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PRH Waiting Time Rising Rapidly

Number of PRH Application and Waiting Time
Number Years
300,000 6

250,000 5

200,000 4
150,000 3

100,000 2

50,000 1

0 0
2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17

General applicants (left axis) Non-elderly single applicants (left axis)
Waiting time (right axis)

Note: Waitng time refers to that of general applicants only.
Source: Housing Authority.

1. As the supply of PRH has lagged behind, there have been increasingly more applicants on the
waiting list, with the total number of applicants on the waiting list rising from 107,200 in 2006/07
to 285,000 in 2015/16. Over the same period, the number of general applicants has more than
doubled to 150,500.

2. The average waiting time for the general applicants has soared from 1.8 years in 2006/07 to the
figure of 4.7 years, far exceeding the government’s pledge of 3 years.

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