Small House Policy
The Small House Policy (SHP) (小型屋宇政策) was introduced in 1972 in Hong Kong. The objective was to improve the then prevailing low standard of housing in the rural areas of the New Territories. The Policy allows an indigenous male villager who is 18 years old and is descended through the male line from a resident in 1898 of a recognized village in the New Territories, an entitlement to one concessionary grant during his lifetime to build one small house.[1]
The policy has generated debates and calls for amendments to be made.[2]
See also
- Overheard 3, a film based on abolishing the Small House Policy.
- Housing in Hong Kong
References
- ↑ Background brief on processing of small house applications and review of small house policy
- ↑ Jake Vanderkamp (23 September 2004). "Dubious rights and plenty of wrongs behind small-house policy". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
External links
- How to apply for a small house grant
- Chan Kwok Shing: "Negotiating the Transfer Practice of Housing in a Chinese Lineal Village", in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch, Vol. 37, 1997. pp.63-79
- Hopkinson, Lisa; Lao, Man Lei Mandy (September 2003). Rethinking the Small House Policy. Civic Exchange.
- Lands Department: Building New Territories Exempted Houses