Subdivided Housing｜Industrial building units with 1 劏90 rent accounts for nearly half of households’ monthly income, groups promote allowances

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Written by: Zhang Jiamin

2021-02-05 15:22

The last update date: 2021-02-05 15:23

The housing problem in Hong Kong is severe and there are many sub-divided houses. A survey found that the average number of sub-divided units in the industrial building where respondents lived was 13.2 sub-divided units. The largest unit was divided into 90 sub-divided units, which was an industrial unit.

In addition, the median rent of subdivided housing in industrial buildings is 4,250 yuan, while the median monthly income in the district is 9,000 yuan, which accounts for nearly half of the monthly income.

A quarter of the industrial building residents interviewed had been forced to move due to enforcement actions by the Buildings Department or the owners.

The group suggested that the government should include the sub-units of industrial buildings in the scope of sub-divided rent control, and the government should regularize the rent subsidy measures, include sub-divided households in industrial buildings as one of the beneficiaries, and relax the eligibility for relocation allowance.

The Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Lady MacLehose Centre and the Kwai Tsing District Council Interim Housing and Subdivided Housing Affairs Working Group conducted an investigation on the subdivided housing in industrial buildings.

(Photo courtesy of the Hong Kong Anglican Lady MacLehose Centre)

An average of 13 rooms is three times more than residential condominiums

The Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Lady MacLehose Centre and the Kwai Tsing District Council Interim Housing and Subdivided Housing Affairs Working Group used questionnaires to interview 104 households in industrial buildings between December last year and January this year, and successfully obtained 80 valid questionnaires .

The survey found that the average number of compartments in the interviewed industrial building households was 13.2, and the highest number of compartments was 90 rooms in one industrial unit, which was much higher than the 3.5 in general private housing units.

In addition, 23.75% of the industrial building residents interviewed had experienced forced evictions due to enforcement actions by the Buildings Department or the owners. That is, one out of every four industrial building residents had faced forced evictions.

Average rent of 21 yuan per square foot, 2 people per household

According to the survey, the median monthly rent for industrial households is RMB 4,250, while the median rent per square foot is 200 square feet, or RMB 21.25 per square foot. The median monthly rent for households in general subdivided houses is RMB 4,500. .

Calculated by the median, the average rent per square foot of sub-divided units is $41.8, which is much higher than the monthly rent per square foot of industrial tenants.

And the median monthly income of industrial households is 9,000 yuan, that is, rent accounts for almost half of their income.

The survey shows that the average number of households living in sub-units of industrial buildings is 2. 90% of the interviewed households choose to live in industrial units because they cannot afford the rents of general residential units or residential sub-units; 62.5% and 61.5% respectively Refers to the fact that there are daily living facilities near the industrial building and "the indoor area is relatively large."

The results reflect that the number of households in industrial buildings is lower than that of general sub-divided households and the overall households in Hong Kong. It is estimated that families with children may choose to live in less due to environmental and safety issues. The affordability, environment and convenience are the factors that they choose to live in. The main consideration of the building.

The survey shows that the average number of households living in sub-units of industrial buildings is 2 persons.

(Photo courtesy of the Hong Kong Anglican Lady MacLehose Centre)

Relocation allowance information lacks transparency and strict application qualifications

Mr. Dai, who lives in an industrial building, said that his owner had notified him to move out one month ago. Not only did he not have enough time to find another flat, but he also lacked support from government departments.

At present, the government provides relocation allowances to residents of illegal residential premises who have moved out of industrial buildings due to the enforcement actions of the Buildings Department. However, organizations pointed out that many industrial building residents said that the relocation allowance lacked information transparency and it was difficult to obtain detailed information about the relocation allowance, such as applying Qualifications, channels and methods, etc.; on the other hand, the qualifications for granting applications are strict.

They suggested that the eligibility for relocation allowance should be relaxed and the amount of allowance should be increased, and households in industrial buildings should be included as one of the beneficiaries of rent allowance.

Wang Fuya, department director of the Lady MacLehose Centre of Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui, said that the interviewed industrial building households as a whole are faced with high rent burdens, unsuitable living conditions and potential forced evictions. It is recommended that the government should include the sub-units of the industrial building in the sub-rental. The scope of service control shall be covered, and regulations on the control of sub-house rental shall be formulated as soon as possible.

They suggested that the government should relax the eligibility for this relocation allowance and increase the allowance.

There are industrial units divided into 90 sub-districts.

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