China News Service, Hong Kong, August 12 (Reporter Zhang Xiaoxi) The Hong Kong Housing Authority (Housing Authority) released the latest figures on the 12th. As of the end of June 2021, the average waiting time for general public housing applicants in Hong Kong is 5.8 years. 3.7 years for one applicant.
Some Hong Kong politicians said in an interview with a reporter from China News Agency that the average waiting list for public housing in Hong Kong is about 3 years, but the target is still not reached. I hope that the SAR government will pay attention to and solve the related problems, and increase the supply of public housing as soon as possible. The most concerned issue of Hong Kong citizens.
Data map: Hong Kong buildings.
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According to the news published on the official website of the Housing Authority on the same day, the purpose of the Housing Authority is to provide public housing for low-income families who cannot afford to rent private housing. The average applicant (ie, single applicants from families and senior citizens) is about 3%. The goal is to obtain the first allocation unit in the year.
The average waiting time of about 3 years does not apply to non-elderly one-person applicants under the quota and points system.
The latest figures released by the Housing Authority show that as of the end of June 2021, there were approximately 153,600 general public housing applications in Hong Kong, and approximately 101,000 applications for non-elderly persons under the quota and points system, totaling 254,600.
In the second quarter of this year, there were about 3,400 general applications for allocation of public housing in Hong Kong, and about 500 applications for one person allocated to the elderly.
The Housing Authority also stated that the average waiting time for elderly one-person applicants has increased by 0.1 year compared to the first quarter of this year. This is due to the fact that some of the allocated applicants have been waiting for a long time, and their waiting time is reflected in the latest Average waiting time.
In response, Huang Guo, member of the CPPCC National Committee and chairman of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions, said in an interview with a reporter from China News Agency that the average waiting time for public housing in Hong Kong has not yet reached the target of 3 years, indicating that Hong Kong’s housing problem is still serious. , I hope that the SAR government will pay attention to the problem and take specific measures, including making planning adjustments, increasing supply, etc., to solve the housing problem that Hong Kong citizens are most concerned about.
In addition, the Hong Kong Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong Legislative Council Member Ke Chongsheng also responded that he hoped that the SAR government would increase the supply of public housing, otherwise the "dead end" of the shortage of public housing would not be cleared for some time in the future.
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