5-year supply of public housing 28%
There is a strong demand for public housing, including public rental housing and subsidized sale of flats. In recent years, the government has been working hard to increase its land to build public housing. The Transport and Housing Bureau (HAFB) pointed out that a total of 5 finances from 2017/2018 to 2021/2022 In the year, the total number of public housing completed was about 100,300. Although there were still 5800 (about 6%) of the 94,500 people in five years from 2016/17, there were still about 39,700 more than the original target of 140,000 Gang (about 28%) gap. In addition, the HA said that the average living space for rental public housing units (based on indoor floor area, which is generally slightly smaller than the salable area) was 142 square feet at the end of March this year, a slight increase of 1 square foot.
According to the paper presented to the Legislative Council by the Games Board, about 100,300 public housing units were supplied for the five years from 2017/2018 onwards, including about 73,300 rental public rental flats from the HA and about 23,400 subsidized sale flats , While the rest come from the HS’s rental and sale items.
It is estimated that 100,300 will be completed
The bureau also specified the projects expected to be completed in each of the years, including the first publication of the supply list for 2021/22. Among them, the HA plans to complete 5 rental public housing estates to provide about 13 800 flats, of which 9400 will be Tuen Mun. The rest were distributed in Cheung Sha Wan, Chai Wan and Queen’s Hill in Fanling. In the same year, the number of subsidized sale flats was 5400, including 3300 for District 54 in Tung Chung and another 2, 000 for Ma On Shan Road project in Sha Tin. In addition, The HS also anticipates that 900 rental units will be completed in that year.
The HTB pointed out that there are many challenges in the development of public housing projects. For example, part of the land requires technical research and planning consultation. Some projects also experience changes in the legal planning process. For example, the first phase of the project on Amoy Street, Shatin 1400 units because the TPB decided to change the site to “open space” and failed to predict the completion date.
In addition, the annual report released by the HA yesterday shows that there were about 779,000 completed rental public housing units in Hong Kong as at the end of March this year, with a total of about 2,094,000 people living, an increase of 1.8% over the previous year. However, the average household size per year Down by 0.7% to 2.77. Per capita living space increased slightly by 1 square foot year to 142 square feet. Looking up the HA’s data, per capita living space has risen slightly in recent years, from 133 square feet in March 2008 to 142 square feet in March this year, representing a cumulative increase of about 6.8%.
In addition, Secretary for Development Wong Wai-lun replied in writing to the Legislative Council’s question in the Legislative Council by quoting from the information provided by the Transport Office that the vacancy rate of public rental housing was only about 0.5%, involving about 3,700 vacancies.