Our Vision		Environmental Priorities		Social Priorities
		Economic Priorities

The Housing Authority (HA) is a statutory body established in April 1973 under the Housing Ordinance (Chapter 283).  Within the government's overall housing policy framework, the HA is responsible for developing and implementing public housing programmes to meet the housing needs of people who cannot afford private housing.

The HA plans, builds, manages and maintains different types of public housing, including rental housing estates, interim housing estates, and transit centres.  In addition, the HA owns and operates some flatted factories and ancillary commercial and other non-domestic facilities.

Our Vision

As the agency tasked to manage Hong Kong's public housing needs, we provide public rental housing for about 30% of Hong Kong's total population.

We have been working to ensure the implementation, maintenance and sustainability of an effective housing programme that will not only meet Hong Kong's requirements but also contribute towards a stable and happy community.

In order to achieve our vision for sustainable housing, we have been striving to develop better designs which integrate environmentally friendly, user friendly, functional and cost effective solutions.  We have put this vision into action through our Strategy for Sustainable Construction, which reflects the Hong Kong Government's view on sustainable development and provides a framework for identifying our sustainability priorities.

Environmental Priorities

The Housing Authority is the largest developer in Hong Kong with a stock of approximately
677 800 flats which house approximately one third of the population of the city.  We have a construction programme of approximately 15 000 new flats every year and this programme requires proper management to limit its impact on the local environment.  Given our high-density, high-rise environment, our designs, construction activities and management of estates has to be undertaken in a manner that benefits our tenants and the community at large.  We are committed to properly managing and reducing our consumption of resources in our day-to-day activities, in particular in relation to the production of waste and use of energy.  We also are committed to finding and utilizing better construction methods to further reduce our environmental footprint and reduce the overall impact of our development, management and maintenance processes.

Social Priorities

Serving a third of the population of the city in some 190 housing estates requires management practices that attach great importance to people and the provision of the estate services that they require.  The Housing Authority aims to make public housing estates a better place to live, and to ensure that our tenants enjoy a quality living environment with a focus on safety and hygiene.  We are also working at prioritizing the demands of potential customers according to our policy pledges by providing public housing to those who need it most.  We strongly believe that public housing will promote social stability and economic prosperity and foster social cohesion.  We seek to provide an affordable, healthy, safe, comfortable and convenient living environment for tenants, as well as a model working environment for those employed on our construction, maintenance and property management services.

Economic Priorities

The economic performance of an organization provides the key to its success and hence its sustainability.  Cost effectiveness is critical to the economic sustainability of the Housing Authority (HA) because decisions on any aspect of the housing programme from design, through construction, to operations and maintenance will have an impact on the public purse.  Cost-effectiveness is being achieved through a number of measures, including the divestment of some of our assets and implementing management measures to sustain the useful life of our existing buildings.  Management measures to get the best returns out of the HA resources are constantly reviewed.  Enforcing better tenancy controls to reduce the abuses of public housing, more efficient maintenance services and hence upgraded assets via the Total Maintenance Scheme and reducing vacancies in flats, are all very important aspects of work.