Housing Bureau Explained

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Y:	Fòhng Uk Gúk
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P:	Fángwū Jú

Housing Bureau (HB) is one of the fifteen policy bureaux for the Government of Hong Kong. It is responsible for the housing portfolios. The agency was established on 1 July 2022. The current (since 1 July 2022) Secretary for Housing is Winnie Ho.

This bureau was newly established under the re-organization of policy bureaux proposed by Carrie Lam, the fifth Chief Executive of Hong Kong, and was adopted by John Lee, the succeeding Chief Executive after Carrie Lam.^[1] On 19 June 2022, the Central People's Government announced the appointment of Winnie Ho, previously the Director of Architectural Services, as the first Secretary for Housing.^[2]

Subordinate departments

There is only one department managed by the bureau:^[3]

Housing Department

Notes and References

News: 2022-05-22 . New Hong Kong Leader's Vow to Fix Housing Crisis Draws Skeptics . en . Bloomberg.com . 2022-07-02.
Web site: Principal Officials of Sixth-term HKSAR Government appointed (with photos). 2022-06-19.
Web site: Organisation Chart of the Government of the HKSAR. 2002-06-28. 2022-07-02. 2022-06-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20220627184615/https://www.gov.hk/en/about/govdirectory/govchart/newchart.htm. dead.