Public housing allocation to reach 29,700 units in 2025-26

Roughly 78.6% of the total will be allocated to PRH applicants.

In 2025-26, around 29,700 public rental housing (PRH) units will be available for allocation, according to the Housing Authority.

This includes 8,800 newly built flats and 20,900 units recovered from previous tenants.

Roughly 78.6% of the total will be allocated to PRH applicants. Amongst these, no more than 2,200 flats, capped at 10%, will be assigned to non-elderly one-person applicants under the Quota & Points System.

As regards the allocation for other categories of applicants, the authority will reserve 1,200 flats to rehouse residents affected by contingencies such as clearance projects, emergency clearances, and unauthorised rooftop structure clearances. 

Three hundred of these will be set aside to rehouse residents affected by the Urban Renewal Authority's redevelopment projects scheduled for 2025-26.

In response to the clearance programme at Wah Fu (I) Estate and Choi Hung Estate, 100 flats will be reserved under the authority’s Estate Clearance & Major Repairs category.

In addition, 350 flats will be reserved for compassionate rehousing.

Some 3,700 flats will be used for transfers, which encompass the transfer of under-occupied households, the Transfer Scheme for Improving the Living Environment, and other transfer initiatives.

Meanwhile, 1,000 flats will be reserved for junior civil servants in 2025-26.

Separately, for 2024-25, the authority reported that the actual allocation was 29,114 flats.