Eligibility for Purchasing a Flat in the HOS Secondary Market (Green Form Status)
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- The following six categories of persons may apply to purchase a flat in the HOS Secondary Market:
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Households of Public Rental Housing (PRH) units under the HA (tenants under conditional tenancies or monthly licencees of HA Transitional Rental Housing units are not allowed to submit application);
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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);
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Authorised residents of Interim Housing (IH) managed by HA;
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Holders of a valid "Green Form Certificate - Applicable to HOS Secondary Market Scheme only" issued by the HA/Urban Renewal Authority (URA);
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Recipients of Rent Allowance for the Elderly Scheme (RAES) administered by the HA; and
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Staff of the Estate Assistant (EA) grade of the Housing Department (HD) who is holding a valid Letter of Assurance issued by the HA.
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- Single persons as well as families are eligible to apply;
- Applicants must be at least 18 years old;
- For families, the applicant and the family members must be of kin relationship;
- If the applicant and/or family member(s) listed in the application form is/are married, his/her/their spouse(s) must be included in the same application form (except for the divorcee or those do not have the right to land in Hong Kong). The divorcee must present the certificate of making Decree Nisi Absolute (Divorce) (e.g. Form 6 or Form 7B), otherwise their spouses must be included in the same application form, the HA may cancel all the related applications.
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Rental estates households of the HS may approach their respective estate offices for details on their eligibility for application.
Applicant and families who are not eligible to apply:
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Those who have purchased a flat or have obtained a loan or subsidies under the following subsidised ownership schemes, as well as their spouses (including the spouses of purchasers and loan/subsidies receivers who were unmarried at that time). Even if the relevant owner/borrower has sold the flat or repaid the loan, he/ she, as well as his/ her spouse, are not eligible to apply-
- Home Ownership Scheme (HOS);
- Private Sector Participation Scheme (PSPS);
- Green Form Subsidised Home Ownership Pilot Scheme/ the Green Form Subsidised Home Ownership Scheme (GSH);
- Middle Income Housing Scheme (MIHS) (Melody Garden);
- Mortgage Subsidy Scheme (MSS);
- Buy or Rent Option (BRO);
- HOS Secondary Market Scheme (SMS)/ Extending the Home Ownership Scheme Secondary Market to White Form Buyers (Interim Scheme 2013 & 2015)/ White Form Secondary Market Scheme (WSM);
- Home Purchase Loan Scheme (HPLS)/ Home Assistance Loan Scheme (HALS) ;
- Tenants Purchase Scheme (TPS);
- any subsidised housing schemes administered by the HS (including loan/ subsidies under any subsidised housing schemes); and
- any subsidised housing schemes administered by the URA.
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Within two years after the date of execution of the Deed of Assignment for the purchase of a flat under paragraph 1, the crucial members of 2-person families are not eligible to apply (unless they get married or are permitted to receive the housing benefits provided by their employers). Other family members will not be bound by this restriction provided that they meet the eligibility criteria. A crucial member is a member, other than the owner, included in an application form to fulfill the eligibility criteria of the minimum number of two qualified persons for family.
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Member of the Civil Servants’ Co-operative Building Society or any housing scheme of a similar nature or a lessee under any Government Built Housing Scheme (PRH tenants are exempted from this requirement).
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Kowloon Walled City clearees who have received the Government compensation set at HOS price level and their spouses listed on the clearance register (including the spouses of clearees who were unmarried at the time of receiving the compensation).
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Clearees who had opted to receive cash allowance/ ex-gratia payment granted by the HD/ HS/URA /Lands Department in lieu of any form of PRH, are not allowed to apply within two years after the date of receipt of the allowance/ex-gratia payment.
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Qualified households affected by land resumption and clearance required under the Hong Kong section of Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link project and the Liantang/ Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point and Associated Works, who had chosen the “ex-gratia cash allowance-only” option shall not apply within three years after the receipt of the allowance.
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Households of HS’s Group B Rental Estates.
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Monthly licencees of HA or HS Transitional Rental Housing Units.
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Tenants under conditional tenancies.
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The HA reserves the right to reject applications after scrutiny, and the application fees will not be refunded.
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