“Waiting for Public Housing in Hong Kong: A Mother’s 8-Year Journey to Secure a Home in Butterfly Village”

2023-04-21 10:26:20

As of the end of December last year, the average waiting time for public housing was 5.5 years. A Hong Kong mother wrote about waiting for public housing for 8 years. During this period, she experienced singleness, marriage and childbirth. She finally got the first allocation last month. It was a unit in Butterfly Village, Tuen Mun. During the period, the estate director kindly reminded her that the unit was small and old. She refused and waited for the second group, but she finally decided to accept the room allocation, “Immediately ‘go upstairs’ to collect money and save money!”

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The post-80s female netizen posted on the Facebook group “Hong Kong Public Housing Discussion Forum (FB Version)” last Wednesday (12th), saying that she and her husband have a 1.5-year-old child. She revealed that she applied for a single-person public housing in 2015. During the waiting period, she experienced marriage and childbirth. In December last year, she was transferred from the extended urban area to a three-person public housing in the New Territories. She met the director of the Housing Department in February this year and received it on March 31. When she received a letter from the distribution room, she was the first to send a unit in Butterfly Village, Tuen Mun. She sighed:

“I waited 8 years for the first school to graduate, born and raised in Hong Kong after the 1980s, from being single to getting married and giving birth to children.”

The director tried his best to dissuade

Butterfly Village is one of the “Three Treasures of Tuen Mun”. The owner confessed that it was not his favorite housing estate. When she and her husband met with the estate director, the other party also repeatedly reminded Butterfly Village that the building was 40 years old and the units were small and used central petroleum gas. , and there is only one type of unit, even if you add people in the future, you cannot change the unit. “I guess this is the biggest problem that everyone thinks. When I signed the contract, I saw two families rejecting it. I talked to the director to live in Kaitun. The people at the door dock will choose this first, let me think about it clearly, he said that my husband and I feel that we should give up waiting for the second faction, and emphasize that I am the first faction and can wait for the next time.”

However, the owner believed that Butterfly Village was the housing estate with the best facilities among the “Three Treasures”, so he was still grateful. In addition, she pointed out that during the period of “going upstairs”, she had “missed a lot of things” at work, and she didn’t know when to wait until the second faction. It’s better to save money than scare.”

Netizen: contentment will make you happy

After seeing the post, many netizens praised the victim for being content and grateful, thinking that as long as the family has a consensus, it is enough, and sent her blessings. Another netizen pointed out that although the Butterfly Village is older and the units are smaller, it has convenient transportation, and there are shopping malls and restaurants nearby, and you can also see the sea view.

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If you refuse 3 times of room allocation, your application will be cancelled.

If you are not satisfied with the results of the 3 allocations, what will happen if you refuse to accept? According to the information of the Housing Department, there are a total of 3 (one at a time) housing allocation proposals for eligible public housing applicants. Rejecting all 3 housing allocation proposals without “acceptable” reasons will lead to the cancellation of the relevant applications. Applicants can Submit a written appeal within 15 days from the date of the cancellation of the application notification letter. The applicant can only apply for public housing again one year after the application is cancelled. Only the following circumstances will be “acceptable” as grounds for refusing to accept a flat offer:

  • The applicant has a supporting document issued by the relevant agency (such as the Hospital Authority) clearly stating the applicant’s health reasons for not being able to accept the allocated PRH flat
  • The applicant has a supporting document issued by the relevant department or agency (such as the Social Welfare Department) clearly stating that the applicant cannot accept the public housing unit allocated due to social factors
  • The applicant has documents that are sufficient to prove that the lease cannot be signed on time due to departure or hospitalization.If the applicant can provide sufficient reasons to reject the proposal and the Housing Authority accepts it, the Housing Authority will make additional housing arrangements according to its special needs

If the applicant has special allocation requirements (such as wanting to live in a designated area or a certain type of public housing units in the area he chooses), he must have family and/or health reasons after examination and approval from relevant government departments or institutions (such as social housing units). Welfare Department or the Hospital Authority) in response to such requests, the HA will, taking into account individual circumstances and resources permitting, allocate the recommended area or public housing unit to the applicant as far as possible.

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