<p>香港人陳世超認為他租住的 60 平方英尺的分租公寓就是他的家，他努力讓位於深水埗的怡華大廈這個狹小的空間更宜居，通過重新粉刷牆壁和設置自己的廚房來改善居住環境。這位 72 歲的老人認為每月 3000 港元（約 383 美元）的租金非常適合他緊張的預算，因為他靠約 5000 港元的社會保障金生活，並獲得 2500 港元的租金補貼。對於這位行動不便且長期患病的退休人士來説，這棟大樓也很適合他，因為它有電梯，距離當地的濕貨市場僅 500 米（1640 英尺）。但陳在去年 12 月的合同中途被驚訝地告知，樓內的房東給超過 200 户家庭三個月的時間搬出。這個決定是由於裝修計劃，以確保這些物業符合即將於週日生效的《基本住房單位條例》。新法律規定，只有符合新最低標準的認證分租房屋才能在市場上出租。但當局允許房東在四年內進行整改的同時，繼續出租不合格的物業。陳表示：“業主侵犯了我們的權利。我必須為自己發聲。根據新法律，除非政府為租户提供住宿安排，否則將永遠面臨驅逐。” 怡華大廈的案例只是冰山一角，自去年 9 月立法者投票批准新的監管制度以來，情況愈發嚴峻。隨着《基本住房單位條例》的生效，倡導者和專業人士呼籲確保為可能被迫遷移的分租住房租户提供穩定的臨時住宿供應，並制定全面的執行計劃以堵塞漏洞。目前大約有 22 萬居民生活在分租房中。早前的政府調查還估計，約有 3.3 萬間分租公寓——佔全市總數的 30%——在被視為基本住房單位之前需要進行重大修繕。對於怡華大廈的居民來説，政府在驅逐公告發佈一個月後介入。但問題尚未得到完全解決。住房局在陳和其他租户在 1 月份成為新聞頭條後，部署了一家非政府組織提供幫助。儘管業主聲稱曾提前向租户提供三到 12 個月的寬限期，但住房局表示房東仍在探索這一安排，非政府組織將協助居民搬入臨時住房或尋找其他私人物業。根據住房局的數據，截至 2 月底，在其聯繫的 138 户家庭中，有 43 户申請了過渡性公寓，10 户已搬入輕型公共住房，39 户的申請獲得批准，可以在距離舊家僅五分鐘步行路程的旅館中入住單人房。社區組織的社區組織者 Angela Lui Yi-shan 指出，一些大樓居民在這些事件曝光之前就已被驅逐。這些居民已搬入該地區的其他不合格住房，這意味着當運營商決定修繕公寓以滿足法律要求時，他們將再次被迫遷移。Lui 表示，低收入個人和兩人家庭，如老年人和單親家庭，將在新的監管制度下受到最嚴重的影響。她表示，這些居民只能租住租金約為 3000 港元的小型不合格物業，無法負擔至少 86 平方英尺、擁有適當窗户和獨立衞生間等要求的基本住房單位。她指出，質量更好的分租公寓的租金自然更高，經過裝修後租約可能會增加 5% 到 15%。她説：“購買力最低和最弱勢的人可能不得不在黑市上租住不合格的公寓或選擇牀位公寓。法律旨在改善生活質量……但我們需要觀察在某些情況下生活質量是否下降。” 受新法律影響的租户可以申請臨時住房，具體取決於可用性。等待公共租住房至少三年的居民可以申請政府建造的輕型公共住房，而其他人可以申請 2018 年推出的過渡性住房計劃下的公寓。住房局局長何永賢早前表示，大約 4000 個過渡性公寓為受影響的分租公寓租户保留，並正在探索增加城市地區此類住房的供應。截至 12 月，約有 16690 個過渡性公寓投入使用，另有 2700 個計劃在 2027 年前建成。Lui 表示，政府只有在有足夠的住房供應和強有力的執行下，才能有效根除不合格住房並規範分租住房市場，因為租户往往選擇沉默，而不是冒着失去住所的風險。她説：“租户往往不願報告不合格的物業，因為他們可能會失去住所，尤其是當他們可能找不到適合自己需求的安置時。如果報告的負擔落在租户身上，那就不理想。” 香港測量師學會前會長 Robin Leung Chi-tim 也呼應了對全面執行計劃的需求，因為當局將從 2027 年 3 月開始採取行動。他表示，當局將有一份註冊在三年寬限期內的運營商名單，但對於那些未申請並非法出租物業的房東，他們將一無所知。Leung 還觀察到寬限期後可能存在另一個漏洞，因為新法律僅對一套公寓內的兩個或更多分租住房租賃進行監管。一位業主可以聲稱他們只出租一個分租房，並在其餘空間內居住，但實際上卻將其物業出租給多個租户。他説：“這很難證明。執法人員必須進行卧底。政府必須制定有效的執法措施。” 儘管許多鄰居已經搬走，陳表示他發現搬到新界的過渡性住房不方便，並對與附近旅館的其他租户共享廚房表示不情願。他已經排隊申請公共租住房三年，並有資格申請輕型公共住房，但他不知道何時會被分配到臨時公寓。“可能需要八到十個月。我無處可去。” 陳説。</p>

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<p>香港的新《基本住房單位條例》導致分租單位的租户被驅逐，因為房東必須遵守新的最低標準。許多居民，如 72 歲的陳世超，因裝修計劃面臨搬遷。倡導者呼籲為 22 萬受影響居民提供穩定的臨時住房解決方案。該法律旨在改善居住條件，但低收入租户可能難以負擔符合標準的住房，這可能導致他們的居住狀況進一步不穩定。政府正在探索過渡性住房的選項，以幫助那些受到變化影響的人</p>

<p>Hongkonger Chan Sai-chiu considers the 60 sq ft subdivided flat he rents to be home, going out of his way to make the cramped space in Sham Shui Po’s ageing Yee Wa Building more liveable by repainting the walls and setting up his own kitchen. The 72-year-old considers the flat’s HK$3,000 (US$383) rent to be a perfect fit for his tight budget, as he lives off about HK$5,000 from social security payments and receives a rental subsidy of HK$2,500. The building also suits the retiree, who is chronically ill and struggles to walk, because it has lifts and is only 500 metres (1,640 feet) away from a local wet market. But Chan was caught by surprise last December, just in the middle of his two-year contract, when landlords for the building gave more than 200 households three months to move out. The decision was prompted by renovation plans to ensure the properties complied with the Basic Housing Units Ordinance, which takes effect on Sunday. The new law stipulates that only “basic housing units”, referring to certified subdivided homes that meet the new minimum standards, can be leased on the market. But authorities are allowing landlords to lease substandard properties while getting four years to make rectifications. “The owners have exploited our rights. I have to stand up for myself,” Chan said. “Under the new law, unless the government has accommodation arrangements for tenants, there will be evictions forever.” The Yee Wa Building case is just the tip of the iceberg since lawmakers voted to approve the new regulatory regime last September. As the Basic Housing Units Ordinance takes effect, advocates and professionals have called for ensuring a stable supply of temporary accommodation for subdivided housing tenants likely to be uprooted, along with a comprehensive enforcement plan to plug loopholes. There are currently about 220,000 residents living in subdivided homes. An earlier government survey also estimates that around 33,000 subdivided flats – 30 per cent of the city’s total – would require significant fixes before they could be deemed basic housing units. In the case of Yee Wa Building residents, authorities stepped in a month after the eviction was announced. But the issue has yet to be fully resolved. The Housing Bureau deployed an NGO to offer help after Chan and tenants made headlines in January. While the owners claimed to have earlier offered a three-to-12-month grace period to tenants, the bureau said the landlords were still exploring the arrangement and that the NGO would assist residents in moving to temporary housing or seeking other private properties. According to the bureau, as of late February, among the 138 households it had contacted, 43 had applied for transitional flats, 10 had moved to light public housing, and 39 had their applications approved to stay at a hostel offering single-person rooms just a five-minute walk from their old homes. Angela Lui Yi-shan, a community organiser at the Society for Community Organisation, noted that some building residents had already been evicted before such incidents had come to light. Such residents had moved to other substandard homes in the district, meaning that they would be uprooted again when the operators decided to fix the flats to meet legal requirements. Lui said low-income individuals and two-person households, such as the elderly and single-parent families, would be hit hardest under the new regulatory regime. Lui said such residents could only rent small, substandard properties with rents of about HK$3,000 and could not afford a basic housing unit, which must be at least 86 sq ft, have a proper window and come with an individual toilet, among other requirements. She noted that rents for subdivided flats of a better quality were naturally higher, and their leases could increase by 5 to 15 per cent following renovations. “Those with the lowest purchasing power and or the most underprivileged may have to resort to renting a substandard flat on the black market or resort to bed-space flats,” she said. “The law aims to improve living quality … but we need to observe whether the living quality has been downgraded in some cases.” Tenants affected by the new law can apply for temporary housing, subject to availability. Residents who have waited for a public rental home for at least three years can apply for the light public housing homes built by the government, while others can apply for flats under the transitional housing scheme introduced in 2018. Secretary for Housing Winnie Ho Wing-yin earlier said around 4,000 transitional flats were reserved for affected subdivided flat tenants, and was exploring increasing the supply of such homes in urban areas. As of December, around 16,690 transitional flats are in operation, and another 2,700 are set to be built by 2027. Lui said that the government could only eradicate substandard housing and regulate the subdivided housing market effectively with sufficient housing supply and strong enforcement, as tenants tended to stay quiet rather than risk losing their homes. “Tenants tend not to report substandard properties as they can lose their homes, especially when they may not find a resettlement suitable to their needs. It is not ideal if the report burden lies on tenants,” she said. Robin Leung Chi-tim, the immediate past president of the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors, echoed the need for a comprehensive enforcement plan, as authorities would only start taking action from March 2027. He said authorities would have a list of operators registered for the three-year grace period, but they would be kept in the dark about landlords who did not apply and were leasing their properties illegally. Leung also observed another possible loophole after the grace period, as the new law only regulated two or more subdivided housing tenancies in a flat. A homeowner could claim that they only leased one subdivided home and were living in the rest of the space, but were actually letting out their properties to several tenants, he said. “It can be difficult to prove. Officers have to go undercover. Authorities have to devise effective enforcement actions,” he said. While many of his neighbours have since moved out, Chan said he found relocating to transitional housing in the New Territories inconvenient and expressed reluctance to share a kitchen with other tenants in a nearby hostel. He has queued for public rental housing for three years and is eligible for a light public home, but he does not know when he will be allocated a temporary flat. “It can take eight or 10 months. I have nowhere to go,” Chan said.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>香港人陳世超認為他租住的 60 平方英尺的分租公寓就是他的家，他努力讓位於深水埗的怡華大廈這個狹小的空間更宜居，通過重新粉刷牆壁和設置自己的廚房來改善居住環境。這位 72 歲的老人認為每月 3000 港元（約 383 美元）的租金非常適合他緊張的預算，因為他靠約 5000 港元的社會保障金生活，並獲得 2500 港元的租金補貼。對於這位行動不便且長期患病的退休人士來説，這棟大樓也很適合他，因為它有電梯，距離當地的濕貨市場僅 500 米（1640 英尺）。但陳在去年 12 月的合同中途被驚訝地告知，樓內的房東給超過 200 户家庭三個月的時間搬出。這個決定是由於裝修計劃，以確保這些物業符合即將於週日生效的《基本住房單位條例》。新法律規定，只有符合新最低標準的認證分租房屋才能在市場上出租。但當局允許房東在四年內進行整改的同時，繼續出租不合格的物業。陳表示：“業主侵犯了我們的權利。我必須為自己發聲。根據新法律，除非政府為租户提供住宿安排，否則將永遠面臨驅逐。” 怡華大廈的案例只是冰山一角，自去年 9 月立法者投票批准新的監管制度以來，情況愈發嚴峻。隨着《基本住房單位條例》的生效，倡導者和專業人士呼籲確保為可能被迫遷移的分租住房租户提供穩定的臨時住宿供應，並制定全面的執行計劃以堵塞漏洞。目前大約有 22 萬居民生活在分租房中。早前的政府調查還估計，約有 3.3 萬間分租公寓——佔全市總數的 30%——在被視為基本住房單位之前需要進行重大修繕。對於怡華大廈的居民來説，政府在驅逐公告發佈一個月後介入。但問題尚未得到完全解決。住房局在陳和其他租户在 1 月份成為新聞頭條後，部署了一家非政府組織提供幫助。儘管業主聲稱曾提前向租户提供三到 12 個月的寬限期，但住房局表示房東仍在探索這一安排，非政府組織將協助居民搬入臨時住房或尋找其他私人物業。根據住房局的數據，截至 2 月底，在其聯繫的 138 户家庭中，有 43 户申請了過渡性公寓，10 户已搬入輕型公共住房，39 户的申請獲得批准，可以在距離舊家僅五分鐘步行路程的旅館中入住單人房。社區組織的社區組織者 Angela Lui Yi-shan 指出，一些大樓居民在這些事件曝光之前就已被驅逐。這些居民已搬入該地區的其他不合格住房，這意味着當運營商決定修繕公寓以滿足法律要求時，他們將再次被迫遷移。Lui 表示，低收入個人和兩人家庭，如老年人和單親家庭，將在新的監管制度下受到最嚴重的影響。她表示，這些居民只能租住租金約為 3000 港元的小型不合格物業，無法負擔至少 86 平方英尺、擁有適當窗户和獨立衞生間等要求的基本住房單位。她指出，質量更好的分租公寓的租金自然更高，經過裝修後租約可能會增加 5% 到 15%。她説：“購買力最低和最弱勢的人可能不得不在黑市上租住不合格的公寓或選擇牀位公寓。法律旨在改善生活質量……但我們需要觀察在某些情況下生活質量是否下降。” 受新法律影響的租户可以申請臨時住房，具體取決於可用性。等待公共租住房至少三年的居民可以申請政府建造的輕型公共住房，而其他人可以申請 2018 年推出的過渡性住房計劃下的公寓。住房局局長何永賢早前表示，大約 4000 個過渡性公寓為受影響的分租公寓租户保留，並正在探索增加城市地區此類住房的供應。截至 12 月，約有 16690 個過渡性公寓投入使用，另有 2700 個計劃在 2027 年前建成。Lui 表示，政府只有在有足夠的住房供應和強有力的執行下，才能有效根除不合格住房並規範分租住房市場，因為租户往往選擇沉默，而不是冒着失去住所的風險。她説：“租户往往不願報告不合格的物業，因為他們可能會失去住所，尤其是當他們可能找不到適合自己需求的安置時。如果報告的負擔落在租户身上，那就不理想。” 香港測量師學會前會長 Robin Leung Chi-tim 也呼應了對全面執行計劃的需求，因為當局將從 2027 年 3 月開始採取行動。他表示，當局將有一份註冊在三年寬限期內的運營商名單，但對於那些未申請並非法出租物業的房東，他們將一無所知。Leung 還觀察到寬限期後可能存在另一個漏洞，因為新法律僅對一套公寓內的兩個或更多分租住房租賃進行監管。一位業主可以聲稱他們只出租一個分租房，並在其餘空間內居住，但實際上卻將其物業出租給多個租户。他説：“這很難證明。執法人員必須進行卧底。政府必須制定有效的執法措施。” 儘管許多鄰居已經搬走，陳表示他發現搬到新界的過渡性住房不方便，並對與附近旅館的其他租户共享廚房表示不情願。他已經排隊申請公共租住房三年，並有資格申請輕型公共住房，但他不知道何時會被分配到臨時公寓。“可能需要八到十個月。我無處可去。” 陳説。</p>
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Are new Hong Kong subdivided flat standards triggering a wave of evictions?

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新的香港劏房標準是否正在引發一波驅逐潮？