Definition of Green Form Applicants
Subject to detailed eligibility criteria on age, family composition, property ownership restriction, etc. to be announced by the HA prior to the launch of each sale exercise, the following categories of persons are eligible for Green Form status in buying Green Form Subsidised Home Ownership Scheme (GSH) flats –
(a) Households of the HA’s PRH estates or households of HKHS’s Group A Rental Estates or HKHS’s Elderly Persons Flats (the date of commencement of their PRH or rental estate tenancies must be on or before the closing date of application) (not applicable to tenants under conditional tenancies of HA, tenants allocated PRH units through the HA’s Express Flat Allocation Scheme within three years from the date of commencement of their tenancies, monthly licensees of HA’s Transitional Rental Housing units or fixed-term licensees of the HA or households of HKHS’s Group B Rental Estates, Dedicated Rehousing Estates (DRE) or monthly licensees of HKHS’s Transitional Rental Housing units or fixed-term licensees of the HKHS)
(b) Persons falling into one of the following categories who are holders of valid “GFC - Applicable to Sale of Green Form Subsidised Home Ownership Scheme Flats Only” issued by the Housing Department (HD)/the Urban Renewal Authority (URA):
(i) PRH applicants who have passed the detailed vetting and whose eligibility for allocation of PRH has been established;
(ii) Persons under Civil Service Public Housing Quota whose eligibility has been established (Note: The breach of any conditions of application as stipulated in the circular memorandum for Civil Service Public Housing Quota issued by Civil Service Bureau by any person listed in the application form may result in the cancellation of the application. In that case, any application fee paid will not be refunded and cannot be transferred. Once the applicants have successfully purchased a flat under this sale exercise through signing an ASP of a GSH flat/ recovered TPS flat under this sale exercise, any remaining GFC(s) and/ or Certificate of Eligibility to Purchase will be cancelled);
(iii) Clearees affected in clearance exercises initiated by the Government and victims of natural disasters whose PRH eligibility has been established;
(iv) Clearees affected in urban renewal projects whose PRH eligibility has been established;
(v) PRH residents whose eligibility for allocation of PRH flat has been established due to divorce/ splitting; and
(vi) Former PRH tenants holding a Letter of Assurance (LA) issued by the HD whose eligibility for allocation of the PRH flat has been established.
(c) Rent Allowance for the Elderly Scheme (RAES) recipients may apply provided that they or any member of the family have not breached any clause of their Rent Allowance Agreement.
Restrictions on ownership of domestic property Flat Selection Priority Scheme
The applicants of SSF are subject to restrictions on ownership of domestic property in Hong Kong during the period from 24 months preceding the closing date for submitting the application and up to the time of signing the Agreement for Sale and Purchase for a flat under the current sale exercise. Applicants or any family members listed in the application who have entered into agreement(s) (including preliminary agreement) to purchase any domestic property in Hong Kong during the period from 24 months preceding the closing date for submitting the application, but the agreement(s) has/have subsequently been cancelled or rescinded, are still eligible to apply for SSF.
Flat Selection Priority Scheme
Starting from HOS 2024, HA will reserve a quota of 40 % of flats for balloting and priority flat selection by eligible applicants of the “Priority Scheme for Families with Elderly Members” and “Families with Newborn Flat Selection Priority Scheme” in each Subsidised Sale Flats sale exercise.
“Priority Scheme for Families with Elderly Members”
Families consisting of two persons or above opting to join the “Priority Scheme for Families with Elderly Members” should meet the following requirements:
- The elderly member must have reached the age of 60 on the closing date of application (i.e. 6 August 2025).
- The elderly member must be a family member listed in the PRH tenancy/ Rental Estate tenancy/ “GFC - Applicable to Sale of Green Form Home Ownership Scheme Flats Only”.
- At least one elderly member must become an owner or a joint owner of the purchased flat. He/ She should have the mental capacity (if necessary, the HA may require the elderly member to provide a recent medical proof) to understand the nature and effect of all application documents relating to this sale exercise and legal documents, such as ASP / Deed of Assignment and so on, which he/ she signs.
- If the elderly member is married, his/ her spouse must also be included in the same application unless supporting documents are submitted to prove that they are legally divorced, or the spouse does not have the right to land in Hong Kong or deceased. To prove that the spouses are divorced, the divorcee must present the certificate of making Decree Nisi Absolute (Divorce) and the date of divorce must be on or before the closing date of application, otherwise their spouse must be included in the same application form. Failure to do so may render the HA to cancel all the related applications. If the applications are cancelled, the application fee paid will not be refunded and cannot be transferred.
- The applicant and family member(s) listed in the application form are willing to live together with the elderly member in the purchased flat. At least one family member listed in the application form must live in the purchased flat with the elderly member.
- Except for permanent departure, death or other compassionate reasons recommended by the Director of Social Welfare, the name of the elderly member cannot be deleted from the record of owners kept by the HD in future.
“Families with Newborns Flat Selection Priority Scheme”
Families consisting of two persons or above opting to join the “Families with Newborns Flat Selection Priority Scheme” should meet the following requirements:
- Family applicants with babies born on or after 25 October 2023 and aged three or below on the closing date of application; or with member who is pregnant for 16 weeks on the closing date of application are eligible. The pregnant should provide a valid medical certificate specifying the expected date of delivery (i.e. on or before 21 January 2026) upon the request of the HA. If there are two or more children aged three or below, the family will still be eligible until the youngest child reaches the age of three.
- Married one-person applicants with family member who is pregnant for 16 weeks on the closing date of application and opt to join the Scheme, the family member must be listed in the PRH tenancy/ Rental Estate tenancy/ “GFC - Applicable to Sale of Green Form Home Ownership Scheme Flats”.
- If for whatever reasons the newborn concerned is no longer included in the GSH application, the flat selection priority for this family applicant will be cancelled. The HA will re-assess the application category and priority for flat selection based on the latest information of the applicant.
- All newborn babies listed in the application forms in which the applicants have successfully purchased subsidised housing through the “Families with Newborns Flat Selection Priority Scheme” are not eligible to participate other “Families with Newborns Flat Selection Priority Scheme” applications again.
