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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1976
HOUSING AUTHORITY'S WAITING LIST
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THE HOUSING AUTHORITY CONTROLS A VERY WIDE RANGE OF PUBLIC HOUSING AND THIS ALLOWS IT TO RESPOND TO INDIVIDUAL NEEDS ON A FAR MORE FLEXIBLE BASIS THAN EVER BEFORE, THE SECRETARY FOR HOUSING, MR. IAN LIGHTBODY SAID TODAY.
REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM DR. THE HON. HENRY HU IN THE LIGISLATIVE COUNCIL, HE SAID THOSE WHO FELT THEY COULD NOT AFFORD THE RENTS IN THE NEWEST ESTATES COULD BE OFFERED ACCOMMODATION IN THE OLDER ESTATES AT RENTS WITHIN THE MEANS OF ALL.
+THIS IS MADE POSSIBLE, HE WENT ON, +BY THE VOLUNTARY DEPARTURE FROM OLD ESTATES OF OVERCROWDED FAMILIES WHO WANT, AND CAN WELL AFFORD, THE MUCH HIGHER STANDARD OF HOUSING ON OFFER IN THE NEWEST ESTATES.+
HE POINTED OUT THAT A FEW FAMILIES WHO HAD DIFFICULTY IN PAYING EVEN THE LOWEST RENTS WERE, HOWEVER, COVERED BY THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE SCHEME.
TURNING TO A NUMBER OF RELATED QUESTIONS RAISED BY THE HON. WONG LAM, THE SECRETARY FOR HOUSING REPLIED THAT ALMOST ABOUT 10,000 OUT OF THE TOTAL OF ABOUT 110,000 FAMILIES ON THE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S WAITING LIST HAD BEEN REGISTERED FOR MORE THAN FIVE YEARS AND WERE STILL WAITING FOR PUBLIC HOUSING.
NOTING THAT NO FAMILIES HAD BEEN REGISTERED FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS, HE SAID THE AVERAGE WAITING TIME FOR AN APPLICANT WAS FIVE YEARS.
+ALL APPLICANTS FOR PUBLIC HOUSING ARE REGISTERED ON A WAITING LIST AND GIVEN A REGISTRATION NUMBER,+ HE SAID. +AS PUBLIC HOUSING BECOMES AVAILABLE OFFERS ARE MADE STRICTLY IN NUMBER SEQUENCE TO THOSE WHO HAVE EXPRESSED A PREFERENCE FOR THE DISTRICT IN QUESTION,+
HE ADDED: +APPLICANTS WHO CHOOSE NEW ESTATES IN OUTLYING DISTRICTS WILL BE MADE AN OFFER MUCH SOONER THAN THOSE WHO APPLY FOR KOWLOON OR HONG KONG ISLAND WHICH ARE MUCH IN DEMAND.+
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