang Jiamin and Wang Jieen
2020-11-25 17:33
Last update date: 2020-11-25 17:33
Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor released a new policy address today (25th). It proposed a number of housing and land policies, including meeting the long-term 10-year housing production target for the first time, and also proposed renting hotels as transitional housing, and reiterated it in a large section " Lantau Tomorrow".
Some residential tenants reported that they had lost confidence in the government, believing that the policy did not benefit the grassroots.
They think that the rent allowance can help alleviate the urgent need, but the government has not paid it for a long time, and tomorrow Lantau will be helpless for the grassroots. "It may not be a good job at the age of 100." They confessed that they dare not hope to go upstairs. If it is fast, it will only get slower and slower."
Mr. Liu lives in a sub-district in Kwun Tong with an area of only 40 square feet. He criticized the government for ignoring the needs of the grassroots.
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Subdivided households look forward to reclamation for public housing
57-year-old Mr. Liu currently lives in a 40-square-foot subdivided unit in Kwun Tong. Since the income is limited to one applicant, he cannot apply for public housing.
At present, the monthly rent is 3,000 yuan. For him who has to support his parents who are over 90 years old in the Mainland, the rent burden is quite heavy.
He believes that government policy ignores the needs of the grassroots. "As an official, it seems that I don't remember our grassroots." He said that there are two neighbors, mother and son living in sub-divided houses less than 40 square feet, and they have not been able to go upstairs after waiting for public housing for many years. If the government recommends that "Lantau Tomorrow" should not be used to build private buildings, it would be a good thing to build more public housing.
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Subdivided households denounce the payment of rent allowances for too slow
Mrs. Luo and her husband now live in a 100-square-foot subdivided unit in Kwai Chung, with a monthly rent of more than 6,000 yuan. The two have been waiting for public housing for 5 years. There is still no news.
Mrs. Luo was unable to work due to liver cirrhosis, and Mr. Luo, who was a taxi driver, was also affected by the epidemic. The monthly income is only about 10,000 yuan. The rent is certainly a pressure, and he also frankly even spends money on savings.
Mr. Luo said that he has no hope for the policies of the new policy address, and believes that the measures will not help speed up the rate of upstairs. Although the government claims that the supply of public housing in the next 10 years will meet the standard, he believes that it will mainly focus on subsidized sale of housing. It will benefit the public waiting for public housing. "All Hong Kong people have lost confidence in this government." He also criticized that tomorrow Lantau will not help the grassroots. It is expected that there will only be a small number of public rental housing. "If the investment is too much, it will start. Public housing, please.” Mrs. Luo pointed out that the government's introduction of rent subsidies can reduce the burden, but the implementation is too slow; and renting a hotel as a transitional housing is "useless", thinking that it is difficult to meet the needs of life without a kitchen. Rent a mini storage for your luggage."
An 80-foot unit with a family of three: Reclaimed for 100 years old, all not completed
Ms. Zhao's family of three lives in a subdivided apartment in Kwun Tong with an area of only about 80 square feet.
The son is just over 3 years old and needs full-time care from Ms. Zhao. As the economic pillar, Mr. Zhao works at the airport. He only needs to work one to two days a week in response to the epidemic, resulting in a sharp drop in monthly income, sometimes only about 6,000 yuan.
The monthly rent of the unit they live in, together with utility bills, costs about 6,000 yuan, which accounts for almost all of their income. They have been waiting for public housing for more than three years. "Waiting until Huadu has lost the sun." Although life is difficult, her heartache is more grievance. Young son, "A boy will ask how long the house can be big, and when I hear a heart... Tears flow."
Regarding the housing policy implemented by the government, Ms. Zhao said that she could not imagine that she could speed up the upstairs. "Every time I go upstairs for three years, I will have no house for 6 or 7 years." Slow." She criticized.
The government's introduction of rent subsidies can clearly help the grassroots tide over the epidemic, but it was not launched in time. "It is difficult to even pay 1,000 yuan for Yijia." She also criticized the Lantau Tomorrow Project, thinking that the plan would take too long, and said with a smile: 100 years old They may not be filled in well.
She believes that the government should give up the hard work and first take back waste land and waste car parks to build public housing, "I want to go upstairs soon."
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