Eligibility Criteria for Domestic Rental Units

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)
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
  • Hong Kong Housing Society (HKHS) would only accept applicants holding the valid Hong Kong Housing Authority (HKHA) Public Rental Housing (PRH) application numbers within specified period (refer to the above table for details). If applicant’s PRH application is cancelled by HKHA and is not allowed to reinstate by HKHA or is invalid during the application and the waiting period, HKHS 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 years (according to the issuing date of the Hong Kong Identity Card), holding a valid Hong Kong Identity Card and has the right of abode in Hong Kong. The residence in Hong Kong is not subject to any conditions of stay (except for conditions on the limit of stay). The applicant and family member(s) listed in the application (if any) must be permanently residing in Hong Kong. Any persons who are not granted the right to land in Hong Kong cannot be included in the application.

  • If the application consists of one person only, the applicant must be an unmarried person, divorcee, widow/widower or married person whose spouse has not been granted the right to land in Hong Kong.

    If the application consists of two or more persons, the relationship between the applicant and family member(s) must either be husband and wife, parent(s), child(ren), single sibling(s) or lineal relative(s) depending on him/her and currently living together. 

    If the single sibling(s) get(s) married during the period of application, he/she/they must delete his/her/their name from the application as soon as possible even though his/her/their spouse has not been granted the right to land in Hong Kong. 

    (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 preceding the date of application and up to the commencement of tenancy of allocated rental unit.
  • The applicant and/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/or 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 projects/schemes/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 of  HKHA/ rental estate units of HKHS 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/or family member(s) listed in the application (if any) have enjoyed other subsidised housing benefits (including but not limited to “Home Ownership Scheme”, “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 $945,000
    *If all member(s) of a family is/are elderly person(s) of age 60 or above, the total net asset limit for the family will double the amount as shown in the above table (Effective 1 June 2017).
    Group A Estates:
Monthly Rent of Hong Kong Housing Society's Group A Rental Estates:
Group A Estates Monthly Rent (HK$)
(From 1 October 2024)
#Ming Wah Dai Ha Phase 1 (Redev), Shaukeiwan $3,392 to $7,645
(exclusive of rates)
Lai Tak Tsuen, Tai Hang $1,929 to $3,736
#Kwun Lung Lau Phase I (Tower 1 & Tower 2), Kennedy Town $2,445 to $6,095
(exclusive of rates)
#Kwun Lung Lau Phase II (Block A to Block F), Kennedy Town $1,709 to $2,986
Lok Man Sun Chuen, Tokwawan $1,636 to $3,479
#Ka Wai Chuen, Hung Hom $1,947 to $4,337
#Moon Lok Dai Ha, Tsuen Wan $1,413 to $2,537
Clague Garden Estate, Tsuen Wan $3,379 to $5,751
Cho Yiu Chuen, Kwai Chung $1,397 to $4,312
Broadview Garden, Tsing Yi $3,352 to $6,785
#Jat Min Chuen, Shatin $2,021 to $4,143
*#Tui Min Hoi Chuen, Sai Kung $1,119 to $2,902
#Verbena Heights, Tseung Kwan O $1,379 to $3,495
Lakeside Garden, Sai Kung $2,120 to $4,477
*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 years (according to the issuing date of the Hong Kong Identity Card), holding a valid Hong Kong Identity Card and has the right of abode in Hong Kong. The residence in Hong Kong is not subject to any conditions of stay (except for conditions on the limit of stay). The applicant and family members listed in the application must be permanently residing in Hong Kong. Any persons who are not granted the right to land in Hong Kong cannot be included in the application.
  • The application should consist of at least two persons. The relationship between the applicant and family member(s) must either be husband and wife, parent(s), child(ren), single sibling(s) or lineal relative(s) depending on him/her and currently living together. If the single sibling(s) get(s) married during the period of application, he/she/they must delete his/her/their name from the application as soon as possible even though his/her/their spouse has not been granted the right to land in Hong Kong.
    ​​​​
    (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 preceding the date of application and up to the commencement of tenancy of allocated rental unit.
  • The applicant and/or family member(s) listed in the application 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/or 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 projects/schemes/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 (PRH) of HKHA / rental estate units of HKHS 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/or family member(s) listed in the application have enjoyed other subsidised housing benefits (including but not limited to “Home Ownership Scheme”, “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 $945,000
    *If all members of a family is/are elderly person(s) of age 60 or above, the total net asset limit for the family will double the amount as shown in the above table (Effective 1 June 2018).
    Group B Estates:
Monthly Rent of Housing Society's Group B Rental Estates:
Group B Estates Flat Type (Applicable number of occupant) Monthly Rent (HK$)
(From 1 October 2024)
Healthy Village Phase I, North Point
Small (2 to 3 persons) $5,237 to $5,746
Medium (3 to 4 persons) $6,821 to $8,027
Large (4 to 5 persons) $9,161 to $9,628
Prosperous Garden, Yaumatei
Small (2 to 4 persons) $6,035 to $7,253
Medium (4 to 5 persons) $8,179 to $8,445
Large (4 to 6 persons) $9,135 to $10,004
Bo Shek Mansion, Tsuen Wan
Small (2 to 3 persons) $3,878 to $4,211
Medium (3 to 4 persons) $5,542 to $6,095
Large (4 to 7 persons) $8,628 to $9,028

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