Policy address│Households in the boardroom cried out for Lam Chengjian's public housing to help upstairs.

The new policy address will be issued next Wednesday (October 6). The Hong Kong Association of Community Organizations held a press conference today (26) to talk about the demands of the grassroots, which are inseparable from housing and poverty.

Residents in cubicles cried and complained that a family of four squeezed in 100 square feet of insufficient space and had a difficult life; there were also shared neighbourhoods living in rooftop houses in Sham Shui Po. After the epidemic, their income was greatly reduced, and they still had to pay 4000 yuan for electricity and rent every month. It was hot. Now the house is more like an oven, and it is hoped that the government will build more public housing and speed up the grassroots upstairs.

The group urges the government to formulate a timetable for "subsidized reduction" in the next 10 to 20 years, in line with the long-term housing strategy, and gradually reduce the number of subdivided housing tenants.

Shi Lishan, deputy director of the Hong Kong Association of Community Organizations, said that the five-year term of Chief Executive Carrie Lam will expire next year, and the policy address to be published next month will be the last report of the term.

She said that although the government has made progress in improving people's livelihood in the past four years, it is "difficult to qualify", and the problems and contradictions accumulated over the years still need to be fully addressed.

A family of four lives in a cubicle and hopes to go upstairs as soon as possible: children need to write on the bed

Ms. Zhou, a family of four who lives in a cubicle, cried out that the public housing has been in public housing for nearly 7 years and has not yet been upstairs: "(children) returning from school, the four really don’t have space, and they have to write on the bed." Zhou also pointed out that the pressure of care is extremely high, and he hopes that the government will strengthen its support, including increasing the supply of transitional housing.

Rent increases on rooftops due to the extreme heat and harsh environment: I can’t feel Lam Cheng

Ms. Chen, who lives in Sham Shui Po, lives in a 90-foot rooftop house with her husband. The monthly water and electricity bills are about 4000 yuan per month: "The environment is very bad, and there are many rats and dying people." She was originally engaged in the hotel and service industry and was affected by the epidemic. The income has decreased, but the landlord has announced that the rent will increase soon.

Chen Youyan said that the summer is very hot, and he goes home to cook after work. It is like an oven in the house: "Lam Cheng doesn't feel it." She said that starting from 2013, she is waiting for public housing and hopes that the government will build more public housing. , To speed up the grassroots upstairs.

In addition, Mr. Lu, who works in the catering industry, did not want to be vaccinated due to personal health considerations, and was dismissed by his employer.

Earlier, he went to the Labour Department to pursue a claim for long service payment. The defendant was told that he had hedged with the MPF: "I have nothing to do. I hope that other citizens will have the opportunity to cancel the MPF hedging as soon as possible."

The Social Association urged the government to formulate a timetable for "reduction".

(Photo by Huang Yongyu)

The Social Association expects to bid farewell to the "cage house board house" within 10 years

The Social Association believes that the government should formulate a timetable for "subsidized reduction", in line with the long-term housing strategy, and formulate a gradual reduction of subdivided housing tenants in the next 10 to 20 years. It is hoped that in the next 10 years, it will officially bid farewell to the "cage homes".

The group also suggested that the government should open up more land for housing construction as soon as possible, and maintain the 7:3 ratio of public-private housing promised earlier, prioritize increasing the supply of public rental housing units, and invest no less than 10 billion to promote transition. Housing development.

Advocate the establishment of short-term unemployment and underemployment assistance funds and cancel the MPF hedging as soon as possible

As for poverty alleviation, the Social Association urges the government to reform the working family allowance and the CSSA system, establish short-term unemployment and underemployment assistance, and cancel the MPF hedging as soon as possible.

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