Housing concerns being addressed

October 19, 2022

Chief Executive John Lee：
I thank my team for coming (up) with realistic and practical solutions to address people's crying concern for reducing having to wait for six years for a public housing flat.

It (the target) is ambitious but it is realistic.  

We have already identified government sites for 30,000 Light Public Housing (units).

We will be using MIC (Modular Integrated Construction) and also, we will be doing the building ourselves, so we have control of every part of the scheme.

And also, we will be approaching private developers to see whether they also will have sites to lend us.

(To watch the full press conference with sign language interpretation, click here.)

Chief Executive John Lee today said shortening the Composite Waiting Time for Subsidised Rental Housing to around 4.5 years in four years’ time is ambitious but realistic.

Elaborating on the initiatives outlined in his Policy Address at a press conference this afternoon, Mr Lee said the Government will introduce Light Public Housing to address people's concerns about being on the waiting list for public housing for six years.

“We have already identified government sites for 30,000 Light Public Housing units.

“We will be using Modular Integrated Construction and also, we will be doing the building ourselves, so we have control of every part of the scheme.

“And we will be approaching private developers to see whether they also will have sites to lend us.”