The average family waiting time for public housing is as long as six years, and there have been voices criticizing the abuse of public housing from time to time.
The Secretary for Housing, Ho Wing-yin, said in his blog today (15th) that the Housing Department's "Utilization of Public Housing Resource Unit" checked more than 13,000 cases last year, including housing occupancy and income and asset declarations, and 2021/22 From the end of the year to the end of July this year, about 400 units have completed the appeal process and were withdrawn. He also said that he is happy to see the staff continue to work hard to improve their effectiveness.
She continued that over the past year, a total of 9,000 flats have been repossessed, of which more than 1,300 were repossessed due to abuse of public housing and breach of tenancy agreement or related policies. Those who need it, stress that the Housing Department will work hard to crack down on the abuse of public housing, use effective methods to collect evidence and deal with the tenants who abuse public housing with deterrent penalties.
Ho Wing-yin mentioned in his blog that he recently went to the Housing Department's "Utilization of Public Housing Resources Team" to learn about their work. Suspected public housing abuse cases collected from different intelligence channels were investigated in depth, and different categories of tenants were randomly checked.
She said that the staff of the team will investigate suspected cases and do their best to follow up, from filing the case, investigating, interviewing the tenant, to the completion of the appeal process and the repossession of the unit, describing every link as being very careful and careful.
She also encouraged the colleagues concerned to work with different departments to study and think about ways to combat the abuse of public housing more precisely, so as to improve the work effectiveness of the relevant parties.
In response to some voices criticizing the authorities' ineffectiveness in cracking down on the abuse of public housing, Ho Wing-yin pointed out that despite the epidemic, the "Utilization of Public Housing Resource Unit" still checked more than 13,000 cases last year, including housing occupancy and income and asset declarations. From the 2021/22 year to the end of July this year, about 400 units have completed the appeal process and recovered.
As for the repossessed flats, there were about 9,000 units last year, such as those repossessed due to the purchase of subsidized sale flats or the voluntary surrender of flats by tenants, etc. Among them, more than 1,300 units were repossessed due to tenants' abuse of public housing and breach of tenancy agreement or related policies. Zong.
She warned that those who abuse public housing may face legal consequences. According to the Housing Ordinance, anyone who knowingly makes false statements about any information required in the declaration form can be fined up to 50,000 yuan and imprisoned for 6 months. ; Anyone who refuses or neglects to provide any information specified in the return shall be liable to a fine of up to $25,000 and imprisonment for 3 months.
In addition, according to the HA's current policy, regardless of whether the person concerned is prosecuted or convicted, the HA can terminate the tenancy of the PRH unit concerned under the powers conferred by the Housing Ordinance.
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