Keeping the peace in new flat-share plan to help Hong Kong’s poor
Social workers on hand and pre-move meetings arranged to make sure families under one roof don’t clash during start of major housing initiative
Some of the first tenants to be housed under a novel flat-sharing scheme in Hong Kong are preparing to move into their new homes, with operators getting ready to address potential conflicts that can arise among families living under the same roof.
More than 100 families are expected to move into 53 renovated apartments in To Kwa Wan by the end of February next year, with others set to get the keys to flats in Kowloon City over the Christmas period.
Measures to ensure household harmony will include meetings between families living together to see if they can get along as flatmates, as well as hiring social workers for domestic diplomacy.
“We would like to integrate more social services into this new mode of public housing to avoid the discord we have often seen among tenants in public housing estates,” director of the Community Housing Movement Ho Chun-kit said on Monday.
