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Home Ownership Scheme Flat Owners

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You Have the Rights:

 
to exercise the rights conferred on you as an owner by the Deed of Mutual Covenant;

to use the communal facilities in your Home Ownership Scheme (HOS) estate;

to monitor the performance of the management agency and the service contractors in their respective areas of responsibility;

to request the Housing Department (HD) to make good any construction defects during the defects liability period;*

to take over your flat as scheduled, or else to be compensated according to the Sale and Purchase Agreement should there be any delay;

for all the HOS flats sold on or before Ph. 24A, an owner may opt to sell, let or assign the flat falling within the third to fifth year after the date of first assignment if HA declines the buyback application, or after the five-year alienation restriction period from the date of first assignment in the open market subject to payment of a premium to HA; or from the third year after the date of first assignment, he may sell the flat in the HOS Secondary Market to eligible persons without payment of a premium to the HA.

for the surplus HOS flats sold from 2007 onwards, HA has decided to decline all buyback offers. An owner may opt to sell, let or assign his flats in the open market within the five-year alienation restriction period upon application and payment of a premium to HA; or exceeding five-year from the date of first assignment, he may sell the flat in the open market subject to payment of a premium to HA; or he may opt to sell the flat in the HOS Secondary Market from the third year after the date of first assignment to eligible persons without payment of a premium to the HA.

* Estate under PSPS, the private developers are responsible for all the repairs and maintenance works.
  

You Have the Responsibilities:


to observe the terms and conditions of the Sale and Purchase Agreement, use the flat solely for residential purposes bearing in mind that letting or using the flat for commercial purposes is prohibited, live in the flat with family members included in the application, and immediately inform the management office in writing if there is any change of ownership; 
 
to observe the provisions governing resale in the Housing Ordinance;
 
    to comply with the Deed of Mutual Covenant, namely:    
 
- not to keep dogs and pets, erect illegal structures, make structural alterations or any alterations affecting the external appearance of the building and not to obstruct the common area;
 
- to pay management and other fees on time;
 
- to keep the flats in good repair so as not to cause nuisance to other residents, and to allow workers to enter their flats to carry out any necessary maintenance and repair duties;
 
    -  to form an Owners' Corporation (OC) with other owners for managing the estate within one year after the issue of the Certificate of Completion. **

 

** Not applicable to PSPS estates
 

Our Performance Pledge to Home Ownership Scheme Flat Owners:

 
When you take over the flat, we will give you an owners' handbook and run over the content with you. We will also give you a list of recommended decoration contractors and help you apply for the utility services;

Before an OC is formed in your estate, we will appoint a qualified property management agency to manage the estate for you. We will also assist you to monitor the performance of the management agency;

We will liaise with the staff of the District Office and enlist their assistance in the formation of an OC. Upon the formation of the OC, we will hand over to the OC a building repair manual, all the estate records, layouts, audited financial statements and the reserve fund of the HOS estate to facilitate its management of the estate;

We will make good any construction defects found in your flat within the defects liability period specified in the sales brochure;

We will make good any structural defects found within the 10-year period of structural safety guarantee (the guarantee period for HOS estates in Tin Shui Wai area is 20 years).

Note: The above information, except 10 year structural safety guarantee period, is not applicable to PSPS estates.
 


Contact Information

HA Hotline: 2712 2712 (24-hour service)
Faxline: 2624 5685
Email: hkha@housingauthority.gov.hk



 

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Last revision date: 18 September 2008