Policy Address

Public Housing

20.       On PRH, the committee will ensure an adequate supply of land to produce about 15 000 flats each year, thus maintaining an average waiting time of three years.  To ensure rational allocation of limited resources, the Housing Department will step up checks on PRH tenants' household income and assets.  In addition to checking some 5 000 randomly selected cases a year, an additional 5 000 random checks will be conducted this year.

21.       Some people want the Government to use proposed PRH sites to build Home Ownership Scheme (HOS) flats.  Any proposals that may undermine our pledge to maintain the waiting time of three years for PRH are unacceptable.

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