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Social Association promotes the second phase of the transitional house hotel plan. The 18-year public housing has not been a bachelor: I feel so sad

2023-01-11T10:13:43.636Z


The Social Association's "Transitional Housing Hotel Project Phase II" was implemented in Yau Tsim Mong District. The 12 hotels in the area provided a total of 66 hotel rooms for qualified people to rent. Single people who participated in the project said that they have been waiting for public housing for nearly 18 years. year


The Social Association's "Transitional Housing Hotel Project Phase II" was implemented in Yau Tsim Mong District. The 12 hotels in the area provided a total of 66 hotel rooms for qualified people to rent. Single people who participated in the project said that they have been waiting for public housing for nearly 18 years. In 2019, I am delighted to be able to participate in the project "At least feel good".

He also expressed his New Year's wish to the Housing Bureau Director He Yongxian who came to visit today (11th): "The wish for 2023 is to get into public housing as soon as possible."


He Yongxian, who attended the opening ceremony of the "Transitional Housing Hotel Project Phase II", said that the government now hopes to solve the problem of grassroots residents living in unsuitable housing as soon as possible from various aspects. Just in time for the rain."


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12 hotels in Yau Tsim Mong District have provided 66 rooms and more than 70 people have benefited so far

The Association of Community Organizations was approved by the government last year for 10.22 million to carry out the second phase of the "Transitional Housing Hotel Project". It searched for 12 hotels in Yau Tsim Mong District, providing a total of 66 rooms, and 73 qualified people have checked in. The rate has reached 90%.

The recipients of the subsidy are mainly residents of subdivided flats, cage houses, and street sleepers. The unit rent is 25% of CSSA or income.

Single people have waited 18 years without being allocated a public housing unit

Mr. Liang, 48 years old, moved into his current hotel unit in August last year. He said that he has been waiting for public housing since 2005, and it has been nearly 18 years.

Before moving into the transitional housing, he lived in a container house near Hung Shui Kiu in Yuen Long. He described the living environment as quite bad: "Because the room is separated from the toilet, sometimes the toilet ceiling leaks, so you have to take a shower." He is glad to be able to participate in the "transition" The second phase of the sex housing hotel plan” can have independent rooms and toilets: “At least I feel so sleepy that I don’t need to wash in the sun and rain.”

Mr. Leung said that single people waited a long time for public housing, and hoped that the cash subsidy scheme implemented by the government would relax the upper limit so that middle-aged single people could be eligible for the subsidy.

In addition, he hopes that the government can extend the period of residence in the hotel until he can successfully be allocated a public housing unit.

He also added that during the visit, Ho Yong Yin also asked him about his expectations for the new year: "My wish for 2023 is to get into public housing as soon as possible."

Residents expect relaxation of in-room cooking restrictions

The other Mr. Han, who was also assigned a hotel unit five months ago, said that before participating in the program, he lived in a Christian dormitory shared by 7 people. The monthly rent was about $1,500, but the current rent is about $2,500.

Asked whether Mr. Han will be more burdened than before: "Although the rent is more expensive than before, I can at least have a private space."

He also added that the eczema problem that has plagued him for many years has also improved due to the better living environment. In addition, Mr. Leung also expressed that because frequent dining out is expensive, he hopes that the government will relax the cooking restrictions in hotel rooms in the future.

He Yongxian: Solve the problem of grassroots living environment in many ways

Ho Wing-yin visited one of the hotels participating in the project in Mirador Building in Tsim Sha Tsui today, and met with the hotel licensee and residents.

In her speech, she thanked the Social Association for the arrangement, which enabled her to visit the grassroots residents in person: "I can personally understand their urgency for housing needs."

Ho also mentioned that the Housing Bureau now hopes to solve the problem of grassroots residents living in unsuitable housing from various aspects as soon as possible. He described the second phase of the plan under the epidemic situation as a "timely rain": It makes them face business difficulties, but at the same time they live in unsuitable housing and want to improve the environment as soon as possible." She said that the combination of the two can be said to be a timely rain during the epidemic.

The plan is based on the tripartite cooperation of "government, society and business"

Shi Lishan, deputy director of the Social Association, also pointed out that the hotel is located in the urban area, which is convenient for the grassroots to go to work. The plan is based on the tripartite cooperation between the government, social welfare, and business circles. There are needy grassroots people and grassroots families in society to meet their actual housing needs.

Transitional housing project|Lok Shan Tang and Youyouguang received 53.4 million grants to provide 148 units of simple public housing|The Housing Bureau reorganized the cost reduction: deducting external works, community facilities, and consultant fees for simple public housing|Yongxian Ho: Hope to use a sum Appropriation can speed up the dismantling of program components or reuse simple public housing|The cost of deconstructing the unit is 890,000 to 680,000 Wait 20 minutes for the bus The first batch of simple public housing site selection and cost exposure are all in the New Territories Residents have the opportunity to be next to luxury houses

"It does not violate the original intention of the policy." The transitional housing on Yau Ma Hom Road, Tsuen Wan exploded due to wage arrears. Transitional Housing|Hongshuiqiao Ren'ai Residence 11.1 for rent starting from 2,000 per month for occupancy in April next year

Source: hk1

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