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may also result in different rent levels for flats within the same estate or district having similar design but built under different phases of development if this method was to be
adopted.
I shall now turn to the other Report on Housing
Subsidy to Tenants of Public Housing.
I have earlier outlined the social objective of
the Public Housing Programme and the current subsidies provided by Government. The Committee's recommendations address the Programme's social objective of providing for those who are most in need and re-affirms the principle that housing subsidies should be reduced for those tenants who are no longer in need. In order to optimise the use of resources to provide for the most needy, the Committee proposes that those public housing tenants who have improved their financial position to more than twice the Waiting List
Income Limit should pay double rent.
Views have often been expressed to the effect that tenants no longer in need should vacate their public housing units. The Committee has examined this proposal but it considers that evicting a considerable number of tenants will have serious repercussions on the community and recommends The Committee also notes that this should not be pursued.
the inadequate opportunity provided for these tenants for
Meanwhile, home purchase, in the public and private sectors.
a realistic approach to reducing subsidies would be to charge such tenants a higher rent if they prefer to stay in public
housing.
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