Hong Kong Housing Authority

Hong Kong Housing Authority
香港房屋委員會
Agency overview
FormedApril 1973; 51 years ago (1973-04)
Headquarters33 Fat Kwong Street, Ho Man Tin
Agency executive
Websitehousingauthority.gov.hk
Hong Kong Housing Authority
Traditional Chinese香港房屋委員會
Simplified Chinese香港房屋委员会
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXiānggǎng Fángwū Wěiyuánhuì
Wade–GilesHsiang1-kang3 Fang2-wu1 Wei3yüan2hui4
IPA[ɕjáŋ.kàŋ fǎn.ú wěɪ.ɥɛ̌n.xwêɪ]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationHēung góng fòhng ūk wái yùhn wúi
JyutpingHoeng1 gong2 fong4 uk1 wai2 jyun4 wui2
IPA[hœŋ˥.kɔŋ˧˥.fɔŋ˩.ʊk̚˥.wɐj˧˥.jyn˩.wuj˧˥]

The Hong Kong Housing Authority (HA) is the main provider of public housing in Hong Kong. It was established in April 1973 under the Housing Ordinance and is an agency of the Government of Hong Kong. In the same year, the Resettlement Department and the Building Section of the Urban Services Department were merged to form the Housing Department, which acts as the Housing Authority's executive body.[1]

  1. ^ ""Memories of Home – 50 Years of Public Housing in Hong Kong"" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2014.