The Community Care Fund will start accepting applications for the One-off Living Subsidy for Low-income Households Not Living in Public Housing & Not Receiving Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) Programme from April 1.

The amount of subsidy for four-person households is $14,500 and the amount for households of five or more people is $15,500.

Beneficiaries should currently be renting accommodation on a monthly basis or for longer tenures in private housing, industrial buildings, commercial buildings or social housing operated by non-governmental organisations (NGOs).

People renting bedspaces offered under the Home Affairs Department’s Singleton Hostel Programme or bedspaces in hostels operated by NGOs for rehabilitated offenders, residing in temporary housing as well as those living on board vessels or are homeless can also apply.

Their monthly income must not exceed the specified limits and beneficiaries should not be receiving CSSA or own any property in Hong Kong.

Their monthly rent for private housing, industrial buildings, commercial buildings or social housing should not exceed the specified rent limits.

The application deadline is May 31.

Click here for details.