A PLAN to force long-term public housing tenants to declare their incomes and assets should be dropped, the Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood (ADPL) said.
The call came after a survey last month showed about two-thirds of public housing tenants interviewed believed the policy would infringe on their privacy.
ADPL vice-chairman Bruce Liu Sing-lee said almost 60 per cent of respondents described the Housing Authority's proposed policy as harassment.
The authority announced last month it was considering asking 310,000 tenants who had lived in public estates for more than 10 years to declare incomes and assets. Those who refused to do so or who were among the richest would be asked to move out or pay market rents.
The ADPL interviewed 912 public housing tenants in Kowloon City and Wong Tai Sin by telephone between May 15 and May 30. Mr Liu said 517 respondents did not agree with the proposal while 395 said they did.
He said the proposal would not help the 150,000 households on the waiting list for public housing.
