A STUDY ON RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION IN PUBLIC RENTAL HOUSING BY HONG KONG HOUSING AUTHORITY

Abstract

In this study, it aimed to clarify about the housing problem and the residents association in order to grasp the present condition and the measure in public rental housing by Hong Kong Housing Authority. In HKHA public rental housing, the residents association mainly working has shifted from KFA, MAC to EMAC. KFA which has worked from the 1950s to the 1960s was established by initiative of Hong Kong Colonial Government. MAC which was the arbitrary residents association formed for every blocks was established by influence of HKHA in the 1970s. by the deterioration in the security situation of high-rise building at public rental housing. From the 1990s, EMAC was established by initiative of HKHA.