Hong Kong government check on illegal public housing households has found out that at least 380 of them own private flats and necessary action has been taken against 60 of them for breaking the rule that was laid down that only the families in the most need could be rendered the help of public housing, the report said.
According to the Housing Authority, another 250,000 households have been ordered on Tuesday to declare if or not they own a local residential property by May end.
Also, the Housing Authority said an investigation is going on about 50 households that have failed to tender a required declaration of property ownership as part of an audit of 88,000 tenants carried out in October and November last year. The checks involved home visits and property searches.
Regarding the current rules of public rental housing, the tenants have to declare their income and assets every two years. But before, only those who have lived in a public housing block for ten years are required to make such a declaration.
The authority had assessed 59,000 households out of the 88,000 by February, and about 190 were confirmed as owning private property, the report said.
Additionally, the government also has recorded another 14,900 suspected cases. Among the 11,900 of those households examined, about 190 owned a private home.
It was revealed that out of the 380 cases, 110 flats have been returned to the authority, while it has issued notices to vacate the premises and initiated prosecutorial follow-up action against another 60 tenants.
房屋委員會查出380戶居住在香港公共建築的住戶擁有私人單位
香港政府對非法公屋住戶進行檢查後發現，其中至少有380戶擁有私人單位，其中60戶因違反只向最有需要的家庭提供服務的規定，已採取必要行動報告稱，這得益於公共住房的幫助。
據住房管理局稱，週二又有 25 萬戶家庭被勒令在 5 月底前申報是否擁有當地住宅房產。
此外，房委會表示，去年 10 月和 11 月對 88,000 名租戶進行審計時，正在對約 50 戶未能提交所需財產所有權聲明的家庭進行調查。 檢查包括家訪和財產搜索。
根據現行公共租賃房屋的規定，承租人每兩年必須申報一次收入和資產。 但此前，只有在公屋居住滿十年的人士才需要做出這樣的聲明。
報告稱，截至 2 月份，當局已對 88,000 戶家庭中的 59,000 戶進行了評估，其中約 190 戶被確認擁有私人財產。
此外，政府還記錄了另外14,900例疑似病例。 在受調查的 11,900 戶家庭中，約有 1 戶擁有私人住宅。
據透露，在這380起案件中，當局已將110個單位歸還給當局，並已發出騰出通知，並對另外60個租戶採取檢控跟進行動。
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