Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor issued the last "policy address" of the term last Wednesday, proposing more measures to speed up housing supply. She mentioned during the TV program today (10th) that she hopes that the rate of housing construction can be accelerated regardless of whether it is public or private. Among them, for the current self-financing Housing Authority, Lam Cheng suggested that if the government is too slow to build houses after the delivery of the land, the waiting public housing cash allowance should be paid by the Housing Authority to establish a spirit of accountability.
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"If you get this task, you will be responsible."
Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said in the TVB program "Speaking Clearly and Clearly": "I have a very proud method. If I want to improve the effectiveness of governance, I should be responsible for this task." For example, she pointed out that the SAR government’s goal is to provide public housing for three years. If the government delivers the land to the Housing Authority, "Today’s cash allowance is from the government. Isn’t it the Housing Authority? Spending money, hoping to make him more motivated to get up fast, get up fast for one month for one month, two months for two months, otherwise he will make money.” She described this as “building a more substantial spirit of accountability.” It is an important part of improving governance.
If you (the Housing Authority) get up slowly, you will pay for it. I hope to make him more motivated to get up quickly. If you get up quickly, it will take one month for one month and two months for two months. Otherwise, it will pay for it.
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Urge the Housing Authority to use more assembly and synthesis technology
Lam Cheng mentioned that he really believes that there is room for improvement in the speed of building construction for both public and private housing. In particular, the existing assembly technology can greatly accelerate the construction speed. Currently, the Housing Authority has only a few construction projects in use and is urging them Multipurpose.
She emphasized that since each piece of land is different and the difficulty of laying foundations is different, it is not fair to set a hard target when it will be completed, but this is her initial thought, "I have already worked with the Secretary for Transport and Housing (press: He also serves as the chairman of the Housing Authority) said that the next step will be to observe the housing construction process, and there is no opportunity to reduce it."
At the end of June this year, the government launched a three-year pilot cash allowance scheme to provide cash allowances to grassroots families who have been waiting for public housing for a long time.
Applicants must be general public housing applicants, that is, two or more applicants, or applicants of the "elderly singles" priority housing allocation scheme; they have been waiting for public housing for more than 3 years and have not yet been allocated public housing for the first time , And its eligibility for allocation is still valid; living in Hong Kong but not in public housing; not receiving Comprehensive Social Security Assistance.
The amount of the cash allowance is determined based on the number of people who meet all the eligibility requirements in the relevant public housing application.
The amount is half of the current maximum rent allowance of Comprehensive Social Security Assistance, which is 1,300 yuan for one-person households, 2,250 yuan for two-person households, 2,700 yuan for three-person households, 3,050 yuan for four-person households, 3,350 yuan for five-person households, and 3,900 yuan for households with six or more persons.
Will visit grassroots families later
When asked whether this year’s Policy Address focuses too much on the long-term vision and lacks short-term measures for land and housing, Lam Cheng pointed out that in the past few years, he has proposed a number of measures to immediately help the housing situation of the public, such as relaxing the second-hand housing mortgage and transitional housing. , Rent management, etc. She will also visit some grassroots families later.
Regarding the release of land for development, Lam Cheng pointed out that in recent years, private developers have "have responded positively to some land-related policies," such as the "Land Sharing Project", and they usually have already discussed it with the government. Based on some preliminary research, it can provide suggestions to the government. Therefore, the existing three or four projects are "a huge number." As long as they are approved by the City Planning Board and reviewed by the Executive Council, it will become very easy.
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