Page 25 - Hong Kong Housing Society 香港房屋協會 - Annual Report 2018 年報

To offer relief to those with financial difficulties, we will implement the މ՘пϞৌ݁Ѣᗭٙॡ˒dҢࡁਗ਼׵ɚཧ
Rent Assistance Scheme, similar to the one administered by the Hong ɓɞϋɘ˜ৎྼ݄ᗳЧ࠰ಥג܊։ࡰึપ
Kong Housing Authority, starting from September 2018. Under this Бٙ˜ॡږ౪пࠇྌ™fίϤࠇྌɨdΥ༟
Scheme, eligible residents can apply for a 50% rent reduction. At the ֢ࣸ͏̙͡ሗಯеɓ̒ॡږfג՘ਗ਼Νࣛ
same time the Housing Society will initiate the Well-off Tenants Policy ྼ݄˜బ˒݁ഄ™dᆽڭϞࣖʱৣᘒ൮ٙ༟
to ensure the effective allocation of precious subsidised housing пג܊༟๕f࢕ࢬϗɝאଋ༟ପ൴ཀɓ֛
resources. Those households with a family income or net assets ˥̻ٙ࢕ࢬਗ਼ცࠅ˕˹ᕘ̮ॡږאቋ̈ତ
exceeding a certain level will be required to pay extra rent or move out. ֢ఊЗf༈݁ഄසቇ͜׵ג՘̈ॡ܊㡼ٙ
The policy is only applicable to the new tenants of the Housing Society อॡ˒d˸ʿਗ਼ॡߒᔷ౬ʚڢৣਅٙ࢕ࢬ
rental estates, and in cases where a tenancy is transferred to a family ϓࡰٙॡ˒f
member other than the spouse.

Over one third of the residents in our rental estates are aged over 60. Ңࡁٙ̈ॡ܊㡼Ϟ൴ཀɧʱɓ֢ٙ͏ѩ൴
We have expedited the implementation of Ageing-in-Place programme ཀʬɤ๋fҢࡁʊ׵הϞᒍɨ̈ॡ܊㡼̋
in all our rental estates, with a target to make the rental estates an ҞપБ˜ᆀ੻ॾה™֢࢕τϼࠇྌdϙίᐄ
elderly-friendly living environment. The University of Hong Kong was ிڗ٫ʾഛٙ͛ݺᐑྤfג՘Ϙۃ։ৄ࠰
commissioned to find out the effectiveness of our programme, and an ಥɽኪ൙Ϙᆀ੻ॾה™ࠇྌٙϓࣖdԨ੻
encouraging positive result was reported. ̈˿ɛོႀ͍ٙࠦഐ؈f

Embarking on New Ventures 揭開業務新一章

Dedicated Rehousing Estates 專用安置屋邨
As a close working partner of the Government, the Housing Society is Ъމִ݁ٙၡ੗ʈЪྫМdג՘ʊ๟௪ఱ
well placed to build subsidised rehousing options for eligible ၫdމաִ݁೯࢝૶װБਗ€Էνίอ೯࢝
households affected by government development clearance exercises ਜٙධͦהᅂᚤٙΥ༟֢ࣸ͏dጳܔ༟п
(such as those for NDA projects). τໄ፯ධf

In May 2018, the Government proposed to offer a non-means tested ɚཧɓɞϋʞ˜dִ݁ܔᙄΣաִ݁೯࢝
rehousing option for eligible households affected by government ૶װБਗהᅂᚤٙΥ༟ࣸ࢕ࢬ౤Զе຾᏶
development clearance exercises. This rehousing option would be in ًرᄲݟٙτໄ፯኿d׵ג՘೯࢝ʿ၍ଣ
the form of rental and SSF units in Dedicated Rehousing Estates to be ٙਖ਼͜τໄ܊㡼ʫ౤Զ̈ॡʿ༟п̈ਯఊ
developed and managed by the Housing Society. Additionally, whilst ЗfϤ̮d຅Ϟᗫٙਖ਼͜τໄ܊㡼̙Զɝ
the Dedicated Rehousing Estates are being prepared for intake, vacant ͹ۃdג՘ึਗ਼ᒍɨ̈ॡ܊㡼ٙ٤ໄఊЗ
units of the Housing Society’s rental estates will be used for one-off ᅡЪɓϣ׌ཀನ׌τໄఊЗdԶΥ༟ࣸ࢕
transitional rehousing arrangements for eligible households. We ࢬɝИfҢࡁПࠇdЗ׵४Ꮚϵձ༩ʿݳ
estimate that the first batch of Dedicated Rehousing Estates at Pak Wo ˥዗ݳ̻༩ٙୋɓҭਖ਼͜τໄ܊㡼ਗ਼̙׵
Road in Fanling and at Hung Ping Road in Hung Shui Kiu will be ready ɚཧɚɧŊɚཧɚ̬ϋɝ͹f
for first intake in 2023/2024.

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