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Housing in Hong Kong
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D.S.R. Y
1. Housing Stock
Stock by type of flat
No ¦ AW 15/10
Private Sector
Public Sector
total
Self-contained
Non-self-contained
442,000 47,000
318,300
760,300
85,700
132,700
Total
489,000
404,000
893,000
Public Housing Stock by size of flat
Less than 100 sq. ft.
5%
100-200 sq. ft.
200-300 89. ft.
300 sq. ft.
and over
50%
26%
19%
Absolute shortfall of accommodation - 247,300 households are inadequately housed adequate housing being defined as unshared, self-contained accommodation built of permanent materials
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Stock of
Stock of
Shortfall
Absolute
Population Households s/c flats non s/c flats of s/c flats Shortfall
4,661,000 1,140,000
760,300
(See para. 9 for detail)
132,700
3,79,700
247.300
Distribution by type of accommodation (Provisional figures for March 1979)
Private Permanent Public Permanent Temporary
Housing
Housing
Housing Marine
Population
Households
47.3% 53%
41.5%
10%
1.2
32%
14%
1
Main Groups Requiring Housing
1) People in temporary structures (both land and rooftop squatter huts) 3)
and marine accommodation (problem of economic transition) account for a significant proportion of the shortfall, and are susceptible to natural disaster. The annual Housing Authority allocation for emergency and disaster victims is about 1,100 flats.
ii)
Development requires the clearance of squatters. This rehousing commitment accounts for about half of annual production. (For exemple M.T.R. clearances in Tsuen Wan, have so far consumed 3,363 flats, 3,693 person spaces of Temporary Housing, and about 500 flatted factory units.)
iii) The waiting list:
there are 145,000 applicants (householde) with
a waiting time of six to seven years.