The Transport and Housing Bureau yesterday announced the latest annual progress of the "Long Term Housing Strategy", which revealed that more than 127,000 households in Hong Kong live in poorly-environmental homes, an increase of 5,100 from 122,000 last year. This is a new high since Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor took office.
The Secretary for Transport and Housing, Chen Fan, admitted in a radio program today (9th) that the number has increased, but the authorities have difficulty setting a timetable for "farewell to subdivided housing". He also said that he would "tell the truth and do the real thing". The focus is on finding long-term land. Building housing and alleviating the plight of people living in unsuitable housing, including the construction of transitional housing and the provision of public housing allowances.
Chen Fan, Secretary for Transport and Housing.
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Chen Fan said that he was "very honest" and wanted to talk about things that could be done, so he would speed up the process of building houses and so on.
He also pointed out that it is difficult to set a timetable for "farewell to sub-divided housing." He also claims that there are many reasons why citizens live in sub-divided housing, such as insufficient income and wanting to live near their work place, so they cannot be dealt with one by one.
Regarding whether the average waiting time for public housing will "break 6", Chen Fan admitted that there are challenges in the waiting time for public housing, so the authorities will speed up the construction and allocation of housing.
The short-term goal of the long-term strategy is to reach 19,000 units. The research agency approves the supply of water and the area is more detailed. The government announces the latest long-term goal for the next 10 years. The supply will maintain 430,000 units for two consecutive years. Housing increased by 4% compared to last year 92,000 sub-divided houses