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In addition, the URA is working jointly with The Hong Kong Settlers Housing Corporation Limited (HKSHCL) in the redevelopment of the Tai Hang Sai Estate. Upon the conditional approval from the TPB in December 2021, we are finalising the detailed planning and design work. HKSHCL, who is responsible for formulating and implementing clearance and relocation plans for its tenants, is currently vetting tenants’ eligibilities for ex-gratia allowances and reversion, which will be followed by relocation arrangement. Construction work is expected to commence in 2023. Upon redevelopment, 3,300 new flats will be provided, of which 1,300 will be allocated by HKSHCL to rehouse existing eligible tenants, whereas the remaining 2,000 flats will be offered by the URA as SH units. Together with the completion of the second phase of eResidence, the URA will provide around 2,260 SH units to meet housing needs.
Supporting and promoting rehabilitation
The URA has been administering all building rehabilitation subsidy schemes initiated by the Government since June 2020. These schemes cover six areas from building inspection, common area repair works, fire safety improvement, lift modernisation, building drainage system repair to property maintenance by individual owners. They involve management of over $19 billion of public funds. As at June 2022, we have approved more than 11,000 applications, helping around 430,000 residential units for owners to improve their building conditions and facilities in the common area through the subsidy schemes.
Located at eResidence in Hung Hom, the Building Rehabilitation Resources Centre is set up to provide one-stop building rehabilitation services for property owners and enhance public awareness on building rehabilitation and preventive maintenance.
With the target of extending structural integrity and serviceability of buildings, the URA is helping property owners to maintain their building conditions and raise their awareness on preventive maintenance. We have set up the city’s first one-stop Building Rehabilitation Resources Centre to provide technical assistance and information on building rehabilitation for property owners in need.
In addition, we are experimenting with a ‘district-based rehabilitation’ approach in Kowloon City and Yau Mong districts. Targeted rehabilitation proposals, in respective of buildings’ ages and conditions, will be formulated for building owners to cover building inspection, common area repair works and exterior walls maintenance. Appropriate financial assistance will be provided to encourage owners’ participation. Through this approach, we hope to see the overall building condition in these districts to be raised.
To assist the owners of single-block buildings which are currently deprived of property and facility management services, we plan to implement, on a trial basis, a ‘joint property management’ scheme in order to raise the standards of property management at lower management costs resulting from the economy of scale. It aims to help property owners of these buildings carry out regular building maintenance in future.
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