TNAG-0270-FCO40-306-Policy-on-housing-and-resettlement-in-Hong-Kong-1971 — Page 96

Type and Population

Resettlement

(Cottage Areas

57,585

Resettlement Estates

1,077,094

Total 1,134,679)

Government Low Cost

Housing

(176,037)

Housing

Authority

(171,905)

Housing Society (120,885)

Total 1,603,506

(at 31.3.70)

Income Limit

No limits.

Families with incomes below

$500 a month,

Families with $400 -- $900 a month up to $1,250 a month for higher rental flats.

Combination of

Government Low Cost Housing and

Brief Outline of the Main Categories of Government Aided Housing in Hong Kong

Purpose

Resettlement of families displaced from Crown land required for re-development; families rendered homeless by the demolition of

dangerous buildings, compassionate

welfare cases; and certain victims of natural disasters.

RUNG MAN TERNI SRESPONGE LOAN T

Housing for low income families living in over- crowded and sub- standard accom- modation, with 15% reserved for minor staff in Govern- ment service. Housing for

families of moderate means living in over- crowded and sub-standard accommodation.

Housing on economic basis for persons of

Housing Authority. small income.

Operation

Built by Public Works Department for Resettlement

Department.

Built by Public Works Department managed by Housing Authority for Government.

Built and mara ged by Housing Authority.

Built and managed by Housing Society.

Responsibility

Government.

Policies set by Urban Council

Standards

24 sq.ft. per person

Jun 1970

Allocation

Finance

Made on a quota Government

1 room without cooking basis, generally revenue. facilities; communal to people

Select Committees. toilets, wood shutters displaced from

Controlled by Government, but under Housing Authority policies as regards tenant selection and

for windows. (New

designs have

individual toilets

and private balconies, and provide 35 sq. ft. per person.)

35 sq.ft. per person. Cooking bench and water tap on private verandah, toilets for 1 or 2 families. (New designs have

estate management. individual toilets).

created by Housing Ordinance (Cap. 283).

Housing Authority | Self-contained flats mostly for 6 persons 35 sq.ft. per person plus kitchen, bath- room and private verandah.

Hong Kong Housing Society(affiliated to Hong Kong Council of Social Service).

Varied, but generally similar to Housing Authority flats.

squatter areas.

Applicants for either type of housing are invited to register on a combined wait ing list without charge. Each case is considered, and suitable accommodation is offered to eligible applicants as and when vacancies arise. Similar to Housing Authority's procedure.

Government

revenue.

Hong Kong Government Development

Loan Fund, plus self- generated funds from rental income. Government loans.