Simple Housing | Ho Wing-yin: Over 3,400 applications for subdivided unit registrations received

The Housing Authority’s Director, , stated on social media that the Simple Housing Scheme officially launched on the 1st of this month. It will be implemented in phases over four years, including a one-year registration period and a three-year grace period. The goal is to bid farewell to substandard “partitioned flats,” a long-standing problem.

She also mentioned that as of 5 p.m. yesterday, more than 3,400 registration applications involving nearly 850 residential units had been received, showing a positive response. The team will continue to promote related work, encouraging more owners of partitioned units interested in operating simple housing to register early and carry out repairs in an orderly manner to comply with relevant laws. Today, the Housing Authority uploaded the first batch of 410 partitioned units, involving a total of 128 successfully registered building addresses, all of which have been granted a three-year grace period on the Simple Housing website.

To help various stakeholders—including owners, operators, professionals, real estate agents, and renovation contractors—better understand the minimum standards and related costs for simple housing, the Housing Authority plans to select two to three residential units within the Kowloon City Redevelopment Plan that have been returned to government control and will be demolished and rebuilt later, to serve as short-term model units for renovation. After completion, representatives of stakeholders will be invited for on-site visits. Details will be announced in due course.