📋 Tender Overview
A meeting of the Assessment Committee for the Funding Scheme to Support Transitional Housing Projects by Nongovernment Organisations chaired by the Under Secretary for Housing Mr Victor Tai was convened this afternoon August 4
The Assessment Committee agreed to subsidise the development of the transitional housing TH project at the former Hong Kong Taoist Association Wun Tsuen School at Upper Ngau Tau Kok Estate in Kwun Tong by the Christian Family Service Centre With a total funding of 6655 million the project is expected to provide 121 units
As at end of July 2026 over 21 150 TH units have been put into service TH will supplement Light Public Housing LPH to provide temporary accommodation to eligible applicants in need of adequate housing Eligible TH applicants include Category A tenants ie personsfamilies having been waiting for traditional public rental housing PRH for not less than three years families with newborns and having been waiting for traditional PRH for not less than two years Category B tenants ie personsfamilies of other categories and Category C tenants ie residents of subdivided units SDUs affected by alteration works in SDUs or future enforcement actions under the Basic Housing Unit BHU regime who have been assessed to have an urgent need for temporary rehousing TH and LPH coupled with the currentterm Governments ongoing efforts to substantially increase the supply of public housing have enabled us to tackle the longstanding issues of substandard SDUs through the implementation of the BHU regime
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