Founded | 1948 | (incorporated 1951)
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Type | Non-profit non-governmental organisation |
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Area served | Hong Kong |
Product | public housing |
Owner | Hong Kong Housing Society |
Key people | Walter Chan Ka-lok, Chairman |
Revenue | HK$1,769,000,000 |
Employees | 1218 |
Website | hkhs |
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Traditional Chinese | 香港房屋協會 | ||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 香港房屋协会 | ||||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 房屋協會 | ||||||||||||
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The Hong Kong Housing Society, or Housing Society for short, is the second largest public housing provider in Hong Kong (the first being the Hong Kong Housing Authority). The Society housed around 130,000 residents as of 2020. The Housing Society has been a dedicated housing provider in constantly identifying the housing needs of different sectors of the community and developing housing options attuned to their needs. Since its inception, a total of over 73,000 units have been built under different housing schemes, including Rental Estate, Rural Public Housing, Urban Improvement Scheme, Flat-for-Sale Scheme, Sandwich Class Housing Scheme, Full Market Value Development, Urban Renewal Project, Senior Citizen Residences Scheme, The Tanner Hill and Subsidised Sale Flats project.[1]
The society is a non-governmental organisation and non-profit organisation. The chairman of the society is Walter Chan (陳家樂) and the chief executive officer and executive director is Chan Yum-min (陳欽勉).