Chairman of the Subsidised Housing Committee of the Hong Kong Housing Authority, Cleresa Wong (left), accompanied by the Assistant Director of Housing (Housing Subsidies) Kenneth Leung, officiates at the electronic ballot drawing ceremony on June 13, 2022, for the White Form Secondary Market Scheme 2022. (PHOTO / INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT, HKSAR)
HONG KONG – Ballots were drawn on Monday for the Housing Authority's sale of Home Ownership Scheme (HOS) flats and the White Form Secondary Market Scheme (WSM) to determine the priority sequence of applications.
The authority's Subsidised Housing Committee Chairman Cleresa Wong officiated at the ballot drawing ceremony.
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Eligible applicants are likely to receive notifications in batches for flat selection from the fourth quarter of 2022
The results are now available on the HOS and WSM dedicated webpages, according to a government press release.
It is estimated that eligible applicants will receive notifications in batches for flat selection from the fourth quarter of this year.
The authorities received about 252,000 applications for HOS flats and around 117,000 for the WSM scheme.
This sale round includes 8,926 units of seven new HOS developments, 15 rescinded flats at Choi Wo Court in Sha Tin and Shan Lai Court in Fanling, 27 rescinded subsidized flats under the Housing Society, and about 500 recovered flats of the Tenants Purchase Scheme.
It is estimated that eligible applicants will receive notifications in batches for flat selection from the fourth quarter of this year.
For the WSM scheme which provides 4,500 quotas, approval letters will also be issued to successful applicants in the same quarter for them to apply for a Certificate of Eligibility to Purchase within six weeks.
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The certificate can be used by the applicant to purchase a flat within a 12-month validity period.