Out of around 13,000 households in Macao’s social housing, most still fall below official income levels and can look forward to living rent-free for 12 months.
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Scheme will see 4,800 new flats in Areia Preta, in a complicated deal on the site of the ill-fated Pearl Horizons development.
Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Elsie Ao Ieong U says that the government expects a high-rise rental housing project for senior citizens in an area of Plot P in Areia Preta district – a the plot of the ill-fated Pearl Horizon residential project – to be completed in 2023.
The government expects to start constructing a high-rise rental housing project for senior citizens in an area of Plot P in Areia Preta district by the end of this year.
The government aimed for the construction of some 23,000 public housing units on Zone A to get off the ground by 2024.
The Macao government has adjusted the income and liquid asset limits for social rental housing applicants.
The Macau SAR government has submitted the latest amendment to the affordable housing bill, having proposed to give more weight to permanent residents as well as to their length of residence in Macau.
The deadline for social housing application has been extended to June 26. For document re-submission, the deadline has also been postponed to July 24.
Government-initiated bill passed on social rental housing — individual applicant for a social housing unit must be aged at least 23, while the representative of a household applying for a social housing unit must be at least 18 years old.
