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ANSWER

(C)

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1994

WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT IS AWARE OF ANY GREEN FORM APPLICANTS WHO HAVE BEEN LIVING IN HOS FLATS FOR YEARS WITHOUT SURRENDERING THEIR PUBLIC RENTAL FLATS AND WHO CONTINUE ΤΟ PAY MONTHLY RENTS TO THE DEPARTMENT?

HOUSING

MR PRESIDENT,

(A)

FROM

INTRODUCTION OF THE HOME OWNERSHIP

SCHEME

(HOS) IN 1978 UP TO THE MOST RECENT PHASE 16A, A TOTAL OF SOME 200,800 FLATS HAVE BEEN PUT

SAUNAAN

INCLUDING HOS, PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION

SALE,

SCHEME,

THE MIDDLE INCOME HOUSING SCHEME. ALL THE FLATS HAVE BEEN SOLD.

(B) A TOTAL OF SOME 73,400 FLATS HAVE BEEN SOLD TO SITTING TENANTS WHO ARE REQUIRED TO SURRENDER THEIR RENTAL UNITS TO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.

THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT

CLOSELY MONITORS THE SITUATION WHEN A TENANT IS SUCCESSFUL IN HIS APPLICATION то BUY A HOS/PSPS FLAT TO ENSURE THAT THE RENTAL FLAT WILL RECOVERED. THE TENANT PURCHASER IS REQUIRED UNDERTAKE TO SURRENDER HTS RENTAL UNIT WITHIN MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF TAKING OVER THE HOS FLAT.

BE

ΤΟ

TWO

(C)

NEITHER THE GOVERNMENT NOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY IS AWARE OF ANY SUCCESSFUL GREEN FORM APPLICANTS WHO HAVE BEEN LIVING IN HOS FLATS FOR YEARS WITHOUT SURRENDERING THEIR PUBLIC RENTAL FLATS.

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