Hong Kong’s second-largest public housing provider plans to send out a fresh round of tenancy agreements in September that will require well-off residents to pay extra rent, with those who refuse expected to move out in four months, the group’s chairman has said. Ling Kar-kan, Hong Kong Housing Society chairman, also said on Saturday the…
Waiting a long time in a queue is no pleasant experience. For the tens of thousands of people applying for public rental flats, it means putting up with a poor living environment and exorbitant rents for years while waiting their turn to be given a home. In a positive turnaround, the average waiting time for…
The number of young people in Hong Kong applying for public rental flats has dropped substantially over the past four years, reflecting that most of them are not “lying flat”, the city’s housing minister has said. Secretary for Housing Winnie Ho Wing-yin made the comments on Saturday, months after several senior officials urged the city’s…
The number of young people in Hong Kong applying for public rental flats has dropped substantially over the past four years, reflecting that most of them are not “lying flat”, the city’s housing minister has said. Secretary for Housing Winnie Ho Wing-yin made the comments on Saturday, months after several senior officials urged the city’s…
Hong Kong authorities reclaimed about 15,500 public rental flats in the 2023-24 financial year, with close to a fifth resulting from mandatory declarations to tackle misuse of government resources, a senior housing official has revealed. Director of Housing Rosanna Law Shuk-pui said on Sunday that government checks on the income and assets of more than…