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Eligibility for Interim Housing (IH)
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Affected persons must be genuine residents of a 1982 surveyed domestic structure and covered by the pre-clearance survey;
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Affected persons are not covered by the 1984/85 Squatter Occupancy Survey;
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Applicant and his/her family members must fulfill the ˇ§No Domestic Propertyˇ¨ criterion as detailed in sub-paragraph (4) under the Eligibility for PRH; and
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Persons affected by clearance operations announced on or after 15 April 1999, must fulfill the criterion as detailed in sub-paragraph (5) under the Eligibility for PRH, i.e. their total family monthly income and net assets value must not exceed the prescribed limits laid down by the Housing Authority.
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Subsidised Home Ownership Schemes
Affected persons having satisfied eligibility for PRH and meeting the prevailing Home Ownership Scheme (HOS) Secondary Market Scheme (SMS) eligibility criteria may choose to apply for purchase of flats in SMS in lieu of rehousing. They may also apply for purchase of the HOS flats in the Sale Programme of Surplus HOS Flats in lieu of rehousing, provided that they meet the HOS eligibility criteria concerned and the sale programme is available for application.
Cash Allowance for Single Persons and Two-person Families
Eligible single persons and two-person families may, in lieu of rehousing, opt for cash allowance of which the current rates may be obtained from the Clearance Housing Unit of the HD on request. Such rates are subject to adjustment without prior notice. Recipients of this allowance are ineligible for further payments of the allowance or for any form of public housing in the subsequent two years.
Ex-Home Ownership Scheme / Private Sector Participation Scheme / Buy-or-Rent Option Scheme Flat Owners and ex-Loan / Subsidy Recipients under the Home Assistance Loan Scheme or the Home Purchase Loan Scheme
Ex-Home Ownership Scheme/Private Sector Participation Scheme/Buy-or-rent Option Scheme flat owners and ex-loan/subsidy recipients under the Home Assistance Loan Scheme or the Home Purchase Loan Scheme and their spouses are debarred from rehousing to PRH. However, their other family members approved to be deleted from the relevant records are not bound by this restriction.
Attention
Those who are not genuine residents of a clearance area at the time of a pre-clearance survey or fail to fulfill the "no domestic property" criterion are ineligible for rehousing.
Families failing the Comprehensive Means Test are ineligible for PRH or IH. Those having a temporary need for housing will be offered IH but their stay there will be restricted to one year, during which they are required to pay licence fee at market level.
Where negotiation is taking place between the government and a landlord on the surrender of any private land within a clearance area, the clearees affected, apart from satisfying the eligibility criteria for PRH and IH as stated above, must produce evidence that they have been living in the area since and before the date of the pre-clearance survey or the date of negotiation, whichever is the earlier.
Rehousing Criteria for Victims of Fires and Natural Disasters
In the event of fire and natural disaster in squatter areas, transit centres will be arranged for those registered victims in need, pending eventual rehousing in accordance with the prevailing rehousing policy.
Squatter fire victims who are eligible for PRH will be rehoused to public rental flats in the New Territories. For those who do not fall within this category, allocation of IH will be considered.
Permitted occupiers of surveyed domestic squatters affected by landslips or natural disasters will normally be accorded local rehousing, with the proviso that these victims may be allocated housing units in the extended urban area (which includes Tsuen Wan, Shatin and Tseung Kwan O) if no urban units are available.
Rehousing Criteria for Occupants of Illegal Rooftop Structures Displaced by the BD's Enforcement Actions
To tie in with the BD's enforcement action against illegal rooftop structures on domestic buildings, HD provides assistance in rehousing the displaced occupants of illegal rooftop structures in accordance with the prevailing housing policies. In rehousing such affected occupants, the same principles and similar eligibility criteria as aforesaid are adopted subject to availability of housing resources.
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