Joy Neighbors Supporting Scheme
Introduction
The Society for Community Organization Limited (SoCO) will operate the project of ” Joy Neighbors Supporting Scheme: Shun Sing Mansion,” under HKCSS’s of “Community Social Housing Movement and funded by The Community Chest of Hong Kong” from 4th quarter of 2022. ” Joy Neighbors Supporting Scheme” has been endorsed to relieve the housing pressure of grassroots 1-to-6-person families and improve their quality of life.
Located
- SHUN SING MANSION, 1, CHEUNG KAN LANE, SAI YING PUN, HK
Particulars of the units
- Total 52 units
Basic Facilities and Equipment
- Lifts will be provided in the project.
- Each unit has an independent toilet and either independent or shared cooking area,where only cook with electric induction cooker is allowed.
- Pre-set electric water heater, ventilating fan, Exhaust fan in every unit.
Eligibility
- The Applicant must be 18 years of age or above. The Applicant and all family members must be residing in Hong Kong and have the right to land in Hong Kong without being subject to any conditions of stay (except for conditions concerning the limit of stay); and
- Families who are now inadequately housed, e.g., sub-divided units, squatters, rooftops, or other types of inadequate accommodation: and
- Applicants must be from 1-6 person families whose applications has been registered for 3 years or more.
- Having a job or applied for Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA).
- The applicant and his/her family member(s) must comply with the existing policies and Organizer: Funding Organisation: Operator: Operator: criteria for applying PRH of HA , and must not own directly or indirectly in any manner any domestic property in Hong Kong at any time from the date of application for HA’s PRH up to the commencement of the License Agreement
- Have a concrete and feasible moving-out plan after the living period.
- 80% of total units are reserved for families falling into the categories of 4.1 to 4.7
- SoCO reserves the right to allocate no more than 20% of units to the applicants who fail to meet the criteria 4.1 to 4.7 and recommended by social workers with genuine housing needs, e.g., queuing for the PRH less than 3 years, but with specific housing hardships Assessed and granted by social worker of SoCO.
Service Target
- 1-person units: The applicant is aged 18 years or above.
- 2-person units: The major applicant must be at least 18 years old.
- 3-6 person units: Families with at least one family member at or below 12-year-old are given priority
(more details, please reference to documents below)