• To provide financial assistance to elderly owner-occupiers to repair and maintain their self-occupied buildings and to upkeep building safety.

  • The scope of works covers building safety related maintenance works in a residential flat and/or in building common areas:

    • Improvement of structural aspects of building, e.g. repair to loose, cracked, spalled or otherwise defective concrete;
    • Improvement of safety of external elevations of building, e.g. repair to defective rendering and mosaic tiles;
    • Inspection, repair or replacement of defective windows;
    • Inspection or repair of buildings;
    • Improvement of fire safety of building, e.g. means of escape, means of access for firefighting & rescue and fire resisting construction;
    • Provision, improvement and maintenance of fire service installations and equipment of buildings;
    • Removal of unauthorized building works and illegal rooftop structures;
    • Improvement of building and sanitary services, e.g. repairing, maintaining and replacing lifts, fire services installations and equipment, electrical wiring, gas risers, replacing defective waste pipes, soil pipes, rainwater pipes, fresh water pipes, vent pipes and underground drainage;
    • Repair of waterproofing membranes at rooftops and flat roofs, and works to alleviate water seepage problem;
    • Maintenance or improvement works for slopes and retaining walls;
    • Improvement of the fire and building safety of cubicles;
    • Maintenance works in association with above works, including investigation works and professional services;
    • Any incidental or consequential works relating to items 1 to 12 above, e.g. touch-up works arising from repair or remedial works; and
    • Repayment of applicant’s outstanding loan(s) with the BD, HKHS or URA in relation to building maintenance, and/or de-registration of the concerned legal charge/charging order.
    • Applicant should hold valid Hong Kong Identity Card, aged 60 or above; and
    • Applicant is the owner of a residential flat in a private domestic building or composite building*; and
    • Applicant and his/her spouse (if married) are residing in the applied property**; and
    • Recipient of Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) or Old Age Living Allowance (OALA) or comply with income and asset limits***:
    Type Monthly income limit#
    (HK$)    		 Asset limit##
    (HK$)
    Singleton $8,690 $710,000
    Couple $13,860 $1,078,000


    *The administrator or executor (i.e. the holder of Letters of Administration (LA) or Probate) can also apply as owner of the residential flat. The applicant has to meet other eligibility criteria of BMGS. Before the release of grant, the LA or Probate must be registered on the land register of the applied property. The applicant must still remain as administrator or executor of applied property for HKHS to process the application.

    **Application from the following categories of persons is not accepted: Owner/Tenant or his/her spouse (if married) of any subsidized housing and housing benefits, excluding the applied property.

    ***HKHS would request the applicant and his/her spouse (if married) to declare their income and assets with supporting documents in accordance with their individual circumstances.

    #Calculation of income: monthly contribution to Mandatory Provident Fund, Disability Allowance, Old Age Allowance and mortgage repayment of the self-occupied property are excluded.

    ##Calculation of asset: the value of the property in which the applicant resides and to which the grant relates is excluded.

    • Application forms can be obtained at locations below or downloaded from the following websites:
      Hong Kong Housing Society
      Address        Applications Section, G/F, Dragon Centre, 23 Wun Sha Street,
      Tai Hang, Hong Kong
      Website www.hkhs.com
      Buildings Department
      Address          11/F, Buildings Department Headquarters, North Tower, West Kowloon Government Offices, 11 Hoi Ting Road, Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon
      Website www.bd.gov.hk
      Urban Renewal Authority
      Address Unit 1001, 10/F, Tower 2, Cheung Sha Wan Plaza,
      833 Cheung Sha Wan Road, Kowloon
      Website www.ura.org.hk
      Home Affairs Department
      Address    All Public Enquiry Service Centres of the District Offices
      Website www.buildingmgt.gov.hk
    • Completed Integrated Building Rehabilitation Assistance Scheme application form (For Individual Flat Owner) with below necessary supporting documents can be submitted to the HKHS Applications Section / URA via:
      • On-line submission:
        Website: http://www.buildingrehab.org.hk/eapplication
      • By hand or by post to the HKHS Applications Section or URA offices:
        Address of HKHS Applications Section: G/F, Dragon Centre, 23 Wun Sha Street, Tai Hang, Hong Kong
      • By fax to the HKHS Applications Section (Fax No.: 2504 0867)
    • For application of grant for repair works in a residential flat, the applicant should ensure:
      • no commencement of the works prior to the submission of application form and the inspection conducted by HKHS staff and/or its representatives. Otherwise, grant might not be approved; and
      • no duplicated repair items were quoted for application of building repair grant(s)/ loan(s) under the BD, HKHS or URA.
    • For application of grant for repair works in building common areas, application form (For Individual Flat Owner) should be submitted prior to the issue date of Practical Completion Certificate for the completion of repair works.
    • Applicant must employ competent and registered contractor for related works, of which copy of license and complete set of completion certificate as required by related legislation should be submitted upon completion of works. Grant for related works item will not be approved if the above mentioned documents are not submitted.
    Enquiry Hotline: (852) 3188 1188
    • The ceiling is capped at HK$40,000 for each grant application.
      • Each eligible applicant and his/her spouse (if married) will be altogether eligible for a maximum grant of HK$40,000.
      • The applied property will be eligible for a maximum grant of HK$40,000.
      • The amount of grant will be calculated in proportion to the share of ownership of the flat owned by the applicant and his/her spouse (if married).
    • The grant should be firstly used to repay the eligible applicant's existing loan(s) already approved and released by the BD, HKHS or URA in relation to building repair works.
    • If the grant is used to repay applicant’s outstanding loan(s) with the BD, HKHS or URA in relation to building repair works, the outstanding loan amount will be calculated as at the date of receipt of application for the grant (i.e. time of receipt via online application by URA or as evidenced by the postmark).
    • An un-discharged bankrupt person is not eligible for the grant.
    • The decision of HKHS shall be final. HKHS reserves the right to adjust the approval/approved amount or reject the application. At the same time, if grant has been released, HKHS has the right to request applicant to return the grant.