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Simple public housing|Jiang Yuhuan wrote to the Housing Bureau again to ask 12 questions, including details of operating expenses

2023-02-10T11:39:44.912Z


The Public Works Group of the Legislative Council held a meeting on Wednesday (8th) to discuss simple public housing. Legislative Council member Jiang Yuhuan thought that there was insufficient information and should not attend the meeting. Finally, with 34 votes in favor and 1 abstention, the proposal was submitted to the Finance Committee for consideration


The Public Works Group of the Legislative Council held a meeting on Wednesday (8th) to discuss simple public housing. Legislative Council member Jiang Yuhuan thought that there was insufficient information and should not attend the meeting. Finally, with 34 votes in favor and 1 abstention, the proposal was submitted to the Finance Committee for deliberation.


Jiang Yuhuan said that she agreed with the starting point of simple public housing, and praised the Housing Bureau for actively alleviating the housing pressure of the citizens. Although the government submitted the document to the Legislative Council with a general explanation, the details are still insufficient, so I wrote to the Housing Bureau Director Ho Wing-yin again, Put forward 12 questions and hope to get relevant information.


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Jiang Yuhuan hoped that the bureau would explain various data, including the five-year operating expenditure of the first batch of 17,000 units, which was about 2.5 billion yuan, and what the specific items were.

The second is the current number of people waiting for public housing in Hong Kong, the proportion of family and individual applicants, and the waiting period.

The third is the number of public housing and HOS available for rent out of the 300,000 public housing in the next 10 years.

Fourth, the number and occupancy rate of completed transitional housing, as well as the number to be completed in the next one or two years.

The fifth is to ask for an explanation of the rationale for hiring 50 people to promote simple public housing.

Sixth, whether the Housing Authority will be required to participate in the construction and management of simple public housing.

Seventh, it is hoped that the total cost of each unit will be listed in detail, including the expenditure from design to future maintenance and disassembly.

Eighth, the cost of ordinary public housing is relatively high. Please explain the rationality of the cost-effectiveness of building simple public housing.

Ninth, most of the first batch of units will be completed in 2026, approaching the end of the term of the current government, how to achieve the goal of solving the short-term shortage of public housing supply.

Tenth is the reason why additional infrastructure construction costs are included in the accounts.

Eleventh is whether the construction and use period of "2+5" plus the demolition time conforms to the "temporary use" of the Outline Zoning Plan.

The twelfth is whether the demolition can be guaranteed as scheduled after the expiry of the 5-year use period, when residents are rejected or cannot be allocated suitable public housing units.

Simple public housing|The source of the demolition cost is disclosed for the first time, but the number is unknown bus line

Source: hk1

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