Catching out errant public housing tenants may help Hong Kong firms secure property management contracts: official
- Companies will get higher monthly grading which will serve as reference for future contracts, Director of Housing Rosanna Law says
- Cases of abuse include public housing tenants who do not live in their flats for over three months, subletting their homes and engaging in illegal activities
Hong Kong property management companies employed at public housing estates will stand a better chance of securing government contracts if they successfully identify cases of tenants abusing resources under a little-known policy, according to an official.
Director of Housing Rosanna Law Shuk-pui on Tuesday said the property management companies would be graded every month under new criteria, with their performance serving as a reference for future contracts with the Housing Authority, the city’s major public housing provider.
“The scores of these firms will go up if they can identify these abuse cases and report them to us, especially in the chasing and following up process which eventually leads to the reclaiming of flats,” she said.
“This can incentivise them to pay more attention [to housing abuse matters] and help the government take a step further to combat this issue.”
Law stopped short of saying when the new grading criteria would take effect.