{"id":107756,"date":"2019-06-04T11:00:09","date_gmt":"2019-06-04T04:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/copying-the-european-concept-of-transitional-housing-to-hong-kong-wouldnt-work-heres-why\/"},"modified":"2019-06-04T11:03:42","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T04:03:42","slug":"copying-the-european-concept-of-transitional-housing-to-hong-kong-wouldnt-work-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/copying-the-european-concept-of-transitional-housing-to-hong-kong-wouldnt-work-heres-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Copying the European concept of transitional housing to Hong Kong wouldn\u2019t work. Here\u2019s why"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nOn April 18, the government announced that the Chief Executive and the Executive Council had approved the exemption of waiver fees, rent and associated costs for land granted for transitional housing purposes as a measure to mitigate the hardship suffered by families living in inferior accommodation.According to the legislature\u2019s documents, there are approximately 1,600 units of transitional housing in Hong Kong, including the Trackside Villas owned by MTR Corporation, which will provide 252\u2026
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
\nRead more…Copying the European concept of transitional housing to Hong Kong wouldn\u2019t work. Here\u2019s why<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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