Hong Kong is urgent forward with laws to control the town’s infamous subdivided flats, with authorities planning to implement proposed new legal guidelines from 2027 and landlords capable of register their properties as early as March subsequent yr.
The Housing Bureau submitted its regulatory proposals to the legislature on Thursday, with the invoice to be tabled on July 9. It’s anticipated to go earlier than the present Legislative Council time period ends in October, paving the way in which for the town to lastly eradicate substandard housing notorious for its shoebox measurement, poor hygiene circumstances and security hazards.
“The federal government is set to press forward with the regulation in a sensible method; the brand new legislation is not only beauty work,” a bureau spokesman stated, including that the measures have been anticipated to assist enhance Hong Kong’s picture.
Landlords will be capable to register their subdivided flats for bringing them as much as official requirements as early as subsequent March. Properties that obtain minimal requirements and obtain official accreditation will be capable to stay on the rental market.
Authorities have additionally launched measures to stop landlords from rectifying their properties on the final minute, comparable to waiving a HK$3,000 (US$385) accreditation charge for early birds.
To make it work, the authorities had lengthened the grace interval to 3 years, the spokesman stated.
“I hope the substandard dwelling issues will go away. Most Hongkongers are law-abiding residents. The scenario will enhance,” he added.
