Am I eligible to apply for GSH 2025?

Hong Kong Housing Authority & Housing Department

Only Green Form applicants can apply for GSH. Eligibility Criteria for GSH2025:

Eligible Applicants	Ineligible Applicants
Households of Public Rental Housing (PRH) units under the HA (the date of commencement of their tenancies must be on or before the closing date of application (i.e. 20 May 2026))	tenants under conditional tenancies tenants allocated PRH units through Express Flat Allocation Scheme within three years from the date of commencement of their tenancies (However, they shall apply HOS 2025 by using Green Form. They will be treated as if they were White Form applicants in terms of flat selection priority and will be put under the White Form queue.) monthly licensees of HA Transitional Rental Housing units fixed-term licensees of the HA Those who have purchased a flat or have obtained a loan or subsidies under the housing subsidised home ownership schemes
Households of Group A Rental Estates (Rental Estates) or Elderly Persons Flats under the Hong Kong Housing Society (HKHS) (the date of commencement of their tenancies must be on or before the closing date of application (i.e. 20 May 2026))	households of HKHS’s Group B Rental Estates, Dedicated Rehousing Estates (DRE) monthly licensees of HKHS’s Transitional Rental Housing units fixed-term licensees of the HKHS
Holders of a valid “Green Form Certificate (GFC) – Applicable to Sale of Green Form Subsidised Home Ownership Scheme Flats Only” issued by the Housing Department (HD) / the Urban Renewal Authority (URA)／GFC – Only applicable to PRH additional rent payer under “Well-off Tenants Policies” who voluntarily moves out from PRH unit	-
Recipients of Rent Allowance for the Elderly Scheme (RAES) administered by the HA (the recipients or any member of the family have not breached any clause of their Rent Allowance Agreement)	-

Income and Asset Limits of GSH 2025

Category of Applicants	Income and asset limits
Households of PRH units under the HA Households of Rental Estates or Elderly Persons Flats under the HKHS	Not applicable
Applicants under the “Civil Servant Public Housing Quota” who are holders of valid GFC／GFC – Only applicable to PRH additional rent payer under “Well-off Tenants Policies” who voluntarily moves out from PRH unit	Not applicable
Applicants holding valid GFC (Except GFC holders under the “Civil Servant Public Housing Quota”)	Total monthly household income and total net asset value must not exceed PRH Income & Total Net Asset Limits
Recipients of RAES administered by the HA

"Restrictions on Ownership of Domestic Property" of GSH 2025

Applicants and all family member(s) listed in the application form must fulfill the following requirements of restrictions on ownership of domestic property in Hong Kong (note):

For applications of Household of PRH unit(s) under the HA or Household of Rental Estate tenant(s) or Elderly Person Flats under the HKHS, the applicants and family member(s) listed in the application form, during the period from 24 months (i.e. 21 May 2024) preceding the closing date for submitting the application and up to the date of signing the Agreement for Sale and Purchase (ASP) for a flat under this sale exercise, should not own any domestic property in Hong Kong
GFC holders or RAES recipients are still subject to restrictions on ownership of domestic property of the relevant applications/ schemes (such as PRH applications). Up to the time of purchase of signing the ASP, should not own any domestic property in Hong Kong;

(Note) Domestic properties include any domestic property, uncompleted private domestic property, rooftop structures approved by the Buildings Department, domestic building lots and small house grants approved by the Lands Department in Hong Kong.

For details, please visit GSH 2025 website or refer to GSH 2025 Application Guide.