The Hong Kong Housing Authority (HA; traditional Chinese: 香港房屋委員會; pinyin: Xiānggǎng Fángwū Wěiyuánhuì) is the main provider of public housing in Hong Kong. Pinyin, more formally Hanyu pinyin, is the most common Standard Mandarin Romanization system in use Public housing is a form of Housing tenure in which the property is owned by a Government authority which may be central or local Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders It was established in 1973 under the Housing Ordinance and is an agency of the Government of Hong Kong. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. A government agency is a permanent or semi-permanent organization in the Machinery of government that is responsible for the oversight and administration of specific functions The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( see pronunciation; conventional short In the same year, the Resettlement Department and the Building Section of the Urban Services Department were merged to form the Housing Department, which acts as the Housing Authority's executive body. Urban Services Department ( was a government department in Hong Kong. Housing Department (房屋署 is a department of Hong Kong Government, managing Public housing estate that was built by Hong Kong Housing Authority in
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Responsibilities
Aside of public housing, HA is responsible for the management of public rental housing estates, interim housing estates, transit centers, flatted factories and ancillary commercial and non-domestic facilities such as shopping centers, market stalls and carparks. It also acts as the agent for the government when it comes to clearing land, as according to its own words "preventing squatting and implementing improvements in squatter areas. " [1]
Composition
At the time of the creation, members of the HKHA were as follows[2]:
- Secretary of Housing (Chairman)
- 8 Urban Councillors
- 5 Unofficial members
- 6 Official members
Roles
The Authority operates the Tenants Purchase Scheme, the Home Ownership Scheme and the Private Sector Participation Scheme. Tenants Purchase Scheme (TPS is a scheme which allows tenants in Public housing estates under Hong Kong Housing Authority to purchase their flats Home Ownership Scheme ( Chinese 居者有其屋計劃 HOS for short is a Housing programme carried out by Hong Kong Housing Authority in Hong Kong
The Authority it operated a loan scheme for low income home buyers, which provided interest-free loans of up to HK$530,000 or monthly mortgage subsidies of up to HK$3,800 to help low-income individuals or families to buy their own flats.
More than 8,000 low-income families are subsidised, although the scheme was halted in 2003 pending a review. In June 2004, the definitive scrapping of the scheme was announced[3].
Location
The Hong Kong Housing Authority Headquarters are located at 33 Fat Kwong Street, Ho Man Tin, Kowloon. Ho Man Tin ( or Ho Mun Tin is a mostly residential area in Kowloon, Hong Kong, part of the Kowloon City District. Kowloon refers to an urban area in Hong Kong made up of Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon, bordered by the Lei Yue Mun strait in the east The Hong Kong Housing Authority Exhibition Centre is located nearby at 3/F, Homantin Plaza, 80 Fat Kwong Street. The Hong Kong Housing Authority Exhibition Centre is managed by Hong Kong Housing Authority.
See also
- Hong Kong Housing Society
- The Link REIT
- Public housing estate
- List of public housing estates in Hong Kong
- List of Home Ownership Scheme Courts in Hong Kong
References
- ^ Hong Kong Housing Authority About Us page
- ^ Hung, Edward (June 26, 1977). The Hong Kong Housing Society ( or Housing Society (房屋協會 房協 for short is the second largest Public housing provider in Hong Kong (the first The Link REIT ( Chinese 領匯房地產投資信託基金 or 領匯 is one of the world's largest REITs or real estate investment trusts with assets of around A public housing estate ( is a Housing estate in Hong Kong mainly built by the Hong Kong Housing Authority and the Hong Kong Housing Society This is a list of Public housing estates in Hong Kong. Many of them are properties of Hong Kong Housing Authority (HKHA while some of them are properties This is a list of Home Ownership Scheme (HOS and Private Sector Participation Scheme (PSPS Courts in Hong Kong. 'New' Housing Authority in for bigger responsibility. The Standard. The Standard ( is an English Free newspaper of Hong Kong. It was called the Hong Kong Standard and changed to HKiMail during the Internet Retrieved on 2007-04-27. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated
- ^ 25,000 HA flats up for sale, but no more loans, The Standard, June 3, 2004
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