Hong Kong’s Housing Authority has endorsed a proposal to review income and asset limits for public rental housing applicants for 2026-27, raising the income limits for all household sizes by an average of 2.8 percent overall.
The Subsidised Housing Committee of the Housing Authority also endorsed increasing the asset limits by 1.4 percent for all household sizes in accordance with the established mechanism.
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The adjusted limits will take effect from April 1, the Authority said in a statement.
"The PRH income and asset limits are reviewed annually according to the established mechanism," said a spokesman for the Housing Authority.
The income limits are derived using a household expenditure approach, which takes into consideration housing costs and non-housing costs, plus a 5 percent contingency provision, while the asset limits are adjusted with reference to movements in the consumer price index over the year.
