Authorities will give 3,000 Hong Kong {dollars} (US$386) to any resident who gives details about tenants abusing public housing privileges resulting in condo repossession, as the federal government steps up efforts to forestall misuse of this system .
The Housing Bureau mentioned on Wednesday (October 30) that it’ll launch the “Cherish Public Housing Resources Award Scheme” in January subsequent yr.
“We will supply rewards to non-anonymous whistleblowers who present factual data resulting in the profitable restoration of unlawful public rental housing models by the Department of Housing,” authorities mentioned in a doc submitted to the Legislative Council.
The bureau added that contributors should agree to hitch this system and authorities will conduct a preliminary examination and interview to confirm the accuracy of the knowledge.
Participants can present data by way of numerous channels, together with on-line varieties and hotlines.
A program encouraging property administration corporations and cleansing corporations to report tenants suspected of abusing condo guidelines has been in place since final September.
About 5,000 public flats have been repossessed up to now two years, actual property officers mentioned beforehand.
According to housing director Rosanna Law Shuk-pui, the variety of reclaimed flats was equal to a medium-sized public advanced, with a building price of about HK$5 billion.
This article was first printed on SCMP.
