Common sense tells us that a substantial fraction of owners and tenants in public housing flats would be keen to rent out part or all of their flats, writes Richard Wong. Protesters hold up a dragon with protest signs urging more affordable housing at a rally outside the Central Government Offices in Tamar in September 2013.
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It is time to empower welfare housing tenants to rent out part or all of their flats
Unleashing market forces within the public housing sector would mean a step towards privatising the public housing stock and refocusing public housing away from handouts and towards ownership
Common sense tells us that a substantial fraction of owners and tenants in public housing flats would be keen to rent out part or all of their flats, writes Richard Wong. Protesters hold up a dragon with protest signs urging more affordable housing at a rally outside the Central Government Offices in Tamar in September 2013.