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PAIR researcher releases interim findings of Study on Effective Transitional Housing Delivery in Hong Kong with multiple policy recommendations

18 Aug 2023

Research Results

Prof. K. K. LING, Associate Director of Research Institute for Land and Space (RILS) and Director of Jockey Club Design Institute for Social Innovation, and his team released the interim findings of “Study on Effective Transitional Housing Delivery in Hong Kong” and its report on policy recommendations. Funded by the Strategic Public Policy Research Funding Scheme of the HKSAR government, the Study is the first comprehensive study of Hong Kong’s transitional housing programme.
The Government plans to complete 84 transitional housing projects and provide over 21,000 housing units by 2024–25, among which over half are in the New Territories. The Study examined 35 Modular Integrated Construction (MiC) housing projects at open-air sites, which provide about 86% of transitional housing (TH) units delivered under the programme. The Study concluded that Hong Kong’s TH programme, as compared to the relocatable modular building projects in other cities, has the largest scale, fastest construction speed and widest societal participation.

The Study supports the Government for taking up the role of builder in the Light Public Housing (LPH) programme to enhance the efficiency of housing delivery, and makes the following recommendations:
1. Recognise the function and position of TH
2. Integrate TH and LPH
3. Standardise the design of MiC units
4. Assist tenants to settle down in the Northern Metropolis
5. Engage NGOs in the community-building of LPH development
6. Advance planning on the re-use of MiC units

Topics	Research Institute for Land and Space
Research Units	Research Institute for Land and Space

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