The Christian Hong Kong Lutheran Church recently submitted an application for a transitional house to the Town Planning Board. It plans to build a transitional house on the site of Ngau Tam Mei near Mai Po Substation, including 4 residential buildings with supporting facilities. A total of 1,076 units can be provided and it will be able to accommodate 2,676. The total number of units is 300 more than that disclosed by the Transport and Housing Bureau earlier. It is expected that the unit will be occupied by 2024 and will be able to operate until 2027.
The developer New World announced last year that it had donated 3 million square feet of agricultural land in phases, including the land in Ngau Tam Mei, Yuen Long, for the construction of transitional housing.
According to the application documents submitted by the Social Service Department of the Christian Hong Kong Lutheran Church to the Town Planning Board, the Ngau Tam Mei Transitional House is adjacent to the Xintian Highway and is surrounded by many luxury houses such as California Garden and Peak View Mansion. The Mai Po Substation is next to it.
The proposed project covers an area of approximately 21,731 square meters and is currently used for "Residential (Category C)" land.
According to the transitional housing plan, Xinyi will build four 4-storey residential buildings, which can provide 1,076 units and accommodate 2,676 people, which is 276 units more than the 800 units disclosed by the Transport and Housing Bureau two months ago, and the number of beneficiaries is also More than 600 people.
The project also has two supporting facilities, namely a 3-storey entertainment and leisure building, and a two-storey sewage treatment plant. Open space will also be reserved for children’s playgrounds, fitness stations, walking trails and community farms.
The transitional housing material has been in operation for 6 years
The Christian Hong Kong Lutheran Church expects that the project will be completed in 2023, and it will be occupied by 2024. The initial plan is to operate for 6 years to 2027. In other words, it can be for people living in unsuitable housing or families waiting for public housing. , To provide at least three years of short-term hope of "going upstairs and sheltering".
The landlord of the relevant site location is the developer New World.
According to the information provided by the Transport and Housing Bureau, the new world that donated the land will provide voluntary technical support, while the construction costs are still to be applied for the "Subsidy Program to Support the Implementation of Transitional Housing Projects by NGOs". If the funding is successfully approved, the soonest will be Construction will start in the middle of next year and is expected to be completed in a year's time.
New World announced last year that it would donate 3 million square feet of agricultural land in phases, including two sites located at Ngau Tam Mei and Fan Kam Road for the construction of transitional houses. The two sites cover a total of more than 300,000 square feet.
New World has applied to build a house on the relevant land and nearby locations
The "Policy Address" recommends the development of a "Northern Metropolis", and Ngau Tam Mei will also benefit from the relevant plans.
According to the search data, at the beginning of last month, before the announcement of the "policy address", New World applied for part of the land within the transitional housing project area to be rezoned as "Residential (Type B)". The plot ratio is not more than 5 times development, and four stratified residential buildings of no more than 35 storeys will be built, providing 1,980 units, with an average area of about 613 square feet.
If the housing plan is implemented, after the completion of the Lutheran Transitional Housing Project, the development of the site may be subject to variables.
Lutheran will launch the Kwun Tong Hotel Transition House Dual-time couples can apply for a monthly lease of 4,000 yuan, including the basic water and electricity transition house "Nanchang 220" The lease term will expire next year, about 60 households have not been sent to public housing cooperatives to relocate a total of 16,000 before mid-year 2023 Completion of transitional housing units Chen Fan: The government quarters on Victoria Road will be met within the reach of the transitional housing.