Eligibility | Hong Kong Housing Authority and Housing Department

Subject to detailed eligibility criteria on age, family composition, residence rule, etc. to be announced by the Housing Authority prior to the launch of each sale exercise, the following categories of persons are eligible for Green Form status in buying Home Ownership Scheme flats -

(a)

Households of Public Rental Housing (PRH) units under the Hong Kong Housing Authority (HA) (tenants under conditional tenancies or monthly licencees of HA Transitional Rental Housing units are not allowed to submit application);

(b)

Households of Group A Rental Estates (Rental Estates) under the Hong Kong Housing Society (HS) (households of Group B Rental Estates or monthly licencees of HS Transitional Rental Housing units are not allowed to submit application);

(c)

Persons falling into one of the following categories who are holders of valid "Green Form Certificates - Applicable to Sale of Home Ownership Scheme Flat Only" issued by the Housing Department (HD)/ Urban Renewal Authority -

(i) PRH applicants who have passed the detailed vetting and whose eligibility for allocation of PRH has been established;

(ii) Junior civil servant under Civil Service Public Housing Quota or Special One-off Housing Allocation for Junior Civil Servants whose eligibility has been established;

(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.

(d)

Staff of Estate Assistant grade of the HD holding a valid LA issued by the HD; and

(e)

Recipients of the Rent Allowance for the Elderly Scheme (RAES) administered by the HA.

Definition of White Form Applicants

Subject to detailed eligibility criteria on age, family composition, residence rule, income and asset limits, property ownership restriction, etc. to be announced by the HA prior to the launch of each sale exercise, the following groups should be eligible for applying on White Form (WF) status:

(a)

Households living in private housing;

(b)

Family member(s) of households living in public rental housing (PRH) under the Hong Kong Housing Authority (HA) or Rental Estates under the Hong Kong Housing Society (HS), or any subsidised housing scheme units; and

(c)

Flat owners and their authorised family member(s) under the Tenants Purchase Scheme (TPS) for less than 10 years (from the date of Assignment of his/her TPS flat with the HA and up to the closing date of application for current sale exercise) can apply for the purchase of a flat under the sale exercise, with no restriction on income and net asset limits and domestic property ownership on condition that the applicant must apply as a family unit; and the owner(s) is/are able to complete the formalities for execution of the deed of assignment of the TPS flat currently owned and occupied within three months from the date of signing the ASP for the purchase of an HOS flat, or within the one-off extension of three months as may be granted by the HA before attending the formalities for the completion of the sale and purchase and paying the balance of the purchase price of the flat purchased.

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