First Hong Kong public housing tenants to move to new homes from Pok Fu Lam sea-view ‘luxury residence for ordinary people’
- About 900 households from two blocks at Wah Fu Estate will move to new homes by July 2027 at the latest
- The relocation to a nearby new estate will be the first as authorities prepare to develop the 9,100-flat site almost 60 years after it opened
About 900 Hong Kong households will be the first to wave goodbye to landmark sea-view public rental homes as the Housing Authority has revealed relocation details in preparation for redevelopment of the prime site.
The city’s main public housing provider on Thursday announced details of the first stage of redevelopment at Wah Fu Estate in Pok Fu Lam, where the earliest flats were built in 1967 and had been dubbed a “luxury residence for ordinary people” because of its coastal location.
Almost 900 families, including 180 elderly households, from Wah Lok House and Wah On House, two of the 18 blocks on the estate, will need to move out by July 2027 at the latest.
“We will deploy a social service team and pay a home visit to every elderly household to offer help,” said Cleresa Wong Pie-yue, the authority’s subsidised housing committee chairwoman.
“It can help ease their concerns about rehousing.”
The first group to be relocated will move to a new housing estate on Wah King Street, a few minutes away from their present home.
