HONG KONG: Despite the government’s efforts to construct more public housing, waiting times to get into a public flat continue to rise, according to the latest figures from the Housing Authority
Seniors must now wait almost four years to get into public housing, despite government efforts to build more homes and reduce waiting times to three years.
According to the Housing Authority, the average wait for family applicants had increased from 3.7 years last year to 3.9 this year. Number of general applicants, families and single, elderly people are around 284,800, down slightly from some 285,300 applications last year.