Hong Kong Housing Authority and Housing Department

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 Home Ownership Scheme flats:

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 status in buying Home Ownership Scheme flats:

A quota of about 40% of the new flats to be offered for sale under HOS 2025 will be set for balloting and priority flat selection by those eligible applicants applying under the “Priority Scheme for Families with Elderly Members” and “Families with Newborn Flat Selection Priority Scheme”.

“Priority Scheme for Families with Elderly Members”

Green Form families / White Form nuclear families consisting of two persons or above opting to join the “Priority Scheme for Families with Elderly Members” should meet the following requirements:

1. The elderly member must have reached the age of 60 on the closing date of application (i.e. 20 May 2026).
2. For Green Form families, the elderly member must be a family member listed in the PRH tenancy/ Rental Estate tenancy/ Elderly Persons Flats tenancy/ “GFC - Applicable to Sale of Home Ownership Scheme Flats Only”/ “GFC – Only applicable to PRH additional rent payer under “Well-off Tenants Policies” who voluntarily moves out from PRH unit”.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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”

Green Form families/ White Form nuclear families consisting of two persons or above opting to join the “Families with Newborns Flat Selection Priority Scheme” should meet the following requirements:

1. 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 or more 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 4 November 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.
2. Green form married one-person applicants with family member who is pregnant for 16 weeks or more 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/ Elderly Persons Flats tenancy / “GFC - Applicable to Sale of Home Ownership Scheme Flats”/ “GFC – Only applicable to PRH additional rent payer under “Well-off Tenants Policies” who voluntarily moves out from PRH unit”.
3. If for whatever reasons the newborn concerned is no longer included in this sale exercise 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.
4. 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.
   
   

Youth Scheme (HOS)

Young family applicants and one-person applicants aged below 40 with White Form status opting to join Youth Scheme (HOS) will be allocated an extra ballot number. In addition to the eligibility criteria of application for HOS 2025, all family applicants and one-person applicants who opt to join the Youth Scheme (HOS) have to meet and comply with the following requirements:

Applicants who failed to purchase a flat in the last two consecutive HOS sale exercises

Note: Contributions under the Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) Scheme or Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority’s Recognised Occupational Retirement Scheme(s) are deductible from a household’s income for the purpose of vetting the applicant’s eligibility.  (At the statutory rate of 5% or the actual contribution amount, with a cap of HK$1,500 and whichever is the less, all contributions other than mandatory contributions are voluntary and thus cannot be deducted.)