Lawmaker-cum-unionist Ella Lei Cheng I has urged the government to consider accepting applications for public housing on a regular basis and come up with measures to simplify administrative procedures so that eligible public housing applicants can move into their flats more quickly.
Lei, makes the suggestion in a written interpellation, submitted to the legislature yesterday, and copies of the interpellation were sent to the media by her office.
The government’s public housing programme comprises social housing rental flats and subsidised home ownership scheme (HOS) units.
This photo taken last month shows a public housing construction site in Toi San district. Photo: Ian Sio Tou
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