General Information

GSH 2024 starts accepting application on 17 July 2025.

Online application opening time: 8 a.m. on 17 July 2025.

Please note that applications submitted before or after the application period will not be accepted. For submission by post, the submission date is determined by the postmark.

The application deadline of GSH 2024 is 7 a.m. on 6 August 2025.

(The closing time is applicable to GSH Sales Unit and online application. Respective Estate Offices/ District Tenancy Management Offices/ other form receiving offices shall follow their respective office hours.)

For online application, applicants must complete both the application and payment of application fee before the closing time. The closing time will be in accordance with the time of application system.

The application fee of GSH 2024 is HK$290.

Online application: by a valid credit card (VISA, MasterCard, JCB or UnionPay) of the applicant or another person or via Faster Payment System (FPS) through the HA website.

Paper application: by a crossed cheque or cashier’s order made payable to “HONG KONG HOUSING ANTHORITY”.
The Hong Kong Identity Card number and contact telephone number of the applicant should be written at the back of the cheque or cashier’s order.

If the cheque or cashier’s order is dishonoured for whatever reason, the application will be cancelled automatically.

Online application

Applicants can complete the online application through the HA/HD website.

After submitting an online application, applicants who live in Public Rental Housing units under the HA or Rental Estates under the Housing Society and his/her family member(s) (if any) listed in the application form is/ are necessary to sign on the application form (except completed digital signing via “iAM Smart+”) and submit the copies of Hong Kong Identity Card (HKIC) or Hong Kong Birth Certificate (for persons aged below 11). Staff of the respective Estate Office/ District Tenancy Management Office/ Rental Estate Office will contact the applicant upon receipt of the online application for the arrangement

Paper application

Applicants should submit

1. the original copy of the completed application form;
2. the copies of HKIC or Hong Kong Birth Certificate (for persons aged below 11) of applicant and family member(s) listed in the application form;
3. a crossed cheque or cashier’s order for application fee of HK$290 made payable to “HONG KONG HOUSING AUTHORITY” (please write down the HKIC number and contact telephone number of the applicant at the back of the cheque/ cashier’s order); and
4. the original copy of a “Green Form Certificate (GFC) - Applicable to Sale of Green Form Subsidised Home Ownership Scheme Flats Only” (if applicable) in the manner as specified below.

Applicant who opted joining the next HA’s SSF Sales Exercise in Green Form (GF) application of HOS 2024, valid GF applications will be carried over to GSH 2024 provided that they meet the eligibility criteria of GSH 2024. The applicants do not need to submit a separate application and pay the application fee for GSH 2024. The HA will notify the applicants in writing that their applications have been carried over to GSH 2024 and their application numbers and extra ballot number (if any) before the application period commences (Note: For online application, such notification will be sent to the applicants by emails). If the applicants submit another GSH 2024 application, it will be treated as a duplication of application. Any duplicate applications, irrespective of whatever reasons, will render all applications null and void, and the application fee paid is non-refundable and non-transferrable under any circumstances.

GF applications cancelled under HOS 2024 will not be carried over to GSH 2024. The HA will notify the applicants in writing before the application period commences. If the applicants would like to apply for GSH 2024 and meet the eligibility criteria, they should submit a new application and pay the application fee during the application period.

Each person (regardless of applicant or family member(s)) can only be listed in one application form of GSH 2024 (either online/ paper application), otherwise it will be regarded as duplicate application.

Applicant who opted joining the next HA’s SSF Sales Exercise in Green Form (GF) application of HOS 2024, valid Green Form (GF) applications will be carried over to GSH 2024 provided that they meet the eligibility criteria of GSH 2024. The applicants do not need to submit a separate application and pay the application fee for GSH 2024. The HA will notify the applicants in writing that their applications have been carried over to GSH 2024 and their application numbers and extra ballot number (if any) before the application period commences (Note: For online application, such notification will be sent to the applicants by emails). If the applicants submit another GSH 2024 application, it will be treated as a duplication of application.

Any duplicate applications, irrespective of whatever reasons, will render all applications null and void, and the application fee paid is non-refundable and non-transferrable under any circumstances.

Proofs for income and asset value are NOT required to be submitted at the time of submitting the application form, but please keep details of your income and breakdown of assets to substantiate your declared income and assets for the HA’s further vetting in future if required.

The HA will, according to the random order generated by computer from ballot result, notify the applicant and family member(s) listed in the application form who have higher priority by letter or email to submit relevant supporting documents within a specified period for detailed vetting.

If the applicants opt to receive electronic notification of related documents (including “Income and Asset Declaration Form (IADF)” and flat selection notification (if any)), via email in the future. HA will not send them by postal mail.

Applicants and family member(s) listed in the application form (if any) can fill in and sign the “IADF” and directly upload the required supporting documents via “iAM Smart+” account. Applicants can browse the website of “iAM Smart” (https://www.iamsmart.gov.hk/) for information.

During application period (i.e. 17 July 2025 to 6 August 2025), applicant could amend contact information (i.e. change of residential/ correspondence address, contact number, etc.) by writing or via a designated amendment form, and submit to GSH Sale Unit by post/ by hand on or before application deadline (i.e. 6 August 2025).

Request for addition or deletion of member(s) listed in the application form will not be accepted, except for addition of family member(s) due to birth, marriage or the applicant’s spouse/ child(ren) aged under 18 being granted permission to stay in Hong Kong; or for deletion of family member(s) due to death, divorce or having successfully acquired a flat under other subsidised housing schemes and become an owner or member of the acquired flat. If the applicant household is a sitting Public Rental Housing/ Rental Estate/ Elderly Persons Flats household, prior approval for addition/deletion of family members has to be obtained from the respective estate office/ District Tenancy Management Office/ Rental Estate office before submission of an application to the GSH Sales Unit in wring. Should the request for addition of family member(s) be approved, the application category will still be based on the position as at the closing date of application. Should the request for deletion of member be approved which results in a change of the application category from family applicant to one-person applicant, assessment of income and asset (if applicable) will be based on the limits for one-person applicant. The HA will reassess the eligibility and priority for flat selection based on the latest information of the applicant.

The applicant and/or other family member(s) listed in the application form may do so provided that they meet the eligibility criteria of other schemes. If more than one application are successful, they can only opt for one, and have to cancel all other applications.

GSH 2024 is for the use by the following applicants:

1. Households of the HA’s PRH estates or households of HKHS’s Group A Rental Estates or HKHS’s Elderly Persons Flats (the date of commencement of their PRH or rental estate tenancies must be on or before the closing date of application) (not applicable to tenants under conditional tenancies of HA, tenants allocated PRH units through the HA’s Express Flat Allocation Scheme within three years from the date of commencement of their tenancies, monthly licensees of HA’s Transitional Rental Housing units or fixed-term licensees of the HA or households of HKHS’s Group B Rental Estates, Dedicated Rehousing Estates (DRE) or monthly licensees of HKHS’s Transitional Rental Housing units or fixed-term licensees of the HKHS)
2. Persons falling into one of the following categories who are holders of valid “GFC - Applicable to Sale of Green Form Subsidised Home Ownership Scheme Flats Only” issued by the Housing Department (HD)/the Urban Renewal Authority (URA):
   1. PRH applicants who have passed the detailed vetting and whose eligibility for allocation of PRH has been established;
   2. Persons under Civil Service Public Housing Quota whose eligibility has been established (Note: The breach of any conditions of application as stipulated in the circular memorandum for Civil Service Public Housing Quota issued by Civil Service Bureau by any person listed in the application form may result in the cancellation of the application. In that case, any application fee paid will not be refunded and cannot be transferred. Once the applicants have successfully purchased a flat under this sale exercise through signing an ASP of a GSH flat/ recovered TPS flat under this sale exercise, any remaining GFC(s) and/ or Certificate of Eligibility to Purchase will be cancelled);
   3. Clearees affected in clearance exercises initiated by the Government and victims of natural disasters whose PRH eligibility has been established;
   4. Clearees affected in urban renewal projects whose PRH eligibility has been established;
   5. PRH residents whose eligibility for allocation of PRH flat has been established due to divorce/ splitting; and
   6. Former PRH tenants holding a Letter of Assurance (LA) issued by the HD whose eligibility for allocation of the PRH flat has been established.
3. Rent Allowance for the Elderly Scheme (RAES) recipients may apply provided that they or any member of the family have not breached any clause of their Rent Allowance Agreement.

Neither the applicant nor any member of the family listed in the application form has, during the period from 24 months (i.e. 7 August 2023) preceding the closing date for submitting the application and up to the date of signing the Agreement for Sale and Purchase for the purchase of a flat under the current sale exercise owned any domestic property in Hong Kong. Applicants or any family members listed in the application who have entered into agreement(s) (including preliminary agreement) to purchase any domestic property in Hong Kong during the period from 24 months preceding the closing date for submitting the application, but the agreement(s) has/have subsequently been cancelled or rescinded, are still eligible to apply for Subsidised Sales Flats. For definition of “ownership of domestic property in Hong Kong”, please refer to Part 1.1(a)(ii) of Application Guide.

Families consisting of two persons or above could opt to join the “Priority Scheme for Families with Elderly Members”, apart from general application eligibility, they must also meet below requirements:

• The elderly member must have reached the age of 60 on the closing date of application (i.e. 6 August 2025) and must be a family member listed in the PRH tenancy/ Rental Estate tenancy/ “GFC - Applicable to Sale of Green Form Subsidised Home Ownership Scheme Flats Only”.;
• At least one elderly member must become an owner or a joint owner of the purchased flat. He/ She should have the mental capacity (if necessary, the HA may require the elderly member to provide a recent medical proof) to understand the nature and effect of all application documents relating to this sale exercise and legal documents, such as Agreement for Sale and Purchase / Deed of Assignment and so on, which he/ she signs;
• If the elderly member is married, his/ her spouse must also be included in the same application unless supporting documents are submitted to prove that they are legally divorced, or the spouse does not have the right to land in Hong Kong or deceased. To prove that the spouses are divorced, the divorcee must present the certificate of making Decree Nisi Absolute (Divorce) and the date of divorce must be on or before the closing date of application, otherwise their spouse must be included in the same application form;
• The applicant and family member(s) listed in the application form are willing to live together with the elderly member in the purchased flat. At least one family member listed in the application form must live in the purchased flat with the elderly member; and
• Except for permanent departure, death or other compassionate reasons recommended by the Director of Social Welfare, the name of the elderly member cannot be deleted from the record of owners kept by the HD in future.

Families consisting of two persons or above could opt to join the “Priority Scheme for Families with Newborns Flat Selection Priority Scheme”, apart from general application eligibility, they must also meet below requirements:

• Family applicants with babies born on or after 25 October 2023 and aged three or below on the closing date of application; or with member who is pregnant for 16 weeks on the closing date of application are eligible. The pregnant should provide a valid medical certificate specifying the expected date of delivery (i.e. on or before 21 January 2026) upon the request of the HA. If there are two or more children aged three or below, the family will still be eligible until the youngest child reaches the age of three;
• Married one-person applicants with family member who is pregnant for 16 weeks on the closing date of application and opt to join the Scheme, the family member must be listed in the PRH tenancy/ Rental Estate tenancy/ “GFC - Applicable to Sale Green Form Subsidised of Home Ownership Scheme Flats”;
• If for whatever reasons the newborn concerned is no longer included in the GSH application, the flat selection priority for this family applicant will be cancelled. The HA will re-assess the application category and priority for flat selection based on the latest information of the applicant;
• All newborn babies who have successfully purchased subsidised housing through the “Families with Newborns Flat Selection Priority Scheme” are not eligible to participate in another “Families with Newborns Flat Selection Priority Scheme” applications again.

An extra ballot number will be allocated to applicants who failed to purchase a GSH flat in the last two consecutive GSH sale exercises (i.e. “GSH 2022” and “GSH 2023”), including those who were invited for flat selection but failed to purchase a flat eventually as well as did not get a chance for flat selection, on the basis that all such applications were made by the same applicant. If any person who was not an applicant but just a family member listed in the application form in the last two consecutive GSH sale exercises will not be eligible for the extra ballot number. Moreover, extra ballot numbers will not be allocated to applicants whose applications were cancelled by HA in any of the last two consecutive GSH sale exercises.

Households of PRH Estates/ Rental Estates/ Elderly Persons Flats are not subject to the restriction of income and asset; however, they must comply with the “restrictions on domestic property ownership”.

After the ballot, the HA will issue letters or emails to applicants holding GFCs and who have higher priority requesting them to submit the completed “Income and Asset Declaration Form” and the supporting documents to the HA within 10 working days for detailed vetting to determine whether individual applicants meet the eligibility criteria and their priority for flat selection. If the invited applicants fail to submit supporting documents within the specified period of time, or are confirmed to be ineligible after detailed vetting by the HA, their applications will be cancelled.

The HA may invite the applicants for an interview if necessary. At the interview, applicants may be required to provide other supporting documents to prove that they still meet the eligibility criteria. If the vetting procedures are impeded, the vetting results and priority for flat selection will be affected or delayed.

Note 1: The areas as specified above in square feet are converted at a rate of 1 square metre = 10.764 square feet and rounded to the nearest whole square foot.
Note 2: The areas as specified above in square feet are converted at a rate of 1 square metre = 10.764 square feet and rounded to the nearest whole square foot. The saleable areas and prices stated above represent only the saleable areas and prices of those re-sale flats confirmed to be offered for sale as at 30 April 2025.
Note 3: The number of re-sale flats to be offered for sale is subject to change and may be more than the number stated above. The stated number is as at 30 April 2025. The finalised details of re-sale flats for sale will be announced prior to the commencement of flat selection.

Information contained in the above 2 tables are for reference only. It does not constitute and should not be construed as any offer, undertaking, representation or warranty whatsoever, whether express or implied, on the part of the HA regarding the developments or any part thereof. Prospective purchasers are advised to make reference to the sales brochures, which will be made available before the scheduled date of flat selection, for details of the developments.

* For family or one-person applicants who are living in Wah On House and Wah Lok House of Wah Fu Estate, Pik Hoi House, Kam Pik House and Tan Fung House in Choi Hung Estate or affected by the HA’s announced clearance programme(s) before the application commencement date of this sale exercise.

The HA sets a quota of about 40% flats of each new GSH development for family applicants applying under the “Priority Scheme for Families with Elderly Members” and/or “Families with Newborns Flat Selection Priority Scheme”, i.e. total of 1,050 GSH flats. The HA also sets a quota of about 250 GSH flats for one-person applicants. These quotas set only apply to GSH flats. When the quota of flats for a relevant application category is exhausted, the HA will invite applicants under the next application category for flat selection.

In view of the numbers of flats and flat selection priority of eligible applicants under GSH 2024, the HA will issue flat selection notification to eligible applicants in writing or by email to the GSH Sales Unit at an appointed time to select their flats and complete all the purchasing formalities according to their priority for flat selection. If required, the HA may also arrange applicants to undergo eligibility vetting on their appointed day of flat selection.

If there is any information related to the sales exercise (including notifications of the flat selection date, etc.), the HA will send one-way message(s) using the SMS sender ID “#HKHA-GSH” to the Hong Kong mobile telephone number provided by the applicant in his/her application form.

If an applicant or any family member who intends to become a joint owner (including the elderly member) is not able to turn up in person to complete the relevant formalities, he/she is required to obtain prior written approval from the GSH Sales Unit and sign a valid Power of Attorney at a solicitor firm to authorise a family member aged 18 or above listed in the application form to complete the purchase on his/her behalf. If the applicant is the only person listed in the application form, he/she may authorise a relative to complete the purchase on his/her behalf, provided that the authorised person is aged 18 or above and is holding a valid Power of Attorney. Applicants shall submit a written application to GSH Sales Unit as early as possible before the date of flat selection so as to avoid delay in completing the purchase formalities due to the time required to process relevant documents. Applicants need to bear and be responsible for all the fees required for obtaining the Power of Attorney.

Since flat selection notification is sent out before the flat selection date, the HA and the HD do not guarantee that flat(s) will be available for selection by the time the applicants show up at the appointed time. If the allocated quotas/ flats for their application category have been exhausted/ sold out, the flat selection appointment arranged for them will be withheld. The application fee paid will not be refunded and cannot be transferred.

If an applicant needs to change his/her appointment (the appointment can only be postponed but cannot be advanced), he/she has to seek the GSH Sales Unit’s prior approval in writing. Change of appointment can only be effected upon approval, the applicant’s order of priority for flat selection will be deferred accordingly. The HA and the HD will not guarantee that there will be available quota or flat for selection under the category that the applicant belongs to after change of the appointment.

HA Subsidised Housing Committee endorsed on 17 November 2023 to extend the maximum mortgage default guarantee period will be extended from 25 years to 30 years (counting from the date of first assignment of individual flat) for TPS flats; and to extend the maximum mortgage repayment period will be extended from 25 years to 30 years for new HOS/GSH projects and TPS flats. The arrangement is applicable to new HOS/GSH projects and TPS flats sold on the primary market with the completion date of the sale and purchase and the relevant legal charge falling on or after 1 January 2024. New HOS/GSH projects refer to the HOS/GSH projects with occupation permit issued on or after 1 December 2023.

The applicant must become the owner of the flat purchased. The applicant, however, may choose to share the ownership with one of the adult family members listed in the application form provided that the ownership is in the form of joint tenancy not inheritable by a third party. This family member must be included in the PRH tenancy/ Rental Estate tenancy or “GFC - Applicable to Sale of Green Form Subsidised Home Ownership Scheme Flats Only” and is required to turn up in person with the applicant at the GSH Sales Unit for completion of necessary formalities.

For applicants who opt to join the “Priority Scheme for Families with Elderly Members”, regardless of whether they choose to buy a GSH flat or a recovered TPS flat, at least one elderly member with aged 60 or above must be the owner or a joint owner of the purchased flat and no more than three persons are allowed to be joint owners of the flat. The elderly member and the family member (if applicable) who intend to become the owner or a joint owner of the purchased flat are required to turn up in person at the GSH Sales Unit together with the applicant for completion of necessary formalities.

The purchaser of flat may, at the time of signing the Agreement of Sale and Purchase (ASP) at the GSH Sales Unit, pay via FPS or bring along with him/her a cashier’s order in the sum of specified amount below for paying the deposit. If the amount of such cashier’s order is less that 5% of the purchase price, any outstanding balance should be paid by a cashier’s order, a personal cheque or via FPS upon signing of the ASP, payment in cash or company cheque will not be accepted. Alternatively, the purchasers may settle the full amount of deposit via FPS upon signing of the ASP.

(The amount of cashier’s order payable is just a provisional figure for applicant’s reference. Please refer to the “Flat Selection Notification” for the finalized amount.)

• If the price of the GSH flat /recovered TPS flat is over one million dollars, purchasers must appoint a separate firm of solicitors of their choice to act for them in relation to the transaction. Such firm of solicitors should not be the same acting for the HA. If the price of the GSH flat /recovered TPS flat does not exceed one million dollars, purchasers may either appoint a separate firm of solicitors of their choice to act for them in relation to the transaction; or consult with the HA’s appointed solicitors to act for them in relation to the transaction.
• If the purchasers appoint a separate firm of solicitors to act for them in relation to the transaction, that firm of solicitors will be able to give independent advice, such as alienation restrictions, rights and obligations, stamp duties, etc. to the purchasers at every stage of the purchase. The purchasers have to pay the legal costs and expenses of their own solicitors. Purchasers are required to notify the HA the name and contact details of their appointed solicitors within reasonable time before completion or other time to be specified by the HA.
• If the price of the flat does not exceed one million dollars, the purchasers can may consult with the HA’s appointed solicitors to act for them in relation to the transaction. The solicitors will be acting jointly for the HA and the purchasers under such arrangement. If a conflict of interest arises between the HA and the purchasers, the HA’s appointed solicitors may not be able to protect the purchasers’ interests. For this type of joint representation cases, the purchasers are required to pay the solicitor fee plus all and other legal costs and expenses of the solicitor for completion of the sale and purchase. The purchaser should contact the HA’s appointed solicitors for the details of the solicitor fee, other legal costs and expenses.

If the purchaser and/ or family members listed in the application form is/ are on the household record of other subsidised housing schemes, he/ she/ they shall move out from such unit(s) and have his/ her/ their name(s) deleted from the respective household register or record, please contact relevant Estate Offices/ District Tenancy Management Offices/ relevant organisations for details.

For Light Public Housing (LPH) occupant(s) who successfully purchased a flat as a result of this sale exercise, he/ she/ they shall have his/ her/ their name(s) deleted from the respective household register or record and shall move out from such unit within 60 days from the date of signing the ASP. If the LPH occupant(s) who successfully purchased a flat as a result of this sale exercise are the whole household of sitting LPH occupant(s), the licencee(s) of the concerned LPH unit(s) shall upon (i) the date of taking over keys of the flat; or (ii) the 10th working day from the date of execution of the Deed of Assignment of the flat inclusively, whichever is earlier, submit a Notice-to-Quit to the HB. The LPH occupant(s) shall terminate the Occupation Licence Agreement of his/ her/ their unit(s) within 60 days and shall return his/ her/ their LPH unit(s) in vacant possession to the HB on or before the day the licence is terminated.

The flats should be used only for private residential purposes and for occupation by the purchaser and all members of the family named in the application form. Only the spouse and child(ren) aged under 18 of the owner or joint-owner are allowed to add to the household register of the purchased flat in future.

If, without obtaining the prior written consent of the HA, any family member, including the purchaser, ceases to actually or permanently live in the flat for whatsoever reason(s) and for whatsoever period(s), the HA has the absolute right to require the purchaser to assign the flat back to the HA free from encumbrances at the purchase price as set out in the ASP less any amount certified by the HA as being the reasonable cost of making good any damage or deterioration to the flat and the costs and expenses for discharging any encumbrance(s) on the flat and for preparing and/or approving the assignment of the flat (the amount of which so determined and certified by the HA shall be final and conclusive).

If there is any information related to the sales exercise (including notifications of the flat selection date, etc.), the HA will send one-way message(s) using the SMS sender ID “#HKHA-GSH” to the Hong Kong mobile telephone number provided by the applicant in his/her application form.