Hong Kong Housing Authority and Housing Department

Harmonious Families Transfer Exercise

Harmonious Families Transfer Exercise

The Housing Department (HD) launches the Harmonious Families Transfer (HFT) Exercise to boost a family-based support network. It provides opportunities for Public Rental Housing (PRH) tenants to apply for transfer to the same estate in which their elderly parents/offspring are currently living in for mutual care. Elderly parents living in PRH can nominate one of their offsprings/spouse of their offspring to apply for this transfer scheme. Young generations can also nominate their parent(s)/parent(s)-in-law to apply for HFT.

The applying and nominating family should both be public housing households living in PRH flats located in different District Council (DC) districts. The applying family must obtain the nomination from their correlative elderly parent(s)/parent(s)-in-law or younger generation (child/child-in-law) before qualifying for this transfer exercise. The elderly parent(s)/parent(s)-in-law must be an all elderly PRH household (i.e. all household members aged 60 or above, single person elderly family is also eligible for nomination or application). If there are joint tenants in an all elderly households, both of them can nominate their own offspring for transfer or apply for transfer nearer to their own offspring separately (in the absence of housing resources, a flat of appropriate size in the nearest available estate in the same DC district or a nearby DC district will be allocated).

Applicant of the applying family (Applicant) should be the tenant of a PRH household while the nominator of the nominating family can either be the tenant or an authorized family member if the nominating family is an all elderly household. Otherwise, the nominator should be the tenant of a PRH household also. Elderly household applicants should be the parent(s)/parent(s)-in-law of the nominators. Whilst younger household applicants should be the child/child-in-law of the nominators. The applicant and nominator must provide documentary proof on their relationship.

Elderly household (irrespective of the role as nominating or applying family) is entitled to join HFT exercise once with sucessful application, either by applying transfer or nominating younger household (son/daughter/daughter-in-law/son-in-law) for transfer (successful application refers to the acceptance of housing offer, no matter the family has moved into the offered flat or not).  The elderly household who has sucessfully accepted housing transfer or nominated younger household for transfer under previous HFT exercise will be debarred from re-application in future HFT exercises.

For applicant who would like to apply for cross-district transfer to a more popular district, they should have a residence in PRH for at least seven years. If either nominating or applying family have a child below six or an expected child with 16 weeks gestation or more, applicant with a residence in PRH for at least five years can also apply.

Flat allocation will be based on the order of priority in terms of the age of the eldest member in the elderly household and the length of residence of the applicant households. The HFT application period will last for two months. This would allow sufficient time for sitting tenants to consider and submit applications.

In the launch of the exercise, details of application will be posted on notice boards in the estates and HA/HD website for tenants' information. Besides, application notice will also be delivered to households with all elderly members.

For enquiries, please contact the respective Estate Office / District Tenancy Management Office.

 

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