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The early 50s

Masses of people surged into Hong Kong due to political turmoil on the mainland. This led to a drastic increase in the number of squatters. Fires were common in these unhygienic and cramped make-shift homes.

1953

A tragic fire that broke out on Christmas night devastated the squatter area in Shek Kip Mei, making more than 50 000 people homeless overnight.

1954

The government immediately built two-storey bungalows on the site to provide temporary shelter to the victims.

The government set up a fund for constructing multi-storey resettlement buildings and appointed a Commissioner for Resettlement to coordinate the task.

A semi-independent organisation, the former Housing Authority was also set up to provide lower middle income families low-cost housing with self-contained flats.

Eight six-storey Mark I resettlement blocks were completed in Shek Kip Mei to rehouse the fire victims.

The government decided to implement a systematic resettlement programme.

1957

North Point Estate, the first low-cost housing estate built by the former Housing Authority, was completed.

2020

Subsidised Housing Committee decided to regularise a scheme whereby under-occupation public rental housing households whose family members are all aged 70 or above are eligible to enjoy full rent exemption upon their transfer to suitably sized units.

2021

The newly developed Chun Yeung Estate was used as a quarantine centre during the initial stage of the COVID-19 outbreak. After thorough disinfection and restoration works, the intake of its first batch of residents took place in August.

The Subsidised Housing Committee endorsed in March 2021 the inclusion of about 800 recovered flats from estates under the Tenants Purchase Scheme in the Sale of Green Form Subsidised Home Ownership Scheme Flats 2020/21.

2022

Swiftly finished the conversion work of three newly completed PRH blocks of Queens Hill Estate and Lai King Estate as community isolation Facilities.

The HD staff, together with other civil servants and volunteers distributed anti-epidemic service bags to 800 000 PRH households in April.

HA held a series of celebration events to mark the 10th anniversary of its flagship shopping mall, Domain.

2023

The HA endorsed regularisation of the sale of recovered Tenants Purchase Scheme flats.

Along with the Government’s goals of ‘Enhancing Quantity, Speed, Efficiency and Quality’ of public housing supply, the HA launched a series of ‘Well-being’ projects to explore and draw up the design brief with the aim of fostering the well-being of residents living in public housing.

The 50th anniversary ceremony of the HA took place at Domain, the HA's flagship shopping mall, on 12 December 2023. The ceremony was officiated by the Chief Executive Mr John Lee and Deputy Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Mr He Jing.

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