At present, the waiting time for public housing is as long as six years. The Chief Executive, Mr. Lee Ka-chiu, issued his first "Policy Address" in his tenure, proposing to build a brand-new "simple public housing", supplying 30,000 units in the next five years, and waiting for public housing for three years or more. People can apply for occupancy, and it will be built in the form of "container" in the future. It is expected to have a maximum of 10 floors. Among them, families will be given priority.
According to the information of the Housing Authority, traditional public housing and simple public housing have different construction methods. "Simple public housing" will be equipped with air conditioners and water heaters, but the operating period is generally expected to be 5 years, that is, a maximum of 5 years. Years later, they will face moving to other simple public housing, or they may be fortunate enough to have successfully allocated traditional public housing during the period of living in simple public housing.
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In terms of application eligibility, applicants must have been waiting for traditional public housing for not less than 3 years. It is worth noting that even if they live in simple public housing, households can still continue to wait for traditional public housing. In other words, after moving in, if they are lucky If you do, you can officially "go upstairs" before the expiry of your residency period.
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There is a separate toilet and kitchen lease for about 5 years. Family applicants are given priority and there are also one or two units.
It is understood that the "simple public housing" will be based on traditional public housing and will be built by the Architectural Services Department. In the future, it hopes to find an operator to manage it. Currently, it will consider handing it over to a social welfare organization (NGO).
"Simple public housing" differs from traditional public housing in many ways. The former has an area of about 10 to 31 square meters, or 107 to 333 feet. On the contrary, the standard area of current public housing is from 14.1 square meters (151 feet) to 36.1 square meters. The square meters (388 feet) vary, and the per capita allocation area is 7 square meters (75 feet).
In other words, simple PRHs with a single area may be smaller.
In addition, the simple public housing has independent toilets, showers and cooking spaces, and will be equipped with air-conditioning and water heaters.
Priority will be given to family applicants, but there will still be 1-2 person units available; while public housing is mainly "clear water housing", only with zinc basins and wooden doors, etc., without air conditioners.
"Simple public housing" is different from traditional public housing in terms of scale. It may not have public facilities, landscapes, etc., and its height is only 10 stories, which is different from public housing that can reach more than 40 stories.
According to sources, depending on the nature of different sites, the government expects the project to generally operate for five years.
After moving in, the applicant can move out due to the successful waiting list for traditional public housing.
On the contrary, if the "upstairs" has not been successfully completed after the lease term is completed, the government will try its best to arrange occupancy in different projects.
In traditional public housing, there is no period of residence, and you can live in until the income and asset limits are exceeded, or you die.
Many grass-roots families live in subdivided flats with poor environment and hope to go upstairs as soon as possible.
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The rent is 90% of the traditional public housing, and only one application is required for different projects
It is understood that the rent of "simple public housing" is lower than that of traditional public housing, and it is initially considered to be about 90% of the rent of newly completed traditional public housing in the same district.
Taking a 300-square-foot new public housing estate in Yuen Long as an example, the current rent for a unit is about $1,760, or $1,580 for a "simple public housing".
For the convenience of applicants, the Government will invite eligible persons to apply in the future, and they will not be required to register on a project-by-project basis.
For example, the source pointed out that if 3 to 4 projects are launched at the same time, applicants only need to apply once, and then the authorities will allocate them.
The new "Policy Address" proposes to launch a brand-new "simple public housing" and build 30,000 units in the next five years. Those who have been waiting for public housing for three years or more can apply for occupancy in order to get the opportunity to move up to the building earlier. Family first.
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Under review, 6 plots of land will be centrally processed for "simple public housing" in the future
It is reported that the government is planning to review 6 pieces of land, including official land and private land. Although some land is located in the urban area, the site selection is concentrated in the New Territories.
According to the source, considering that there is still a gap in the supply of public housing in the future, a new plan of "simple public housing" has been launched.
The source also emphasized that "simple public housing" is different from the existing transitional housing. "Simple public housing" is led and built by the government. The unit design will refer to traditional public housing and will provide more large units than ordinary transitional housing. .
It is understood that the government will focus on "simple public housing" in the next few years.
However, applications for transitional housing projects from NGOs will still be processed this year, and the relevant applications are expected to be carried out within nine months.
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What equipment and decoration does the simple public housing have?
Simple public housing has separate toilets, showers and cooking spaces, and will be equipped with air-conditioning and water heaters.
Although families will be preferred, 1-2 person units will still be offered.
Simple public housing may not have public facilities, gardens, etc., and the ground floor may be lower.... For details, please click here
How much is the monthly rent and area of a simple public housing?
The rent is 10% off the traditional public housing. Units with an area of about 10 to 31 square meters may be handed over to NGOs for operation... For details, please see here