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SUNDAY, MARCH 3, 1985
SINGLES APPLY FOR PUBLIC RENTAL HOUSING
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A TOTAL OF 2 391 SINGLE PERSONS HAVE REGISTERED WITH THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT FOR PUBLIC HOUSING IN THE FIRST MONTH SINCE A SEPARATE WAITING LIST WAS OPENED FOR THEM IN JANUARY THIS YEAR.
+DURING THE SAME PERIOD, 2 402 TWO-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS HAVE ALSO REGISTERED ON THE GENERAL WAITING LIST UNDER REVISED ALLOCATION POLICIES, SAID A HOUSING SPOKESMAN TODAY.
HE SAID THEIR APPLICATIONS WOULD BE PROCESSED WHEN THE IR TURN CAME UP ON THE WAITING LISTS.
+AT PRESENT. PROCESSING OF APPLICATIONS CONTINUES FOR THOSE SINGLE PERSONS AND TWO-PERSON FAMILIES WHO LIVE IN TEMPORARY HOUSING AREAS AND IN MARK 1/11 ESTATES AFFECTED BY REDEVELOPMENT. PRIORITY IN THE ALLOCATION OF HOUSING IS BEING GIVEN TO THESE TWO GROUPS OF SMALL FAMILIES.+
PREVIOUSLY APART FROM FAMILIES OF THREE OR MORE PERSONS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID, ONLY MARRIED COUPLES AND ELDERLY PERSONS COULD APPLY FOR PUBLIC RENTAL HOUSING.
+UNDER ALLOCATION POLICIES REVISED LAST YEAR, SINGLE PERSONS AND TWO-MEMBER HOUSEHOLDS MAY ALSO APPLY PROVIDED THEY SATISFY OTHER ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.
+THESE TWO-PERSON FAMILIES MAY COMPRISE TWO RELATED PERSONS SUCH AS PARENT AND CHILD, BROTHER AND SISTER LIVING AWAY FROM PARENTS, OR THE APPLICANT AND A RELATIVE WHO IS DEPENDENT ON AND LIVING WITH HIM.+
THE SPOKESMAN SAID APPLICANTS MUST BE OVER 21 YEARS OF AGE AND HAVE AT LEAST SEVEN YEARS' RESIDENCE IN HONG KONG IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR FLAT ALLOCATION.
+ THE TOTAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME SHOULD NOT EXCEED THE SET LIMITS AT THE TIME OF INVESTIGATION, THE CURRENT LIMIT IS $2 700 A MONTH FOR SINGLE PERSONS AND $4 000 A MONTH FOR TWO-MEMBER HOUSEHOLDS.
+OWNERS OF DOMESTIC PROPERTY ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR PUBLIC HOUSING.+
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