Information on allocation of public rental housing flats

to Waiting List applicants as required by Hon LEE Wing-tat

1. No. of live Waiting List (WL) applications by waiting time (as at end Sept 98) :

Waiting time (year)

0-1

1-2

2-3

3-4

4-5

5-6

6-7

7-8

8 or more

No. of applications*

23,033

19,682

18,827

16,342

12,081

11,466

13,435

3,893

1,755

*Excluding 20,281 cases not fulfilling the 7-year residence rule.

2. Present median household income of WL applicants by household size :

Household size

Median household income ($)

1 person

3,000

2 persons

6,800

3 persons

10,600

4 persons

12,500

5 persons

13,700

6 persons

14,600

7 persons

16,700

8 persons

16,600

9 persons

16,500

10 or more persons

28,400

3. Allocation of public housing flats to WL applicants in the past five years :


No. of allocation

Year

New flats

Refurbished flats

Total

1993/94

9,326

7,441

16,767

1994/95

2,135

13,319

15,454

1995/96

3,122

9,367

12,489

1996/97

2,878

9,322

12,200

1997/98

4,130

8,476

12,606

4. WL applications registered in the past and current years :

Year

No. of WL

applications registered

1997/98

28,791

1998/99 (up to Sept 98)

15,776

5. According to the production programme, the Housing Authority (HA) would be able to allocate more than 20,000 public housing flats each year to WL applicants within the next five years. The actual annual quota for various categories of applicants is however determined by the Rental Housing Committee of the HA each year having regard to the then demand and supply situations.