The government announced that the latest average waiting time for public housing is 5.3 years, and there are still 230,000 applications waiting to “go upstairs”. A Hong Kong man recently posted on the Internet that he and his wife filed for divorce 4 years ago, and then applied for household division. This month, he passed the review and “upstairs”, successfully “changing one room into two”. As a result, the post aroused various doubts. Criticism is tantamount to seizing social resources, and it is even suspected that the victim is “fake divorce” in order to separate households.
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This netizen posted on the Facebook group “Hong Kong Public Housing Discussion Forum (FB Version)“China posted anonymously, saying that he and his ex-wife have two children, one of whom has special educational needs (SEN).
He pointed out that a family of four lived in public housing. The couple applied for divorce in 2019. They divorced in April last year. They separated in September of the same year and each raised a child. The village was relocated, and this month I took the SEN children “upstairs”.
Netizens: Know how to play the public housing program VS everyone is equal
In just 4 years, the successful division of households changed public housing from “1 room to 2 rooms”, which immediately aroused heated discussions among netizens. Some netizens analyzed that the success of the subjects lies in the custody of one child each, and the involvement of SEN children, various factors make it relatively easy for him to be approved for household division, describing him as “a player who knows how to play public housing procedures”, “successfully split , and then change the green form into two”, “a winner in life”, and some even questioned the victim’s “fake divorce” in order to obtain an additional public housing. Some netizens said that under the Housing Department’s regulations, the procedure for divorce and separation of households is just like this, “Everyone is equal, everyone can play like this, as long as there is a spouse, there are two children. Divorce, everyone is so envious.”
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Housing Arrangements After Divorce
According to the information of the Housing Department, when the public housing tenants divorce, generally speaking, the Housing Department will not take the initiative to ask either party to move out during the separation period of the residents, because this will only put pressure on the families in marital crisis and exclude them and great opportunity. After the divorce proceedings are over, the lessee and/or his ex-spouse should contact the estate office where they belong, and the staff of the Housing Department will explain the relevant lease affairs management policies to the divorcee through interviews.
Divorce Cases Not Involving Additional Public Housing Resources
If the divorced parties fail to reach an agreement on the lease of public housing, the Housing Department will usually support the allocation of the lease of public housing to:
1. The party that has custody of all children (if there are no other approved residents in the lease); or 2. The party that includes all approved residents (such as adult children, parents, in-laws, etc.); or 3. (For joint custody Custody cases) the party who has been awarded the right to live with the children to take care of their day-to-day life (if applicable)
Each parent has custody and can be divided into households
If the divorced couple is each awarded custody of one or more children, or both parties have one or more approved residents in the household registration (such as adult children, parents, in-laws, etc.) choose to live with them, in the divorce If the following conditions are met, the Housing Department will consider assigning public housing units to both parties:
1. “Comprehensive economic status examination”, that is, the income and assets of the family (that is, the family group that will live together if the application is approved) do not exceed the income and asset limits for applying for public housing; and 2. “Residential property rights review”, that is, all family members do not own any residential property in Hong Kong
They can also choose to apply for home purchase through various subsidized home ownership schemes with the green form qualification (valid for one year) instead of accepting public housing allocation. After being allocated their respective public housing units, regardless of the length of time they have lived in public housing, both parties must declare their family income and assets once every two years in accordance with the “rich household policy”, including whether they own residential properties in Hong Kong, In order to determine the eligibility for continuing to rent public housing and the level of rent payable.
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2023-08-04 14:01:17
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