There are currently 120,000 public housing units that are vacant, as the elderlies who previously occupied them have retired in the Mainland.
https://hongkongfp.com/2024/10/04/ho...hem-full-time/
Other common abuses include:
- -Non-occupation (or not retaining regular and continuous residence for over three months )
- -Subletting (with or without rental income)
- -Engaging in illegal activities (e.g. gambling, possession of drugs or illicit cigarettes)
- -Non-domestic usage (e.g. commercial activities, storage)
- -False declaration (e.g. income, assets, marital status or household particulars)
https://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/...ses/index.html
Some of the above will be criminalised, if they aren't already
https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/compone...4-20250114.htm
So we should have at least 200,000 vacant units within two years, right?