The "Policy Address" released by the government last week allocated an additional 11.6 billion yuan to provide more than 5,000 to 20,000 transitional social housing units to solve the economic and housing pressure of a group of families waiting for public housing in the short term.
Lok Shan Tang in Kowloon expects that in the next two years, Lok Shan Tang will provide at least 1,542 new transitional housing units.
In addition, the community organization association previously applied for a land on Yinghua Street in Changsha Bay in the form of a short-term lease. It is planned to be occupied in February 2022. 140 modular housing projects that can accommodate 1 to 6 people will be next Monday (11th). Application is open.
In the next 2 years, Leshantang will provide at least 1,542 new transitional social housing units.
(Provided by Leshantang)
Le Shantang said that her 70-year-old grandmother Deng, her husband who suffers from eye diseases, and her primary school grandson, a family of three used to live in a rooftop house on the 9th floor of a tenement building in To Kwa Wan, Kowloon City.
In 2018, the typhoon "Mangosteen" struck Hong Kong. Grandma Deng’s roof was blown by strong winds. The whole roof was blown up. The whole house was flooded. The furniture and daily necessities were soaked to tatters. In order to keep out the wind and rain, the two elderly and grandson had to work together to pick them up. Some abandoned canvas banners and plastic advertising panels cover the roof to temporarily block wind and rain.
A dilapidated rooftop house with an area of more than 100 square feet. Grandma Deng still had to spend 5,000 yuan in rent per month. She took her grandchildren to and from school every day, or accompanied her husband for follow-up visits. She had to walk 9 floors, causing her knees and body bones. pain.
The roof house environment is narrow and there are pests and rats. The grandson only spends daily activities on the upper and lower beds, including eating, studying, playing with toys, etc., which affects his social and learning ability.
In the next 2 years, Leshantang will provide at least 1,542 new transitional social housing units.
(Provided by Leshantang)
Granny Deng: It's like winning twice in the Mark Six lottery
Lok Sin Tong received Henderson’s $1 in elephant-style rent earlier, leased out all tenement buildings on Fuk Lo Tsun Road in Kowloon City, and launched the first transitional social housing in Hong Kong, "Le House".
After the social worker's home visit, the family of three of Tang's grandmother was arranged to live in "Le House", and then they were arranged to live in the first converted school of Lok Sin Tong on Long Kong Road in Kowloon City as a transitional housing project "Le Shan Tong Primary School".
Granny Tang's family has recently realized the "dream of going upstairs" and has been arranged by the Housing Department to move into public housing estates in Sham Shui Po District.
Granny Deng described being able to live in a transitional house, the monthly rent has been halved, and the space has doubled. Her grandson has become eager to study, and she has met a group of friends. He has already won a Mark Six lottery.
Now I can go to public housing again, it is like a second Mark Six lottery. I am very lucky.
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Liu Aishi, Director-General of Lok Sin Tong, said that it is expected that in the next two years, at least 1,542 new transitional housing units will be provided, including the conversion of a school building in Cheung Shan Village in Tsuen Wan for social housing, the construction of modular housing at Choi Hing Choi Hing Road, and the use of Wheelock House. Free lease of land in Huangyutan, Tai Po, to build modular houses, etc.
The Social Association Yinghua Street Transition House "Hey Letter" will be occupied in February next year
In addition, the Social Association launched a transitional housing service in the community in 2016, and then applied for a vacant site on Yinghua Street in Cheung Sha Wan in the form of a short-term lease, and received support from the Transportation and Housing Bureau to build a transitional housing.
Among them, the "Good Letter" project, which will be occupied in February 2022, will provide 140 units of 1 to 6 people. Applications will also be open next Monday and the deadline will be at 5:30 pm on November 15.
The Social Association believes that the housing problem at the grassroots level is still serious. It is recommended that the government should face the problem squarely, and the government and the people should work together to increase similar transitional housing to alleviate the housing needs of more than 200,000 people who are in difficulties and are still waiting for public housing.
The first batch of residents to build 1020 transitional housing units in Kam Tin, Yuen Long, is expected to be occupied by more than 30% of the grassroots households surveyed in 2023 at the earliest Lang Transitional Housing "Tongxin Village" Groundbreaking Ceremony Chen Fan said that 15,000 transitional housing units have reached the standard, and the rent management materials will be implemented as soon as the transitional housing standard is reached early next year. There is doubt that land to build houses is worrying
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