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Budget|News: Some new HOS flats or lower prices are expected to be officially announced in the middle of the year

2022-04-06T06:08:21.734Z


As the epidemic continues to be severe, the Financial Secretary Chen Maobo released his last "Budget" today (23rd), which did not mention the introduction of rent concessions to public housing tenants. Government sources revealed that the Housing Committee


The epidemic continues to be severe. The Financial Secretary, Paul Chan, released his last Budget today (23rd), which did not mention the introduction of rent concessions to public housing tenants. Government sources revealed that the Housing Authority will follow the mechanism. The rent review will be conducted every two years this year, and there may be adjustments at that time, emphasizing that "there is no lower limit to the reduction."


In addition, the new phase of HOS will accept applications on Friday (25th), which covers 7 new housing estates, but the sales information shows that the price is still a "temporary reference", sources said, there are 1 to 2 housing estates The opening of the garden has not yet been approved, and there may be an opportunity to further reduce the price. The final price is expected to be announced in the middle of this year.


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The new phase of HOS will launch 7 new housing estates, including "Sea View Project", Chi Wah Court in North Point, Kai Yan Court in Kai Tak, Kwan Shan Court in Ma Tau Kok, On Sau Court in Kwun Tong, Chiu Ming Court in Tseung Kwan O, Yu Tak Court in Sha Tin and Yu Tung Chung Yu Grand Court, which provides a total of 8,926 units, with a provisional reference price of 1.24 million to 5.31 million.

The source pointed out that among the seven new projects, one or two housing estates have not yet entered the final approval process due to technical reasons. There are discrepancies in the estimates, resulting in adjustments to the final selling price, which affects the discount.

According to the source, the Subsidized Housing Sub-Committee of the HA has discussed the issue earlier and decided that if the final discount is higher than the current 51% off the provisional selling price, the lower price will be used. The price will remain unchanged, describing the move as a hope to give the public confidence that the final price will be finalized by the middle of this year.

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Online property inspection continues to add furniture and decoration for the public's reference

Under the epidemic, the HA has not set up any flat inspection arrangements. Earlier, the TPS units sold by the Green Home Ownership Home Ownership Unit (GSP) caused a “housing” turmoil. According to sources, the HA has changed the application period for HOS 2022 from 2022 In the past two weeks, it has been extended to four weeks, and instead of placing a large number of housing estate models in offices, simulated videos of different units will be placed online, and furnishings and decorations will be added for the public's reference.

The TPS reclaimed flats will also have photos of the interior of the flats, and the video will be uploaded later, but the review of the flat inspection arrangement will be reviewed together with the previous GSH after the sale of the current HOS flats.

According to the news, the new phase of HOS hopes to be able to draw lots as scheduled in the second quarter of this year, and start the selection of flats in the fourth quarter, but admitted that the timetable will still depend on the development of the epidemic, but stressed that the current phase Most of the HOS flats are off-the-plan. If you delay the selection of flats for one or two months, it will not have much impact on the occupation.

The PRH rent review will take into account the economic situation without setting a lower limit for rent reduction

As for whether the rent reduction arrangement is not mentioned in the new Budget, it is equivalent to the cancellation of the relevant measures. The source said that the HA will review the rent every year according to the mechanism. The new review will be from July to September this year. It is emphasized that Whether or not to provide rent relief to PRH rents will be dealt with in conjunction with the rent review, taking into account factors including the current and future economic conditions of Hong Kong.

As for the rent adjustment, it is determined according to the annual average income of the households. There will be an upper limit for rent increases, while there is no lower limit for rent reductions.

When asked about the latest data, the waiting time for public housing has increased to 6 years, a new high in 23 years. The government has requisitioned Blocks 1 and 7 of Queen's Hill Village and Hang King House of Lai King Village, a total of 3,000 units as community isolation facilities. , will further hinder the allocation of public housing, the source said that it is difficult to estimate how long the relevant units will be requisitioned, but stressed that the tenants of the requisitioned units can choose to transfer to other blocks, or continue to wait for the requisitioned units to complete the quarantine returned later.

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In addition, the Budget mentioned that enough land has been found to provide more than 17,000 transitional housing units, of which about 2,300 units are already in operation, and about 4,200 units are under construction and are expected to be completed and put into use this year.

The source pointed out that more than 11,000 units are being consulted and designed, and they are expected to be put into operation in 2023. The authorities are also studying the construction of 3,000 more transitional housing units in Yuen Long, Tuen Mun, Kwu Tung, Sheung Shui and other places. In order to achieve the goal of increasing the number of units in the policy address to 20,000 units, the source said that the land needs to be studied at different stages, and the latest progress will be announced in due course.

Budget | Rates are progressively levied at 12% on the rental value of more than 800,000 yuan, leaving 100 billion to expand the northern metropolitan area. Tung Chung Yu Ya Court Tower 3 enjoys airport sea view 20% of the units 3 bedrooms 2 bathrooms 2022 | More than half of the units in Yu Tak Court, Shek Mun enjoy Shing Mun river view 3 minutes to Tuen Ma Line Shek Mun Station

Source: hk1

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