The Housing Authority today drew ballots for three subsidised housing schemes to determine sequences of priority for applicants.
The ballots covered the Sale of Home Ownership Scheme (HOS) Flats 2025, the Sale of Green Form Subsidised Home Ownership Scheme (GSH) Flats 2025, and the White Form Secondary Market Scheme (WSM) 2025. The three schemes were launched together to streamline application arrangements.
The authority received about 104,000 applications for HOS 2025, 31,000 for GSH 2025, and 48,000 for WSM 2025. Over 65% of applicants applied for two schemes concurrently.
For the first time, the authority allocated an extra ballot number to young family and one-person applicants aged below 40 who have White Form status and opted to join the Youth Scheme (HOS). About 54,000 applications under HOS 2025 benefited from this new arrangement.
The authority also continued to allocate an extra ballot number under HOS 2025 and GSH 2025 to repeat applicants to boost their purchasing chances.
The arrangement applies to those who were unsuccessful in buying a flat during the preceding two consecutive sales exercises in the corresponding category. About 20,000 HOS and 10,000 GSH applications benefited from the measure.
Adhering to the established priority order, the authority will invite applicants to submit an income and asset declaration form, alongside supporting documents, within a specified timeframe to verify their eligibility and final priority for flat selection.
Flat selection for HOS 2025 and WSM 2025 is slated to commence in the fourth quarter, and the third or fourth quarter of this year, respectively. The authority will dispatch notifications in batches to invite eligible applicants, according to their category priority, to select flats at sales offices.
For WSM 2025, approval letters are expected to be issued to successful applicants in the fourth quarter of this year to facilitate their subsequent applications for the Certificate of Eligibility to Purchase.
Ballot results are available on the designated websites for HOS 2025, GSH 2025 and WSM 2025.
