16 Jun 2024獨媒#3698
羅冠聰母親公屋單位被收回 房署指因欠租
It was reported that the public rental housing unit in Yat Tung (I) Estate, Tung Chung, belonging to the mother of Nathan Law, a former chairman of Demosistō and one of the “designated absconders”, had been repossessed. The Housing Department told InMediaHK that rent arrears had occurred at the unit, constituting a breach of the tenancy agreement. It therefore issued a notice to vacate in March this year to terminate the tenancy and completed the relevant procedures to repossess the unit in June.
The Housing Department said that after repossessing vacant public rental housing units, it would allocate them to other families in need once renovation works had been completed.
Earlier, internet users published the addresses of two units in Yat Tung Estate, Tung Chung, alleging that they belonged to members of Nathan Law’s family, accusing them of “occupying public housing” and urging the Housing Department to follow up. In its reply to media enquiries, the department also mentioned that “some internet users and media outlets had publicly disclosed the address and household information of the unit”, but did not respond to this situation.
有報導指，「指明潛逃者」之一、前香港眾志主席羅冠聰的母親位於東涌逸東(一)邨公屋單位被收回。房屋署回覆《獨媒》查詢指，該單位曾出現欠租情况，違反租約，故在今年3月發出遷出通知書終止有關單位的租約，並於6月完成相關程序收回單位。
房屋署稱，收回空置的公屋單位後，署方會在完成翻新工程後編配予其他有需要的家庭。
早前有網民公開兩個位於東涌逸東邨的單位地址，指屬於羅冠聰的家人，斥他們「霸公屋」，呼籲房屋署跟進；房署在回覆傳媒查詢時，亦提到「有網民和媒體公開該單位的地址及住戶資料」，但未就此情況作回應。
30 Nov 2023獨媒#8727
羅淑佩：正考慮以獎金獎狀鼓勵舉報濫用公屋
The government will tighten the public housing well-off tenants policy from October this year. After randomly checking 25,000 households earlier, it found that 59 households owned residential properties. Law Shuk-pui, Permanent Secretary for Housing and Director of Housing, earlier proposed presenting Good Citizen Awards to encourage members of the public to report cases. Asked on a radio programme today whether cash rewards would also be offered, she said reports were a major help in combating public housing abuse. In the past, some members of the public had reported their relatives and friends out of a sense of justice, but this could create a reporting culture and had to be handled carefully: “We are working very hard to increase people’s sense of happiness, yet you ask people to report others.” She said the authorities were considering such methods to combat public housing abuse, but informants would have to identify themselves and provide useful information. “We do not encourage you to hide in the dark and make a report.” The authorities would also issue guidelines to help members of the public understand what information they needed to provide.
政府今年10月起收緊公屋富戶政策，早前隨機抽查2.5萬戶後，發現有59戶擁有住宅物業。房屋局常任秘書長兼房屋署署長羅淑佩，早前擬以頒良好市民獎鼓勵市民舉報，至於會否以獎金鼓勵，她今日在電台節目表示，舉報對打擊濫用公屋幫助很大，以往有市民大義滅親舉報親友，但有可能形成舉報文化，要小心處理，「我哋好努力叫人增加幸福感，你就叫人舉報」。但她指，正考慮有關方法打擊公屋濫用，舉報者亦必須具名及提供有用資料，「你藏在暗處去篤，我哋都唔鼓勵」，當局亦會設指引協助市民明白要提供什麼資料。
7 Nov 2022獨媒#5683
自由黨點名郭卓堅涉濫用公屋 張宇人倡設「線人費」鼓勵舉報鄰居
Ta Kung Pao recently reported on its front page that Kwok Cheuk-kin, known as the “King of Cheung Chau judicial reviews”, was suspected of occupying a public-housing flat in Yau Tong and abusing public-housing resources. At a Legislative Council committee meeting, Liberal Party lawmaker Lee Chun-keung named Kwok and asked how the authorities would follow up. Liberal Party chairman Tommy Cheung also suggested that the authorities could in future emulate the police’s “informant fees” to encourage neighbours to report one another, thereby eliminating abuse. Secretary for Housing Winnie Ho said every complaint case would be “seriously handled and seriously investigated”; the relevant departments had obtained “key information” and “good material”, and had also “talked things through and reached an understanding” with the other party.
《大公報》 日前在頭版刊登有「長洲覆核王」之稱的郭卓堅涉嫌霸佔油塘公屋和濫用公屋資源。立法會一個委員會上，自由黨李鎮強點名郭卓堅，問當局如何跟進。自由黨主席張宇人亦建議，將來可仿效警方「線人費」，鼓勵鄰居間舉報，從而杜絕濫用。房屋局局長何永賢表示，每個投訴個案都會「認真做認真查」，相關部門已掌握「關鍵資料」和「好材料」，亦與對方「傾咗夾咗」。
8 Aug 2022獨媒#2308
公屋租金上調1.17%、寬免加幅一年 自由黨議員反對「凍租」稱是壞先例
The Housing Authority has proposed raising public housing rents by 1.17% from October this year, while freezing rents for one year.
房委會建議公屋租金將於今年10月起上調1.17%，同時「凍租」 一年
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