Eligibility Criteria for Domestic Rental Units
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For Housing Society's Group A Rental Estates
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For Housing Society's Group B Rental Estates
For Housing Society's Group A Rental Estates
Housing Society's Group A rental estates would only accept applicants holding the following valid Hong Kong Housing Authority (Housing Authority) Public Rental Housing (PRH) application numbers:
| Family Size | Application Number | Date of Registration or Equivalent Date of Registration (Equivalent date of registration will be adopted if there is one in the application) |
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| 1 person | under G1209013 / U0202995 | on or before 31 January 2008 |
| 2 persons or above | under G1418046 / U0440596 | on or before 31 January 2018 |
Eligibility Criteria
- Housing Society would only accept applicants holding the valid Housing Authority PRH application numbers within specified period (please refer to the above table for details). If applicants’ PRH application is cancelled by Housing Authority and is not allowed to reinstate by Housing Authority or is invalid during the application and the waiting period, Housing Society will cancel the application.
- The applicant must be aged 18 or above, and prior to the date of the application having resided in Hong Kong for 7 or more years (according to the issuing date of the Hong Kong Identity Card), holding a Hong Kong Identity Card having the right of abode in Hong Kong or is not subject to any condition of stay in Hong Kong. The applicant and all family members listed in the application (if any) must be permanently residing in Hong Kong. Family member(s) who have not landed in Hong Kong cannot be included in the application.
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If the application consists of one person only, the applicant must be an unmarried person, divorcee, widow/widower or married person whose spouse is not residing in Hong Kong and is not a holder of a Hong Kong Identity Card.
If the application consists of two or more persons, the relationship between the applicant and other family member(s) must either be husband and wife, parent(s), child(ren), unmarried sibling(s) or lineal relative(s) depending on him/her and currently living together.
(For all married persons listed in the application, their spouse and child(ren) under 18 years old must be included, unless final divorce documents with legal custody of child(ren) or death certificate of spouse can be produced. Only one of the married children of the applicant may be included in the application. A person under 18 years of age must apply together with his/her parents or legal guardian.) - Neither the applicant nor any family member listed in the application (if any) owns domestic property(ies) or land(s) for domestic use in Hong Kong in any form or manner directly or indirectly within 24 months prior to the date of application and up to the commencement of tenancy of allocated rental unit.
- The applicant or family member(s) listed in the application (if any) who are recipients of Social Welfare Department’s cash assistance/allowance schemes for elderly people who choose to reside in the Mainland, including but not limited to the Portable Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme, the Guangdong Scheme and the Fujian Scheme are ineligible to apply.
- The applicant and all family member(s) listed in the application (if any) must not be/have been an owner/loan recipient and his/her spouse of any property purchased under any of the subsidised housing schemes/projects/loan schemes operated by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, HKHS, HKHA or Urban Renewal Authority(URA). Those who have their names deleted from the relevant registers/record due to change in marital status can be exempted from this restriction.
- Applicants or family members whose PRH/ rental estate units applications cancelled by HKHA on or after 1 October 2023, or by HKHS on or after 1 December 2023 on grounds of making false declarations or furnishing false information will be barred from re-applying for PRH and rental estate units for a period of five years from the date of cancellation.
- Ex-tenants with PRH/ rental estate units tenancies terminated by HKHA on or after 1 October 2023, or by HKHS on or after 1 December 2023 for making false declarations, breaching any terms of the tenancy agreement or violating the Marking Scheme for Estate Management Enforcement in PRH (applicable to HKHA) etc., as well as their family member(s) aged 18 or above at the time of tenancy termination are ineligible to apply for PRH and rental estate units within five years from the following day after the date of tenancy termination. Although their applications may have been registered before the date of tenancy termination, these applications will be temporarily frozen for five years from the following day after the date of tenancy termination and the frozen period will not be counted as the waiting time (Non-elderly One-person Applicants of HKHA also will not earn any waiting time points during the frozen period). Should applicant households of PRH or rental estate units including ex-tenants and family members aged 18 or above at the time of tenancy termination have vacated the PRH or rental estate units without paying the rent arrears / debts when the tenancy is terminated, they must settle all the outstanding rent arrears / debts before they will be offered another unit in consequence of the PRH or rental estate units application.
- If the applicant and all family member(s) listed in the application (if any) have enjoyed other subsidised housing benefits (including but not limited to “Home Ownership Scheme” (HOS), “Subsidised Sale Flats Project”) during application, the application for rental estate from HKHS will be cancelled.
- HKHS may revise the application eligibility criteria for rental estate as appropriate. HKHS will not inform applicants of such versions, please browse HKHS website or contact HKHS on 2894 3274 for details. Applicants must also abide by all the application eligibility criteria for rental estate revised by HKHS from time to time.
- The total monthly income and net asset of the applicant and family member(s) listed in the application (if any) must not exceed the maximum limits as listed below. Such limits are subject to annual review.
Maximum Monthly Family Income Limits & Family Asset Limits
Family Size Maximum Monthly Family Income Limits
(Effective 1 April 2024)Maximum Family Asset Limits*
(Effective 1 April 2024)1 person $12,940 $286,000 2 persons $19,730 $387,000 3 persons $24,740 $505,000 4 persons $30,950 $590,000 5 persons $37,740 $655,000 6 persons $44,620 $709,000 7 persons $48,970 $757,000 8 persons $54,770 $792,000 9 persons $60,430 $877,000 10 persons & above $65,950 $945,000 *If all member(s) of a family is/are elderly person(s) of age 60 or above, the total net asset limit for the family will double the amount as shown in the above table (Effective 1 June 2017).Group A Estates:
Monthly Rent of Hong Kong Housing Society's Group A Rental Estates:
| Group A Estates | Monthly Rent (From 1 October 2022) |
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| #Ming Wah Dai Ha Phase 1 (Redev), Shaukeiwan | $3,084 to $6,950 (exclusive of rates) |
| Lai Tak Tsuen, Tai Hang | $1,754 to $3,397 |
| #Kwun Lung Lau Phase I (Tower 1 & Tower 2), Kennedy Town | $2,223 to $5,541 (exclusive of rates) |
| #Kwun Lung Lau Phase II (Block A to Block F), Kennedy Town | $1,554 to $2,715 |
| Lok Man Sun Chuen, Tokwawan | $1,488 to $3,163 |
| #Ka Wai Chuen, Hung Hom | $1,770 to $3,943 |
| #Moon Lok Dai Ha, Tsuen Wan | $1,285 to $2,307 |
| Clague Garden Estate, Tsuen Wan | $3,072 to $5,229 |
| Cho Yiu Chuen, Kwai Chung | $1,270 to $3,920 |
| Broadview Garden, Tsing Yi | $3,048 to $6,169 |
| #Jat Min Chuen, Shatin | $1,838 to $3,767 |
| *#Tui Min Hoi Chuen, Sai Kung | $1,018 to $2,639 |
| #Verbena Heights, Tseung Kwan O | $1,254 to $3,178 |
| Lakeside Garden, Sai Kung | $1,928 to $4,070 |
*without lift facilities
#applications from 1 person household are acceptable
For Housing Society's Group B Rental Estates
(Application for Group B Rental Estates was closed as from 1 July 2011.)
Eligibility Criteria
- The applicant must be aged 18 or above, and prior to the date of the application having resided in Hong Kong for 7 or more years (according to the issuing date of the Hong Kong Identity Card), holding a Hong Kong Identity Card having the right of abode in Hong Kong or is not subject to any condition of stay in Hong Kong. The applicant and all family members listed in the application must be permanently residing in Hong Kong. Family member(s) who have not landed in Hong Kong cannot be included in the application.
- The application should consist of at least two persons. The relationship between the applicant and other family member(s) must either be husband and wife, parent(s), child(ren), unmarried sibling(s) or lineal relative(s) depending on him/her and currently living together.
(For all married persons listed in the application, their spouse and child(ren) under 18 years old must be included, unless final divorce documents with legal custody of child(ren) or death certificate of spouse can be produced. Only one of the married children of the applicant may be included in the application. A person under 18 years of age must apply together with his/her parents or legal guardian.) - Neither the applicant nor any family member listed in the application owns domestic property(ies) or land(s) for domestic use in Hong Kong in any form or manner directly or indirectly within 24 months prior to the date of application and up to the commencement of tenancy of allocated rental unit.
- The applicant or family member(s) listed in the application (if any) who are recipients of Social Welfare Department’s cash assistance/allowance schemes for elderly people who choose to reside in the Mainland, including but not limited to the Portable Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme, the Guangdong Scheme and the Fujian Scheme are ineligible to apply.
- The applicant and all family member(s) listed in the application must not be/have been an owner/loan recipient and his/her spouse of any property purchased under any of the subsidised housing schemes/projects/loan schemes operated by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong Housing Society (HKHS), Hong Kong Housing Authority (HKHA) or Urban Renewal Authority (URA). Those who have their names deleted from the relevant registers/record due to change in marital status can be exempted from this restriction.
- Applicants or family members whose Public Rental Housing of HKHA (PRH)/ rental estate units applications cancelled by HKHA on or after 1 October 2023, or by HKHS on or after 1 December 2023 on grounds of making false declarations or furnishing false information will be barred from re-applying for PRH and rental estate units for a period of five years from the date of cancellation.
- Ex-tenants with PRH/ rental estate units tenancies terminated by HKHA on or after 1 October 2023, or by HKHS on or after 1 December 2023 for making false declarations, breaching any terms of the tenancy agreement or violating the Marking Scheme for Estate Management Enforcement in PRH (applicable to HKHA) etc., as well as their family member(s) aged 18 or above at the time of tenancy termination are ineligible to apply for PRH and rental estate units within five years from the following day after the date of tenancy termination. Although their applications may have been registered before the date of tenancy termination, these applications will be temporarily frozen for five years from the following day after the date of tenancy termination and the frozen period will not be counted as the waiting time (Non-elderly One-person Applicants of HKHA also will not earn any waiting time points during the frozen period). Should applicant households of PRH or rental estate units including ex-tenants and family members aged 18 or above at the time of tenancy termination have vacated the PRH or rental estate units without paying the rent arrears / debts when the tenancy is terminated, they must settle all the outstanding rent arrears / debts before they will be offered another unit in consequence of the PRH or rental estate units application.
- If the applicant and all family member(s) listed in the application (if any) have enjoyed other subsidised housing benefits (including but not limited to “Home Ownership Scheme” (HOS), “Subsidised Sale Flats Project”) during application, the application for rental estate from HKHS will be cancelled.
- HKHS may revise the application eligibility criteria for rental estate as appropriate. HKHS will not inform applicants of such versions, please browse HKHS website (www.hkhs.com) or contact HKHS on 2894 3274 for details. Applicants must also abide by all the application eligibility criteria for rental estate revised by HKHS from time to time.
- The total monthly family income of the applicant and all family member(s) listed in the application must be within the income limits as listed below and net family asset of the applicant and family member(s) listed in the application must not exceed the maximum limits as listed below. Such limits are subject to annual review.
Maximum Monthly Family Income Limits & Family Asset Limits
Family Size Monthly Family Income Limits
(Effective 1 April 2024)Maximum Family Asset Limits*
(Effective 1 April 2024)2 persons $19,731 - $30,950 $387,000 3 persons $24,741 - $37,740 $505,000 4 persons $30,951 - $48,970 $590,000 5 persons & above $48,971 - $60,430 $945,000 *If all members of a family is/are elderly person(s) of age 60 or above, the total net asset limit for the family will double the amount as shown in the above table (Effective 1 June 2018).Group B Estates:
Monthly Rent of Housing Society's Group B Rental Estates:
| Group B Estates | Unit | Monthly Rent (From 1 October 2022) |
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| Healthy Village Phase I, North Point | ||
| Small (2-3 persons) | $4,761 to $5,224 | |
| Medium (3-4 persons) | $6,201 to $7,298 | |
| Large (4-5 persons) | $8,329 to $8,753 | |
| Prosperous Garden, Yaumatei | ||
| Small (2-4 persons) | $5,487 to $6,594 | |
| Medium (4-5 persons) | $7,436 to $7,678 | |
| Large (4-6 persons) | $8,305 to $9,095 | |
| Bo Shek Mansion, Tsuen Wan | ||
| Small (2-3 persons) | $3,526 to $3,829 | |
| Medium (3-4 persons) | $5,039 to $5,541 | |
| Large (4-7 persons) | $7,844 to $8,208 |
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