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 The Hong Kong Housing Authority (HA) maintains a Waiting List (WL) of public rental housing (PRH) applicants. From this list, eligible applicants are offered accommodation in PRH estates.
PRH estates in Hong Kong are grouped in four districts, namely Urban (includes Hong Kong Island and Kowloon), Extended Urban (includes Tung Chung, Sha Tin, Ma On Shan, Tseung Kwan O, Tsuen Wan , Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi), the New Territories (includes Tin Shui Wai, Tai Po, Fanling, Sheung Shui, Tuen Mun and Yuen Long) and the Islands (excludes Tung Chung). Since there are insufficient PRH units in the urban areas that can be allocated to all WL applicants, applicants can only choose one district among the three non-urban areas for their future housing allocation. However, applicants who qualify to join the Single Elderly Persons Priority Scheme, the Elderly Persons Priority Scheme and the Families with Elderly Persons Priority Scheme may choose any district for allocation of PRH units.
People affected by squatter clearance and PRH redevelopment can also apply for allocation of PRH units, but their eligibility criteria are different from that of the ordinary applicants.
The Subsidised Housing Committee of the HA endorsed on 29 September 2005 that for those households departing from PRH after termination of tenancy and failing to clear the rent arrears, the tenant or adult members are required to settle all the rent arrears and debts incurred in the past before being allocated to a PRH unit through the Waiting List.
The Subsidised Housing Committee of the HA endorsed on 26 October 2005 that in situation where tenancies are terminated due to the violation of the Marking Scheme for Estate Management Enforcement in Public Housing Estates or the tenancy argreements, the ex-tenants and authorized persons aged 18 or above as at the date of tenancy termination, except for interim housing (IH) licencees, will be barred from making fresh WL applications for two years. Live applications including IH licencees will be frozen for two years. This frozen period will not be counted as the waiting time. Upon rehousing of PRH, they will not be offered a flat of better quality, in respect of geographical locality, age of building and floor level.
Please click the links below to check for eligibility criteria and application procedures for PRH applications:
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PRH Waiting List applicants can notify us, various government departments and non-governmental organizations of their change of address by using the online Change of Address service ar the GovHK - One-Stop Portal of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government web-site.
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Contact Information |
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Enquiry Hotline: |
2712 2712 |
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Fax: |
2624 5685 |
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E-mail: |
hkha@housingauthority.gov.hk |
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Office Address: |
PRH Applications Section, Housing Department
Podium Level 2, Hong Kong Housing Authority Customer Service Centre
3 Wang Tau Hom South Road, Lok Fu
Kowloon, Hong Kong |
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Last revision date: 30 June 2008
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