The Transport and Housing Bureau yesterday (8th) released the "Long Term Housing Strategy" 2021 Anniversary Progress Report, stating that the total housing supply in the next 10 years will be 430,000 units, and it is estimated that 127,100 households in Hong Kong will have a poor living environment. He is the chief executive. Carrie Lam has a new high since taking office.
A member of the Housing Authority’s Subsidized Housing Subcommittee and a professor of the Department of Public Policy at CityU, Yiming Yip pointed out in a radio program today (9th) that the simple slogan "Farewell to subdivided housing" is difficult to solve the problem. He also admitted that in the next ten years, there will be no solution. To alleviate the problem, "(on the number of sub-houses) not getting worse is actually a good moral policy."
The Transport and Housing Bureau has released a new "Long Term Housing Strategy" progress report, and the total housing supply in the next 10 years will be 430,000 units.
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The latest data from Changce estimates that there are 127,100 households in Hong Kong living in poor living conditions, an increase of 4.1% year-on-year, of which about 73% are households living in sub-units commonly known as "subdivided housing."
Regarding whether or not a goal can be set for "Farewell to the subdivided housing" in reality, Ye Yiming said: "With a simple slogan "Farewell to the subdivided housing", the problem will be solved."
Ye Yiming said that the poor quality of subdivided housing and high rents are the biggest problems. He also frankly said that in the next ten or eight years, there is no way to alleviate the problem. ."
The current waiting list for public housing is as high as 5.9 years. When asked whether it is possible to increase the proportion of public housing, Ye Yiming estimates that the government will have certain difficulties. He also believes that the government may not be willing to further increase the proportion of public housing.
He said that if 80% to 90% of the supply is controlled by the government, it may not be a good thing for some family groups, and there are still many unresolved problems in subsidized-sale housing, including the issue of resale.
As for whether the supply target of transitional housing should be included in the "Long Policy", Ye Yiming believes that "whatever happens is good", but emphasizes that the nature of transitional housing is "transition", and the lease term is generally short, and the government has tried its best to find a place to build the transition. Sexual housing, but there are competitions and contradictions with finding land to build permanent public housing. I believe the government may not be willing to "institutionalize" this opposition.
The short-term goal of the long-term strategy is to reach 19,000 units. The research agency approves the supply of water in the small area. The government announces the latest long-term goal to maintain the supply of 430,000 units in the next 10 years. Incorporated into the long-term plan to return to the three-year goal of going upstairs within 10 years