{"id":106983,"date":"2019-05-10T08:00:27","date_gmt":"2019-05-10T01:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/whats-the-difference-among-hong-kongs-subsidised-housing-schemes-and-who-can-buy\/"},"modified":"2019-05-10T10:09:38","modified_gmt":"2019-05-10T03:09:38","slug":"whats-the-difference-among-hong-kongs-subsidised-housing-schemes-and-who-can-buy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/whats-the-difference-among-hong-kongs-subsidised-housing-schemes-and-who-can-buy\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s the difference among Hong Kong\u2019s subsidised housing schemes, and who can buy?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nWho can buy under the Home Ownership Scheme?Public housing tenants can buy either new or used flats under the scheme without paying a premium to the Housing Authority if they surrender the public housing flats they are renting.Hong Kong families with a maximum gross monthly income of HK$60,000 (US$7,600) and assets of HK$1.96 million or below, or one-person households earning half the monthly amount, are eligible to join the Hong Ownership Scheme (HOS). Families and individuals who qualify are\u2026
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
\nRead more…What\u2019s the difference among Hong Kong\u2019s subsidised housing schemes, and who can buy?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Who can buy under the Home Ownership Scheme?Public housing tenants can buy either new or...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-rPx","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":120742,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/home-buying-frenzy-spills-over-into-hong-kongs-lived-in-subsidised-home-ownership-scheme-flats\/","url_meta":{"origin":106983,"position":0},"title":"Home buying frenzy spills over into Hong Kong\u2019s lived-in, subsidised Home Ownership Scheme flats","date":"July 9, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Hong Kong\u2019s home buying fever has spilled over into the subsidised housing market as turnover and average prices rise to new highs amid a recovery in the city\u2019s coronavirus pandemic-battered economy.Transactions involving lived-in Home Ownership Scheme (HOS) flats in the first half of this year amounted to HK$17.6 billion\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":105905,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kongs-real-estate-bull-market-regains-its-pace-as-sales-value-of-citys-subsidised-homes-soars-to-22-year-high\/","url_meta":{"origin":106983,"position":1},"title":"Hong Kong\u2019s real estate bull market regains its pace, as sales value of city\u2019s subsidised homes soars to 22-year high","date":"April 9, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Hong Kong\u2019s property bull market regained pace after a brief falter, extending its reach over to the city\u2019s subsidised housing market as the number of transactions and sales value soared.The number of pre-owned flats sold through the Home Ownership Scheme (HOS) increased 60 per cent to 477 units in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":101063,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/transactions-of-government-subsidised-homes-sink-to-record-low-in-october-as-property-market-wobbles\/","url_meta":{"origin":106983,"position":2},"title":"Transactions of government subsidised homes sink to record low in October as property market wobbles","date":"November 9, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Hong Kong\u2019s falling private housing prices are weighing heavily on the sales of government subsidised homes. 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