The Hong Kong Housing Authority (HA) launched the Interim Scheme of Extending the Home Ownership Scheme (HOS) Secondary Market to White Form (WF) Buyers (the Interim Scheme) in January 2013. Successful applicants (WF) allotted with quotas may apply for the Certificate of Eligibility to Purchase (CEP) to the HA and/or the Hong Kong Housing Society (HKHS) for purchase of a flat in the HA's HOS Secondary Market or the HKHS's Flat-for-Sale Scheme (FFSS) Secondary Market with premium not yet paid. The first round of the Interim Scheme with a quota of 5,000 was completed in April 2015. The second round of the Interim Scheme with a quota of 2,500 was launched in August 2015 and it was also completed in May 2017. Over 4,000 WF applicants achieved home ownership through the two rounds of the Interim Scheme.
The HA endorsed regularizing the Interim Scheme as the White Form Secondary Market Scheme (WSM) in November 2017. WSM 2018 was launched in March 2018 with a quota of 2,500. WSM 2019 was launched in May 2019 with a quota of 3,000. WSM 2020, 2022 and 2023 were launched in September 2020, February 2022 and July 2023 respectively with the quota of 4,500.
The application period for WSM 2024 is from 6 March 2025 to 26 March 2025. The quota for WSM 2024 is 6,000, which include 4,500 ordinary quotas and 1,500 additional quotas of the “Youth Scheme (WSM)”. The ordinary quotas include 4,050 quotas allocated to family applicants and 450 quotas allocated to one-person applicants; the additional quotas of the “Youth Scheme (WSM)” include 1,350 quotas allocated to young family applicants and 150 quotas allocated to young one-person applicants. The HA will conduct detailed vetting of applications according to the random order generated from ballot result by computer to determine whether individual applicants meet the eligibility criteria and their final priority. Successful applicants allotted with quotas may apply within 6 weeks from the date of Approval Letter to the HA and/ or the HKHS, in accordance with the type of the flat they intend to purchase and pay the respective fee for the CEP to purchase the flats with premium not yet paid in the HA’s HOS Secondary Market or the HKHS’s FFSS Secondary Market.
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White Form Secondary Market Scheme 2024
