Section B: Estate Management and Rent Policy Chapter 19: Housing Arrangements for Tenants Affected by Comprehensive Redevelopment Programme (CRP) or Clearance of Estate Households affected by CRP may apply for rehousing in new or refurbished public housing flats reserved for that particular phase of redevelopment. Applications for rehousing to other estates will be considered subject to the availability of suitable flats in the estate concerned. However, for estates to be cleared outside the CRP, it is not the policy of the Housing Authority to rehouse affected households within the same district of the cleared estate.  Instead, affected households may apply to move to Public Rental Housing (PRH) flats in any district of their choice subject to availability of suitable vacant flats. Tenants affected by HA's initiated clearance outside CRP who choose to be rehoused in a PRH flat not provided with metal gateset at flat entrance are eligible for an ex-gratia allowance.  For the So Uk Estate clearance, the ex-gratia allowance is set at $2,500 throughout the clearance period. All affected households are eligible for payment of Domestic Removal Allowance upon vacating from existing occupied flats.       Single persons affected by CRP or Clearance of Estate are eligible for one of the followings -   rehousing to a single person flat with priority accorded to elderly and disabled households; or         rehousing to a unit in the Housing for Senior Citizens; or         rehousing to a vacated flat with living area not more than 19.8m2; or         payment of a Cash Allowance* of $37,330 for a single person household in lieu of rehousing.       Two-person households affected by CRP or Clearance of Estate are eligible for one of the followings -   rehousing to a two-person flat with priority accorded to elderly and disabled households; or         rehousing to a unit in the Housing for Senior Citizens; or         rehousing to a vacated flat with living area of not more than 31m2; or         payment of a Cash Allowance* of $48,310 for a two-person household in lieu of rehousing.       Single person and two-person households who opted for cash allowance in lieu of rehousing are also eligible for Domestic Removal Allowance but they will be debarred from further payments of the allowance and allocation of any form of public housing for two years. Apart from the choice of moving to PRH flats, affected households who wish to purchase a Home Ownership Scheme (HOS) flat will be accorded priority upon the resumption of sale of surplus HOS flats launched in early 2007. Note : *The policy of payment of Cash Allowance for single person or two-person households in lieu of rehousing is subject to review.

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