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Government rent in Hong Kong started on July 1, 1997, with the inception of the Joint Declaration. It said that new land grants contain a standard condition that the lessee is required to pay an annual rent, equal to 3% of the rateable value from time to time of the land leased.
Government Property Agency (GPA) is an agency under the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau of the Government of Hong Kong. Established on 1 April 1990, the Agency manages the government properties which were distributed among Government Secretariat , Lands Department , and Rating and Valuation Department .
Public housing in Hong Kong is a set of mass housing programmes through which the Government of Hong Kong provides affordable housing for lower-income residents. It is a major component of housing in Hong Kong , with nearly half of the population now residing in some form of public housing. [ 1 ]
A CBRE report from 2019 lists Hong Kong as having the highest average property price in the world. [20] As of June 2021, an average 500 sqft apartment cost HK$9.44 million in Hong Kong Island, HK$8.32 million in Kowloon, and HK$7 million in New Territories; an average family would have to save for about 20.7 years to pay for such a unit. [21]
The Government is wary that any type of assistance provided should not erode the key to Hong Kong's success and the core of Hong Kong's values, the "can-do" spirit of Hong Kong people. Thus, the Government will facilitate the provision of different housing options for different sectors of the community, rather than going back to the property ...
Housing Bureau (HB) is a policy bureau of the Government of Hong Kong.It is responsible for the housing portfolios. The agency was established on 1 July 2022. The current (since 1 July 2022) Secretary for Housing is Winnie Ho.
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The Home Ownership Scheme (HOS) is a subsidised-sale public housing programme managed by the Hong Kong Housing Authority.It was instituted in the late 1970s as part of the government policy for public housing with two aims – to encourage better-off tenants of rental flats to vacate those flats for re-allocation to families in greater housing need; and also to provide an opportunity for home ...