Some 6,400 public flats in Hong Kong have been retrieved in the past 30 months after the authority found that the tenants were abusing the opportunity, the official said on Wednesday.
Minister for Housing Winnie Ho stated in a written reply to a question from Heung Yee Kuk lawmaker Kenneth Lau that nearly 400 tenants were prosecuted during the period.
According to the report, seven of them were given jail terms or suspended sentences for violating housing laws. In the most serious case, a tenant was given an immediate jail term of 30 days.
In January, the government launched a scheme to reward any resident who can successfully identify a public housing tenant who abuses the opportunity by giving around HK$3,000.
The housing chief explained that the scheme is commonly supported by the community and won't damage relationships between neighbours.
"Regarding views that the Award Scheme may be a detriment to neighbourhood relationships, the Housing Authority believes that public housing residents would not welcome abusers in their neighbourhood," Ho said.
"Tenancy abuse would bring injustice, or even affect the living environment of public rental housing and bring nuisance." Adding that it is believed the scheme will enhance awareness of the need to cherish housing resources.
官員稱，超過6,000套香港公屋已從虐待租戶手中收回
該官員週三表示，當局發現租戶濫用機會後，在過去 30 個月內已收回了香港約 6,400 個公共公寓。
房屋部長何敏儀在書面回覆鄉議局議員劉家明提問時表示，期間有近400名租戶被檢控。
報道稱，其中七人因違反住房法被判入獄或緩刑。 在最嚴重的情況下，租客被立即判處 30 天監禁。
一月份，政府推出了一項計劃，獎勵任何能夠成功識別濫用機會的公屋租戶的居民，並給予約 3,000 港元的獎勵。
住房負責人解釋說，該計劃得到了社區的普遍支持，不會損害鄰裡關係。
何說：“對於有意見認為獎勵計劃可能損害鄰裡關係，房委會認為公屋居民不會歡迎施虐者出現在其鄰裡。”
“濫用租約會帶來不公，甚至影響公屋的居住環境，帶來滋擾。” 他補充說，相信該計劃將提高人們珍惜房屋資源的意識。
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