Applications for the transitional housing project at Yinghua Street, Cheung Sha Wan will be accepted from now until next month 15.

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The Ying Wah Street housing complex, which received applications on the first day, is the first urban transitional housing project to provide five-person units. Together with one to four-person, barrier-free, and other types of units, it provides a total of 140 units.

The association of community organizations, which is responsible for the operation, said that it had received more than 500 inquiries in the morning. It is expected that an interview will be arranged for the applicants before mid-December. Depending on their housing environment and urgency, they will be admitted as soon as the end of January next year. The organization also pointed out that those who failed to apply will be referred to other transitional housing projects according to the situation and try their best to provide assist.

In addition to advocating a long-term housing policy and making good use of vacant community land and increasing the supply of transitional housing, the Hong Kong Association of Community Organizations (HKSO) believes that affordable rents and a stable living environment are the best ways to help families waiting for public housing in harsh environments to reduce poverty and relieve economic stress. The Yinghua Street Project aims to help grass-roots families living in harsh environments waiting for public housing, to improve the current living environment, and to support the different social service needs of tenants through the SSA Regional Service Centre to create community support and mutual assistance network. The SWC hopes that the project will implement the indicators of suitable housing and community-based social services, and advocate that transitional social housing will become a permanent policy in the long run and a policy for the protection of housing rights at the grass-roots level.

The Yinghua Street project is one of a number of transitional houses built by assembly and synthetic construction. Upon completion of the construction, there will be two four-storey combined houses, which will be made faster and less manpower-saving by using the "assembly and synthesis" construction method. During the construction period, contractors will also introduce a number of robotics technologies to make the project more accurate and safer.
The bathroom products in this project are provided by WALRUS, who is also willing to work with the Hong Kong Government and the Social Council to provide a help and concern for solving the housing problems of the people of Hong Kong.


Project location: Yinghua Street, Changsha Bay, Kowloon (near West Kowloon Magistrates Court and Yinghua Primary School)
Number of units: A total of 140 units on 4 floors
Unit type: 1-2 people, 3-4 units, 5 units and barrier-free units
Lease term: not less than 2 years
Entry period: It is expected to be from the fourth quarter of 2021 to the beginning of 2022