Frequently Asked Questions
The Housing Society manages a portfolio of over 20 rental estates and provides property management services for other residential properties. Please click here for the full list.
Besides, Hong Kong Housing Authority (HA) manages over 180 public rental housing estates and more than 160 Home Ownership Scheme (HOS) courts. Please click here to contact HA directly for further information about its estates/HOS courts.
Should there be any queries or suggestions on management of the rental estates/residential properties of the Housing Society, please contact the respective Estate/Property Management Offices directly for assistance.
Tenants are required to submit an application to the Estate Management Office and obtain written approval before commencement of any decoration works. Tenants will be responsible for restoring the fixtures and fittings to their original form in good condition at their own expenses upon termination of tenancy.
Please click here for the guidelines. Should you require any assistance, please contact the respective Estate Management Offices.
Please click on hyperlinks below for relevant tenancy policies:
The above information is for reference only. Should you require any assistance, please contact the respective Estate Management Offices.
Please click on the hyperlinks below for details about applications for change of family member or transfer of ownership:
- Addition or Deletion of Family Members
- Application Note and Form for Transfer of Ownership
Please click here for details or contact the respective Estate Management Offices directly.
Public housing is valuable social resources. Please inform the respective Estate Management Offices for any abuse of public housing resources and facilitate our staff to look into the cases.
To satisfy the needs of senior residents in housing, healthcare and social support, and enable them to age in place, the Housing Society rolled out the Ageing-in-Place Scheme in 2012, providing services such as health assessment, case referral and home modification assessments. Please click here for details.
Besides, the CES (Caring, Engaging and Smart) Team was set up in early 2021. The Team offers support to elders and residents of rental estates through case management, therapeutic group activities, mass programmes as well as mutual support networks. Please click here to know more or contact the respective Estate Management Offices directly.
The Rent Assistance Scheme of the Housing Society aims to offer short-term relief to tenants of rental estates. Eligible households will be granted either 25% or 50% rent reduction for a term of two years.
Please click here for details. Should you require any assistance, please contact the respective Estate Management Offices.
Car parking spaces are available for leasing for residents/commercial tenants at certain estates/residential properties of the Housing Society.
Interested parties can obtain details and the application form at the respective Estate Management Offices or car park shroff offices.
Should there be any queries or suggestions about carparks at rental estates/residential properties managed by the Housing Society, please contact the respective Estate/Property Management Offices or car park operators for assistance.
The Housing Society introduced the “Building Maintenance Grant Scheme for Elderly Owners” and “Mandatory Building Inspection Subsidy Scheme”, both of which has ceased to accept new applications. Should you require any assistance, please contact the Urban Renewal Authority at (852)3188 1188 to know more about its “Integrated Building Rehabilitation Assistance Scheme”.
Besides, the Housing Society has launched the “Voluntary Building Assessment Scheme” (VBAS). Buildings certified under the VBAS will be recognised by the Building Authority for having fulfilled the requirements under the “Mandatory Building Inspection Scheme” and the “Mandatory Window Inspection Scheme” (in respect of windows in common parts only) within the respective inspection cycles. Please click here for details.
Rental units of the Housing Society are categorised into two groups, A and B. Group A caters to low-income families whereas Group B targets families of relatively higher incomes. The rental rates for these two categories of rental housing, with different eligibility requirements, are set at different discounted market prices. Please click here for details.
At present, Group A rental estates of the Housing Society are not open for application. Group A rental estates only accept applicants holding designated and valid Hong Kong Housing Authority Public Rental Housing application numbers. For Group B rental estates, application was closed as from 1 July 2011. Please click here for details.
Rental units of the Housing Society are not open for application.
Application for public rental housing (PRH) is handled by HA. HA invites eligible PRH applicants to apply for Group A rental units of the Housing Society according to its application procedures. For any queries, please contact HA directly at (852)2712 2712 or [email protected].
For enquiries about the status of Housing Society's rental estate applications, please contact the Applications Section at (852)2894 3274.
The Housing Society provides elderly housing for low- to middle-income elderly as well as those in more favourable financial conditions. The options include Elderly Persons’ Flats, Senior Citizen Residences Scheme, Harmony Place and The Tanner Hill. Please click here for details about Elderly Persons’ Flats. For other projects, please click here for more information and application details.
The Housing Society has rolled out five “T-Home” Transitional Rental Housing projects so far, located at Yue Kwong Chuen, Kwun Tong Garden Estate, Trackside Villas, Chun Seen Mei Chuen and Ming Wah Dai Ha respectively. Please click here for details.
The “Letting Scheme for Subsidised Sale Developments with Premium Unpaid” allows eligible owners of designated subsidised sale flats provided by the Housing Society and Hong Kong Housing Authority with premium unpaid to let their flat/bedroom(s) to eligible public rental housing applicants as “T-Home”. Interested owners or tenants may visit the designated webpage of “Letting Scheme” for details and download the application form.
The Housing Society has developed various types of subsidised housing projects for sale including:
For all new projects for sale, the Housing Society will make public announcement of the project information as well as the sales arrangements.
Besides, eligible persons can apply for the Flat-for-Sale Scheme Secondary (FFSS) Market Scheme which covers Flat-for-Sale Scheme and Subsidised Sale Flats Project. Please click here for details. Should there be any enquiries, please contact the FFSS Market Scheme Support Unit at (852)2839 7373.
The Sandwich Class Housing Scheme is also bound by eligibility criteria and resale restrictions, please click here for details. Besides, some housing projects of the Housing Society are available for sale in the free market without any eligibility criteria or resale restrictions. They include:
Flat owners of Flat-for-Sale Scheme and Subsidised Sale Flats Projects or their authorised persons, from the third year onwards from the date of first assignment, may apply for the Certificate of Availability of Sale and sell their flats to eligible buyers, without having to pay a premium.
Subsidised sale housing is bound by a five-year resale restriction. After five years from the date of assignment, flat owners may apply for assessment of premium and lifting the resale restrictions after paying the premium. Please click here for the guidelines and application form.
Owners of Flat-for-Sale Scheme/Sandwich Class Housing Scheme/Subsidised Sale Flats Project units are allowed to obtain additional loan with premium not yet paid if they have financial needs. However, they must fulfil the requirements stated in the guidelines issued by Transport and Housing Bureau and obtain prior approval from the Housing Society. Please click here for the Note for Refinancing or Remortgage.
For those who have applied for loan schemes managed by the Housing Society and would like to check the concerned records, please contact the Applications Section at (852)2894 3222.
The “Dedicated Rehousing Estates Subsidised Sale Flats Projects” (“Sales Schemes”) are only open for application to purchase by eligible owner-occupiers affected by the Urban Renewal Authority’s (“URA”) redevelopment of buildings under the Civil Servants’ Co-operative Building Society Scheme, or the following two categories of persons affected by the Government’s development clearance projects in the “Urban Areas”, or by the Government’s development clearance projects in the “New Territories”:
1. Category 1
Clearees who have opted for the non-means tested (“NMT”) rehousing arrangements and have their eligibility vetted by Hong Kong Housing Society (“HKHS”), and are: (i) sitting licensees of Transitional Rental Housing (“TRH”) units in Rental Estates of HKHS or Public Rental Housing ("PRH") of Hong Kong Housing Authority (“HA”); or (ii) eligible applicants awaiting the allocation of TRH units by HKHS/ HA
2. Category 2
Clearees currently living in the affected structures within the area of the specified development clearance projects of the Government, in which their eligibility vetting for NMT rehousing arrangements for rehousing into TRH units of HKHS/ HA has not been completed by the Lands Department but have fulfilled the related requirements set by the Lands Department. (For details, please refer to the “Supplementary Information on the Arrangement for the Purchase of Dedicated Rehousing Estates Subsidised Sale Flats Projects Developed and Managed by HKHS” issued by the Lands Department and uploaded to the website of the Lands Department.)
Applicants may apply for the Sales Schemes as either (i) a 1-Person Applicant or (ii) a 2-Person or Above Family Applicant; but any person can only be listed in one Application Form in respect of each of the Sales Schemes. The applicant and all the family members listed in the Application Form (if any) must meet all the following eligibility criteria from the time of submission of the Application Form up to the date of signing the Preliminary Agreement for Sale and Purchase (“PASP”) of a flat under the relevant Sales Scheme.
1-Person Applicants
1. Applicant must be a single person without family member(s).
2. The applicant must be at least 18 years old and must have lived in Hong Kong for at least 7 years; and the applicant is not subject to conditions of stay in Hong Kong (except for conditions concerning the limit of stay).
3. The applicant must not have owned, directly or indirectly, any domestic properties in Hong Kong during the period from the date of pre-clearance survey in respect of the relevant development clearance project up to the date of signing of PASP of a flat under the relevant Sales Scheme.
4. The applicant had not obtained and is not enjoying any housing subsidies offered by the Government or other related organisations.
2-Person or above Family Applicants
1. All family members listed in the Application Form must be directly related members of and have all along been living with the applicant prior to the closing date of application.
2. The applicant must be at least 18 years old and must have lived in Hong Kong for at least 7 years; the applicant and his/ her family member(s) listed in the Application Form are not subject to conditions of stay in Hong Kong (except for conditions concerning the limit of stay).
3. The applicant and all family members listed in the Application Form must not have owned, directly or indirectly, any domestic properties in Hong Kong during the period from the date of pre-clearance survey in respect of the relevant development clearance project up to the date of signing of PASP of a flat under the relevant Sales Scheme.
4. The applicant and all family members listed in the Application Form had not obtained and are not enjoying any housing subsidies offered by the Government or other related organisations.
No. In general, according to the relevant provisions in the land grant, owners may only apply for payment of the premium after the expiry of a specified period from the date of the first assignment of the flat.
(For details, please refer to “Restrictions on Alienation” for reference purpose. Information on the actual alienation restrictions and specified period for each project will be published after the relevant project is launched for sale.)
At any time before the payment of the premium by the owner to the Government, the owner may only sell the flat to a Flat-for-Sale Scheme (“FFSS”) Secondary Market Scheme purchaser who has been certified eligible and nominated by HKHS, and such sale must be subject to such terms and conditions as may be required by HKHS and the relevant Land Grant. If the owner signs a PASP with a purchaser who has been certified eligible by HKHS within 5 years from the date of first assignment of the flat, the selling price set out in the PASP, the Agreement for Sale and Purchase, and the Assignment shall not be higher than the purchase price specified in the first assignment by HKHS to that owner.
(For details, please refer to “Restrictions on Alienation” for reference purpose. The actual alienation restrictions for each project will be published after the relevant project is launched for sale.)
A person who has been certified eligible and nominated by HKHS refer to a person holding the Certificate of Eligibility to Purchase (“CEP”) in Green / White form status issued by the HKHS (including but not limited to households of designated rental estates / Elderly Persons Flats managed by the HKHS, households of Public Rental Housing estates managed by the Hong Kong Housing Authority and the applicants whose eligibility has been assessed and confirmed under the White Form Secondary Market Scheme etc.). Owner(s) may only sign a PASP with eligible purchaser(s) holding a valid CEP to sell their flats without paying the premium.
The premium assessment is based on the prevailing market value of the flat which is not subject to any alienation restrictions, and will be calculated at a proportion being the difference between the purchase price of the flat and its initial market value as set out in the first assignment of the flat. In other words, the amount of the premium is equivalent to the prevailing value of the discount offered at the time of purchase.
(For further details, please refer to the Premium Assessment for reference purposes. The premium assessment for each project will be published after the relevant project is launched for sale.)
For basic information of Eminence Terrace I, please refer to: https://eminenceterrace1.hkhs.com/
For basic information of Sierra Terrace, please refer to: https://sierraterrace.hkhs.com/
For basic information of Delight Terrace, please refer to: https://delightterrace.hkhs.com/en/
Purchasers can enquire with the banks / financial institutions designated by HKHS on details of the application for mortgage loan and the terms and conditions of the mortgage loan before flat selection. The maximum loan amount would be 90% of the purchase price, while the actual loan amount will be subject to the terms and conditions of mortgages offered by banks / financial institutions and on a case by case basis according to the financial circumstance of individual purchasers. No warranty or guarantee is given by HKHS that the purchasers can obtain any mortgage loan or the maximum loan amount from any bank or financial institution.
(For further details, please refer to the Mortgage Arrangement for reference purposes. The mortgage arrangement for each project will be published after the relevant project is launched for sale.)
(For further details, please refer to the Government website: https://www.gov.hk/en/residents/taxes/stamp/stamp_duty_rates.htm)
In general, the Deeds of Mutual Covenant and Management Agreements of the Dedicated Rehousing Estates Subsidized Sale Flats Units do not prohibit owners from keeping pets. However, there may be other restrictions in the Deed of Mutual Covenant and Management Agreement of individual project (for example, an owner may not be allowed to keep pets in his flat if reasonable written complaints from a certain number of residents have been received by the management company). For details, please refer to the Deed of Mutual Covenant and Management Agreement of the relevant project.
According to the Government's current rehousing policy, eligible households who have successfully purchased Dedicated Rehousing Estates Subsidised Sale Flats Units will receive a Reduced Ex-gratia Allowance for Permitted Occupiers of Licenced Structures and Surveyed Squatters affected by Clearance (“Reduced EGAPO”). For calculation method and details of Reduced EGAPO, please inquire with the Lands Department. Normally, the cheque for payment of Reduced EGAPO will be released to the Reduced EGAPO recipient after completion of purchase of the flats under the Sales Scheme by the Reduced EGAPO recipient or his/her family member(s) (i.e., once the purchaser has completed the mortgage process (if applicable) and paid the remaining balance of purchase price). If a purchaser instructs HKHS’s solicitor to act for the purchaser in the purchase and the Reduced EGAPO is the purchaser or one of the purchasers, the Lands Department will pass the Reduced EGAPO to HKHS, and HKHS’s solicitor will release the Reduced EGAPO to the relevant Reduced EGAPO recipient after completion of purchase; If a purchaser instructs his/her/their own solicitors in the purchase or the Reduced EGAPO recipient is not the purchaser or one of the purchasers, the Lands Department will directly release the amount of the Reduced EGAPO to the relevant Reduced EGAPO recipient after completion of purchase.
Besides, a Reduced EGAPO recipient could also choose to directly apply the Reduced EGAPO for settlement of the balance of purchase price of the flat under the Sales Scheme purchased by the recipient or his/her family member(s). Specifically, on the day when the purchaser signs the preliminary agreement for sale and purchase agreement, the Reduced EGAPO recipient may confirm in writing to directly apply the Reduced EGAPO for settlement of the balance of the purchase price of the relevant flat under the Sales Schemes. If this arrangement is selected, the Lands Department will pass to HKHS, and HKHS’s solicitors will directly apply the Reduced EGAPO for settlement of the balance of the purchase price of the flats upon completion of purchase.
Please click here for the list of shops/offices currently available for letting.
Please click here for the procedures and application form for shop leasing.
Please click here for the procedures and application form for office leasing.
Should there be any suggestions concerning commercial leasing of the Housing Society, please contact our staff at (852)2882 1717 for assistance.
To ensure the integrity of the information, all informants must complete real-name registration and consent to having their interview recorded before awards can be presented.
In the event that the information on a tenancy abuse household or flat provided by the informants who participate in the Award concerns suspected cases of tenancy abuse known to HKHS, and if information for carrying out an investigation has already been acquired, the participant concerned will not receive a reward unless the information provided by them plays a critical role in the case.
Upon the conclusion of the case in question, participants will receive a written notification, confirming whether any reward will be granted to them and the subsequent arrangements.
The Assessment Panel reserves the right of final decision.
However, if HKHS was already aware of the case and had already initiated investigations into it prior to receiving the reports, or if the informants fail to provide more concrete information, etc., then these cases will be reviewed by the Assessment Panel which is comprised of managerial level staff and chaired by a director of HKHS to decide whether any reward should be granted.
Please contact us via email at [email protected].
To recognise academic excellence and provide assistance for students with financial needs, the Housing Society offers three scholarship/bursary schemes open for public application:
- Hong Kong Housing Society Award – for students from local tertiary institutions and their continuing education schools and community colleges, as well as member institutions of the Vocational Training Council. Please refer to the announcements by the respective schools/institutions for details
- Father Cronin Memorial Award – for outstanding students of the Master of Housing Management Programme of The University of Hong Kong. Please refer to the announcements by the respective schools/institutions for details
- Caring Engaging Smart (CES) Scholarship – for current-year “Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination (HKDSE)” students residing in the rental estates of the Housing Society. Please refer to the announcements at rental estates for details
The Hong Kong Housing Society Academy Alumni Club was established in 2019 to promote personal and professional development through activities and volunteer services. All awardees of the Housing Society’s scholarships or bursaries can be members of the Alumni Club.
For qualified property management service contractors who are interested to be admitted to the Housing Society’s Approved Contractor List, please send your application in writing by mail to the Property Division of the Housing Society (address: 8/F, 1063 King's Road, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong; specifying “Application for Admission to Approved Contractor List” on the envelope). Please click here for the required qualifications of the approved lists. Contractors will be contacted upon receipt of the application by the Housing Society.
For property development, the Housing Society makes reference to the lists of consultants and building contractors maintained by the respective Government departments. For building services equipment and fittings, suppliers who are interested to be part of our supplier lists can send their application in writing by mail to the Projects Division of the Housing Society (address: 8/F, 1063 King’s Road, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Housing Society). Project consultant(s) of the Housing Society may contact the respective contractors upon receipt of the application, if necessary. Please click here for the lists and details.
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