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Written by: Zhang Jiamin
2021-06-11 17:48
Last update date: 2021-06-11 17:48
The Housing Authority held its annual public meeting today (11th). At the meeting, many members were concerned about the increase in the waiting list time for public housing. Some members suggested that the rental scheme should be relaunched, but that resale in the open market should be prohibited; some members suggested improvements The existing public housing "well-off tenants" policy saves the extra rent they pay and uses it to purchase subsidized-sale housing to speed up the circulation of public housing.
The Secretary for Transport and Housing, Chen Fan, said at the meeting that the annual public housing production volume depends on the progress of the project. In the short term, the public housing production volume cannot keep up with the public housing waiting list figures.
The Housing Authority held its annual public meeting today.
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The Housing Authority announced earlier the actual number of public housing production in the past 10 years. In 2020/21, the number of public rental housing production was only 6,261 units, the lowest level in 10 years. The number of housing production in the previous year together with subsidized housing was only about 11,000. A group, lagging behind the long-term policy goal, an average of about 30,000 housing units are built each year.
The Director of the Transportation and Housing Bureau, Chen Fan, said at the meeting that the average annual completion of public housing varies, depending on the process of land engineering and planning.
He said that housing production cannot catch up with the public housing waiting list in the short term because the number of public housing registrations exceeds the supply each year, but he emphasized that the government is determined to do it.
Chen Fan (middle), director of the Transport and Housing Bureau, said that the government is determined to catch up with the supply of public housing, but said it will be difficult to keep up with the waiting list in the short term.
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Committee members urge the Housing Association to set up special units for low-income long-term employees
Housing Authority member Chen Jiale said that he agreed to relaunch the tenancy plan.
However, he suggested that it should be completely separated from the open market, that is, flats sold under the TPS plan can only be resold to green form individuals in the secondary market after the restricted sale period; and the target housing estates of the TPS plan should be relaunched. The village is 10 to 15 years old.
He said that if the units under the TPS are allowed to be resold in the open market, the prices will be in line with the private housing market.
Member Wong Pik-ru, who is also the chairman of the Housing Authority's Subsidized Housing Group, spoke at the meeting and mentioned the housing association launched by the Housing Association to provide residential projects for middle- to high-income elders. He believed that the Housing Authority could follow this approach and provide low-income elders in new public housing estates Provide dedicated units.
She said that these units are small in size and can cooperate with non-governmental organizations to provide supporting facilities.
She said that the measures might be more attractive than the current relocation plan of free rent-free for elderly households.
Huang Biru suggested providing exclusive units for low-income elderly people.
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Huang Biru also said that in order to avoid the redevelopment of old housing estates from affecting the supply of public housing, the Housing Authority should rebuild in phases to reduce the number of affected households in each phase; it should also reserve vacant units in other housing estates for residents affected by the redevelopment. .
Member Zhao Guowei said that the authorities may consider changing the policy for wealthy public housing tenants, and allocate the additional rent paid by tenants as "savings". The relevant funds can only be used by tenants to purchase subsidized-sale houses. The specific rent subsidy policy is The enforcement measures remained largely unchanged.
He said that the goal of the measures is to encourage wealthy families to buy HOS, green homes or HOS flats without premium, and further promote the circulation of public housing units.
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