Officials urged to let vacant public flats quicker
[RTHK] - 02/20/2025
The city's Ombudsman has urged housing authorities to speed up the turnover of recovered public rental flats, such as by shortening the period between taking back a home and issuing a refurbishment order. A probe by the watchdog revealed that it normally took around two and a half months for a (…)
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