In 2022 and 2023, around 25 thousand public permanent rental housing apartments had been assigned to public rental housing applicants, another six thousand apartments to applicants from other categories. Waiting times in the city for public housing can reach up to ten years.
Allocation of public rental housing flats in Hong Kong from 2006 to 2023, by rehousing category
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Characteristic
PRH applicants
Other categories*
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*Other categories include "clearance from Government Clearance Projects and URA", "estate clearance and major repairs", "compassionate rehousing", "transfers", "emergency rehousing" and "junior civil servants and pensioners".
Figures for earlier years have been taken from previous publications.
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Hong Kong Housing Authority. (August 31, 2023). Allocation of public rental housing flats in Hong Kong from 2006 to 2023, by rehousing category (in 1,000) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/630748/hong-kong-public-rental-housing-allocation-by-category/
Hong Kong Housing Authority. "Allocation of public rental housing flats in Hong Kong from 2006 to 2023, by rehousing category (in 1,000)." Chart. August 31, 2023. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/630748/hong-kong-public-rental-housing-allocation-by-category/
Hong Kong Housing Authority. (2023). Allocation of public rental housing flats in Hong Kong from 2006 to 2023, by rehousing category (in 1,000). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/630748/hong-kong-public-rental-housing-allocation-by-category/
Hong Kong Housing Authority. "Allocation of Public Rental Housing Flats in Hong Kong from 2006 to 2023, by Rehousing Category (in 1,000)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Aug 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/630748/hong-kong-public-rental-housing-allocation-by-category/
Hong Kong Housing Authority, Allocation of public rental housing flats in Hong Kong from 2006 to 2023, by rehousing category (in 1,000) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/630748/hong-kong-public-rental-housing-allocation-by-category/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Allocation of public rental housing flats in Hong Kong from 2006 to 2023, by rehousing category (in 1,000) [Graph], Hong Kong Housing Authority, August 31, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/630748/hong-kong-public-rental-housing-allocation-by-category/