Eligibility Criteria for Domestic Rental Units

For Housing Society's Group A Rental Estates

Currently, Housing Society has no newly-built rental estate, so we would not accept applications from the general public for Group A rental estates. As for limited casual vacancies, we would only accept applicants holding the following valid Hong Kong Housing Authority (Housing Authority) Public Rental Housing application numbers:

Family Size Application Number Date of Registration or Equivalent Date of Registration
1 person under G1148842/U0155966 on or before 31 December 2004
2 persons - 3 persons under G1305184/U0303806 on or before 31 May 2012
4 persons or above under G1242345/U0229365 on or before 30 September 2009
Eligibility Criteria
  • The applicant must be aged 18 or over, and prior to the date of the application having resided in Hong Kong for seven or more years (according to the issuing date of the Identity Card), holding a Hong Kong Identity Card having (a) the right of abode in Hong Kong or (b) stay in Hong Kong not limited by the Hong Kong Immigration Department. The applicant and all family members included in the application must be permanently residing in Hong Kong. Family members who have not landed 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 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 member(s) must either be husband and wife, parent(s), child(ren), unmarried sibling(s) or 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 form owns residential property 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 with the Housing Society.
  • The applicant and all family members included in the application must not be / have been an owner of any property purchased under any of the home purchase assistance schemes operated by the Government or the Hong Kong Housing Society. Those who have their names deleted from the relevant registers due to change in marital status can be exempted from this restriction.
  • The total monthly income and asset of the applicant and his/her family members 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 from 1 June 2017)		 Maximum Family Asset Limits*
(Effective from 1 June 2017)
1 person $11,250 $250,000
2 persons $17,500 $350,000
3 persons $23,000 $470,000
4 persons $27,500 $510,000
5 persons $32,960 $630,000
6 persons $36,010 $660,000
7 persons $41,420 $680,000
8 persons $46,320 $690,000
9 persons $51,090 $780,000
10 persons & above $55,750 $810,000
*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.
Group A Estates:
 
Monthly Rent of Housing Society's Group A Rental Estates
Group A Estates Monthly Rent
(Effective from 1 April 2016)
Healthy Village Site III, North Point $1,240 to $1,985
Lai Tak Tsuen, Tai Hang $1,475 to $2,857
#Kwun Lung Lau Phase 1 (Redev) - Tower 1 & 2 $1,870 to $4,659
(exclusive of rates)
#Kwun Lung Lau Phase 2 (Block A to F) $1,308 to $2,283
Kwun Tong Garden Estate (Old site) $1,118 to $2,106
Kwun Tong Garden Estate (Lotus Tower) $1,800 to $3,277
Chun Seen Mei Chuen (Ma Tau Chung) $1,251 to $1,985
Lok Man Sun Chuen, Tokwawan $1,251 to $2,660
#Ka Wai Chuen, Hung Hom $1,489 to $3,315
#Moon Lok Dai Ha, Tsuen Wan $1,081 to $1,940
Clague Garden Estate, Tsuen Wan $2,583 to $4,397
Cho Yiu Chuen, Kwai Chung $1,577 to $3,297
Broadview Garden, Tsing Yi $2,563 to $5,187
#Jat Min Chuen, Shatin $1,546 to $3,168
*#Tui Min Hoi Chuen, Sai Kung $857 to $2,220
#Verbena Heights, Tseung Kwan O $1,055 to $2,673
Lakeside Garden, Sai Kung $1,622 to $3,423
*without lift facilities
#can accept applications from 1 person households

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 over, and prior to the date of the application having resided in Hong Kong for seven or more years (according to the issuing date of the identity card), holding a Hong Kong Identity Card having (a) the right of abode in Hong Kong or (b) stay in Hong Kong not limited by the Hong Kong Immigration Department. The applicant and all family members included in the application must be permanently residing in Hong Kong. Family members who have not landed in Hong Kong cannot be included in the application.
  • An application should consist of at least two persons. The relationship between the applicant and the other family members must be either:
    • Applicant and spouse
    • Applicant and children
    • Applicant and parents
    • Applicant and unmarried siblings
    • Applicant and a relative depending on him/her and at present 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 form owns residential property 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 with the Housing Society.
  • The applicant and all family members included in the application must not be / have been an owner of any property purchased under any of the home purchase assistance schemes operated by the Government or the Hong Kong Housing Society. Those who have their names deleted from the relevant registers due to change in marital status can be exempted from this restriction.
  • The total monthly family income of the applicant and his/her family members must be within and the family asset not exceeding the 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 from 1 June 2017)		 Maximum Family Asset Limits
(Effective from 1 June 2017)
2 persons $17,501 - $28,000 $350,000
3 persons $23,001 - $33,000 $470,000
4 persons $27,501 - $42,000 $510,000
5 persons & above $41,421 - $51,000 $810,000
Group B Estates:
Monthly Rent of Housing Society's Group B Rental Estates
 
Group B Estates Unit Monthly Rent
(Effective from 1 April 2016)
Healthy Village (Redev), North Point
Small (2-3 persons) $4,003 to $4,392
Medium (3-4 persons) $5,213 to $6,135
Large (4-5 persons) $7,002 to $7,359
Prosperous Garden, Yaumatei
Small (2-4 persons) $4,613 to $5,544
Medium (4-5 persons) $6,251 to $6,455
Large (4-6 persons) $6,982 to $7,646
Bo Shek Mansion, Tsuen Wan
Small (2-3 persons) $2,964 to $3,219
Medium (3-4 persons) $4,237 to $4,659
Large (4-7 persons) $6,595 to $7,651
 

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