The Housing Bureau announced today that applications for the Light Public Housing (LPH) project at Choi Shek Lane in Kowloon Bay will be open for application from August 25.

The project is the renovation of a former school premises, and will provide about 150 units for gradual intake anticipated from the first quarter of 2026 onwards.

Eligible applicants will receive, on or before August 25, application forms sent by the bureau in batches by post.

Forms submitted before September 15 will be handled with priority for allocation, which will include Choi Shek Lane and other LPH projects that still have units available. Those who previously submitted an application do not need to submit another one.

Noting that the response to the Phase 2 LPH application, launched earlier this year, has been overwhelming, the bureau said that it launched the Choi Shek Lane project to provide an extra option for those with an urgent housing need.

Meanwhile, the tenant intake for the first LPH project at Yau Pok Road in Yuen Long, providing about 2,100 units, was fully completed in mid-June. The second project at Choi Hing Road in Ngau Tau Kok, which provides about 2,290 units, is the first project in the urban area with a full intake expected to be completed soon.

The bureau noted that the waiting time for subsidised rental housing in the second quarter of 2025 decreased by 0.2 years to 5.1 years, which is the lowest since the first quarter of 2018.

The waiting time for general applicants of LPH is 2.3 years on average, showing that LPH can quickly address the urgent demand for improving living conditions of households in need, it added.

For enquiries, call 3464 0700 or send an email to: lphapp@hb.gov.hk.