After the Housing Authority announced the demolition of four industrial buildings for public housing, it claimed that it would provide existing tenants with the option of relocating in the remaining two industrial buildings. However, the tenants checked the contents of the tender and found that there were only 40 places for the affected 2,088 tenants bid in the form of hidden bids, and the lease has added a new clause that there is no option to renew after the expiration of the three-year lease. They are worried that "the rent is dead, and the rent is dead." The concern group plans to launch the fourth factory tenants tomorrow (18th) ) Actively bid before the registration deadline to show the actual needs of the tenants and strive not to move or demolish.
The tenant claims that the tender terms are harsh and unreasonable
Fanny, representative of the Concern Group of the Fotan Suihui Factory Building, said that the tenants have recently received the "Promotion / Kaitai Factory Building Unit Bidding General Regulations" documents. After inspection, they found that there are only 40 bidding units, regardless of the number of units or the area of the units. It is simply unable to satisfy the 2,088 affected tenants of the fourth factory.
She gave examples of heavy industry merchants such as metal processing, manufacturing and printing, which have multiple large processing machines such as lathes, which require a lot of space. Some tenants have rented 10 connected units for many years, but the largest existing unit is only 6 connected units in Kaitai Industrial Building. ; There are also limitations in the bidding documents. Tenants cannot bid for an area larger than the existing units. There are 4.5 connected units rented by tenants. There are only 2.8 or 3 connected units in the promotion and opening options, and 4.6 or 4.7 connected units that meet the existing needs. Bidding is not allowed because it is larger than the existing unit.
Another unreasonable point is that clause 22 of the bidding charter states that "bidders must pay attention to the fact that the leases of the factory units they bid are all for three years, and the tenants have no option to renew after the contract." Fanny It is said that this clause did not appear in the old lease. If read literally, even if the tenant successfully bid for the unit using the dark market, the lease cannot be renewed after the expiration of three years, and the lease must be left. There is no renewal of the contract after the year, and the old lease has never been written before. This method is incredible."
Worry about the shortage of manpower in the industry
The Housing Authority recently claimed that if the affected tenants do not rent the remaining promoted and Kaitai industrial buildings, they can receive a one-off payment. If they return the existing rental units early, they can also receive an additional "early bird discount" amount, which is a disguised subsidy for tenants to rent other private industrial buildings. However, Fanny pointed out that there are blind spots in related claims. She took the private industrial building in Fotan in the same district as an example. The rent has increased by more than twice in recent months. There is a huge gap between 1,500 kilograms. Basically, heavy industry tenants have no hope of moving to private industrial units. "When the heavy machinery is in a meeting, the landlord hears that you are on the sidelines and kicks you out instead of renting."
Another tenant engaged in renovation projects stated that there are currently about 2,000 licensed electricians in the hydropower industry, of which about a quarter, or about 500, work in the fourth factory. Once all the units in the fourth factory are emptied, the The work experience of industrial engineering companies makes it difficult for the labor market to digest the manpower immediately.
Mr. Wen Guanxin, chairman of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Electrical Trade Union, said that many "single-headed households" opened electrical companies in the fourth factory and obtained electrical licenses. In the past, the licensing system has always been "easy to renew licenses and difficult to obtain licenses." To be tight, if a licensed electrician becomes unemployed due to the demolition of the fourth factory, it may cause a shortage of people in the industry. We will contact people in the industry for details in the day.
In response to the Housing Authority’s "entertainment" bidding for the remaining two industrial buildings to existing tenants, tomorrow (18th) will be the deadline for bidding registration, and then bidding will be held from September 13th to 24th. The 4th Factory Concern Group plans to launch Tenants are bidding enthusiastically. Among them, Fanny, representative of the Fotan Suihui Factory Building Concern Group, said that among the more than 600 tenants in the building alone, more than half of them indicated that they would bid. Together with the other third factory tenants, the actual demand will reflect the government’s miscalculation. This strives not to move or demolish.
Housing Authority: The right to give tenants three months' notice to terminate the tenancy agreement
The Housing Authority responded that its factory buildings are operated on commercial principles, with tenants renting out on a three-year fixed-term lease.
The Housing Authority has the right to terminate the tenancy agreement after giving three months' notice to the tenant, and the tenant is not legally or contractually entitled to relocation or any form of compensation.
In order to assist tenants in relocating, the Housing Authority not only informs tenants affected by the redevelopment or demolition plan in advance so that they can plan early, but also provides a series of assistance arrangements after taking into account the current situation.
The spokesperson said that in addition to giving affected tenants an 18-month notice period to move out of their flats on or before November 30 next year, the Housing Authority also grants ex-gratia allowances to affected tenants in the amount of 15 months' rent or provisional allowance. The license fee shall be calculated based on the rent or provisional permit fee specified in the relevant tenancy agreement or provisional permit on the day when the clearance plan is announced.
The Housing Authority also provides an option for affected tenants who intend to continue operations. The Housing Authority is arranging limited bidding according to its previous practice when it demolished its factory buildings, so that affected tenants will give priority to bidding for the remaining two factories of the Housing Authority. Vacant units in the building.
Affected tenants who successfully rent the unit can enjoy a 3-month rent-free period.
Tenants can also choose to rent private factory building units or make other plans.
The total indoor floor area of the four factory buildings to be rebuilt by the Housing Authority is approximately 120,000 square meters.
According to information from the Rating and Valuation Department, as of the end of December last year, the area of vacant flats in private flat factory buildings exceeded 1 million square meters, and the supply was sufficient.
There are also units of this type of private factory buildings that are similar in age, area, rent or area to the four factory buildings that the Housing Authority plans to rebuild.
As for the affected tenants who choose not to rent or unsuccessfully rent the industrial buildings under the Housing Authority, they will receive a lump-sum payment. The amount is calculated at RMB 25,400 per standard unit of 25 square meters. The spokesman said that taking into account the simultaneous demolition More tenants in the four factory buildings will be affected. The supply of vacant units in the remaining two factory buildings of the Housing Authority is limited. The Housing Authority also made special arrangements for the first time in this clearance plan to provide tenants with "early bird discounts". ".
The affected tenants who do not rent the remaining two factory building units of the Housing Authority and move out and return the units within nine months from the date of the announcement of the demolition plan (ie by the end of February next year) will receive an additional payment of 100,000 The "early bird discount" of RMB to encourage them to find suitable places in the private market or make other plans as soon as possible.
The Housing Authority generally leases out its commercial units, including factory buildings, through tenders.
The tenancy agreement signed by the Housing Authority and the merchant generally lasts for three years, and stipulates that there is no guarantee that the tenant can choose to renew the tenancy after the expiry of the tenancy.
Nevertheless, according to established arrangements, if commercial tenants do not violate the terms of the tenancy agreement during the tenancy period and accept the new rent recommended by the Housing Authority, they will generally be invited to renew the tenancy agreement at the end of the tenancy agreement.
The Housing Authority intends to demolish the private market of the fourth industrial building, which means "closure". Seventy-year-old tenants hope to insist on the Hong Kong Manufacturing Housing Authority. Four industrial building development, public housing, Suihui factory building, factory owners hung up scarlet banners to complain that the Housing Authority plans to rebuild industrial buildings and housing construction affected households hope to withdraw from the government to take the lead in creating unemployment