District 18 News
Author: Mo Jiawen
2021-02-20 18:47
The last update date: 2021-02-20 19:10
Under the epidemic situation at the grassroots level, it has fallen into a whirlpool of permanent residences.
Groups concerned about poor housing have previously interviewed more than 100 households living in industrial buildings, rooftop houses, and unauthorized subdivisions, and found that more than 60% of the respondents lived in unsuitable housing for more than three years, and 40% were waiting for public housing For more than five to seven years, he still cannot go upstairs. Once forced to relocate, he can only fall into the "unlimited loop" of subdivided houses. There are women in their twenties who have been unemployed for several months due to the epidemic and are forced to live in a nine household. A total of 12 people rented half a bed in a 300-foot rooftop house.
The group urged the establishment of an inter-departmental social work team to improve housing resettlement policies.
"Follow the Resettlement Policy Connection" released the latest survey report, and found that under the epidemic situation, the rent of sub-divided houses and rooftop houses became more expensive, and the more they moved.
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"Focus on Resettlement Policy Connection" interviewed 147 households living in sub-districts, rooftops, terraced sub-districts and squatters in industrial buildings from December last year to mid-January this year. They were located in Yau Tsim Mong and Sham Shui Po In different areas such as Po, Tsuen Wan, Kwun Tong and Kwai Tsing, 47% of the interviewees lived in unauthorized sub-apartments on the platform, and 17% of the interviewees each lived in industrial buildings and rooftop houses.
Among the respondents, families with two to four persons accounted for the majority, reaching 80%.
The grassroots fall into the "infinite reincarnation of the sub-houses"
The survey shows that 63% of the respondents have lived in unsuitable homes for more than three years, and 17% of them have lived in similar units for more than seven years. Nearly 30% of the respondents have been waiting for public housing for more than six years and still have not been arranged to go upstairs. More than the latest average waiting time of 5.7 years for public housing, more than half of the interviewees currently have rents ranging from 4,001 to 6,000 yuan.
As many as 68% of the interviewees said that because of their low income, there are fewer homes to choose from in the market, and they have no choice but to rent subdivided houses and rooftop houses.
Since most of the unsuitable residences are illegal buildings, 51% of the interviewees did not pay the printing fee even if they had signed a lease, which means that in the event of a tenancy dispute, the tenants will not be protected, and even 16% of the interviewees The person has not signed a lease with the landlord, and the situation is cause for concern.
Once the tenants are forced to eviction, 70 adults still choose to move back to subdivided houses, rooftop houses, industrial buildings and other similar units to continue living, and fall into the "subdivided housing reincarnation" in disguise. When the house is moved to a squatter, the environment becomes worse.
Two Miss Wang, who are in their twenties, live in a rooftop house less than 300 feet in Tsuen Wan. There are 9 households with 12 people living in the house. They were forced to move by the Buildings Department next month.
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Teenage girls renting beds and sleeping with female tenants
Ms. Wang, who is in her twenties, has limited education and can only work as casual workers such as warehouse clerk. Her brother and her brother each rented a flat on the seventh floor of Tang's 7th floor with an area of less than 300 square feet at Chung On Street in Tsuen Wan at a monthly rent of 500 yuan. The two-bedroom and one-living residence was squeezed into nine households with twelve people. She had to sleep with another female tenant on a bunk bed, each occupying half of the bed. Several people were unemployed due to the epidemic last year. In May, she returned to the mainland to live temporarily to reduce her expenses. She said with a wry smile: "There are two bunk beds in the lobby, and there are six people in the room. There is a bunk on the floor, which seems to be tightly packed in the student dormitory." The guest, Miss Wang, has been "lucky" to rent a room less than 100 feet in a joint venture with her brother and father for 1,800 yuan. Everyone has to share a kitchen and toilet. The environment is extremely narrow. In recent months, the Buildings Department violated the law. On the grounds of illegal construction, a closure order was posted on each rooftop unit, and the deadline was set to move out before the 3rd of next month. The two were temporarily placed in beds in the Tuen Mun Temporary Retention Center after being referred by social workers for about 3 months before making plans. The road is boundless.
Another single mother, Ms. Chen, who is about forty years old, rented a 200-foot rooftop house in Kwai Chung for 5,000 yuan with her two high school sons. The Buildings Department also asked the owner to restore the property for illegal structures. The rooftop was forced to relocate by the owner in recent months. She once looked for similar flats in the same district and found that "normal (units) were rented again. She could only return to industrial buildings, subdivided houses or rooftop houses, but came forward to return the same number of square feet and "Amount (residence)" is worried that it will only get smaller and smaller, and the rent will become more expensive, but she is helpless as a cleaner and earns a low income, lamenting that she has no choice at all.
"Focus on Resettlement Policy Connection" member and social worker Chen Weixiong said that although government departments claim to allow homeless people to live in Tuen Mun Temporary Shelter Center or Po Tin Transit House, waiting for public housing to go upstairs, the Buildings Department has issued a removal order. Or before the closure order, the landlord has driven away the tenants to restore the unit as soon as possible to avoid fines. In addition, different types of inappropriate residences are under the jurisdiction of different departments, and each is responsible for its own affairs. It is recommended that the policy should be comprehensively reviewed, including the establishment of an inter-departmental social work team to follow up inappropriate residences. Of households, and shall be treated equally by legislation to protect their right of residence.
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