HONG KONG – The Housing Authority of Hong Kong on Friday drew ballots for three subsidized housing schemes, launched together to streamline application arrangements, to determine the sequence of priority for applicants.
The ballots cover the Sale of Home Ownership Scheme (HOS) Flats 2025, the Sale of Green Form Subsidised Home Ownership Scheme (GSH) Flats 2025 and the White Form Secondary Market Scheme (WSM) 2025.
The authorities received about 104,000 applications for HOS 2025, 31,000 for GSH 2025 and 48,000 for WSM 2025. Of the applicants, over 65 percent applied for two schemes concurrently, according to a government announcement.
“It is the first time the Housing Authority has allocated an extra ballot number to young family applicants and young one-person applicants aged below 40 with White Form status who opted to join the Youth Scheme (HOS),” said a spokesman for the authority.
About 54,000 applications under HOS 2025 benefited from this new arrangement, the spokesman added.
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During this year’s balloting, the Housing Authority also continued to allocate an extra ballot number under HOS 2025 and GSH 2025 for repeat applicants to boost their chances of purchasing.
The arrangement applies to those who were unsuccessful in buying a flat during the preceding two consecutive sales exercises in the corresponding category, according to the spokesman. “Approximately 20,000 applications and 10,000 applications for HOS 2025 and GSH 2025 have been allocated an extra ballot number, respectively," added the spokesman.
Adhering to the established priority order, the authority will invite applicants to submit an income and asset declaration form, alongside supporting documents, within a specified timeframe to verify their eligibility and final priority for flat selection.
Flat selection for HOS 2025 and WSM 2025 is slated to commence in the fourth quarter and the third or fourth quarter of this year, respectively.
“By then, the Housing Authority will send notifications in batches to invite eligible applicants according to their priority in the application category to select flats for sale at sales offices.”
For WSM 2025, approval letters are expected to be issued to successful applicants in the fourth quarter of this year to facilitate their subsequent applications for the Certificate of Eligibility to Purchase.
Ballot results are available on the designated websites for HOS 2025, GSH 2025 and WSM 2025.
