If an GSH applicant or any family member who intends to become a joint owner is not able to turn up for flat selection, can he/she authorize the others to attend flat selection or change the appointed flat selection session? ?

Hong Kong Housing Authority & Housing Department

The applicant, one of the adult family members intending to be a joint-owner and the elderly member who join the “Priority Scheme for Families with Elderly Members” must turn up for flat selection and completion of ASP at the GSH Sales Unit in person. If an applicant or any family member who intend to become a joint owner (including the elderly member) is not able to turn up in person to complete the relevant formalities, he/she is required to obtain prior written approval from the GSH Sales Unit and sign a valid Power of Attorney at a solicitor firm to authorize a family member aged 18 or above listed on the application form to complete the purchase on his/ her behalf. If the applicant is the only person listed in the application form, he/ she may authorize another relative to complete the purchase on his/ her behalf, provided that the authorized person is aged 18 or above and is holding a valid Power of Attorney. Applicants shall submit a written application to GSH Sales Unit as early as possible before the date of flat selection so that the purchase formalities can be completed without delay due to the obtaining the Power of Attorney. Applicants need to bear and be responsible for all the fees required for obtaining the Power of Attorney.
If an applicant needs to change his/her appointment (the appointment can only be postponed but cannot be advanced), he/she has to seek the GSH Sales Unit’s prior approval in writing. Change of appointment can only be effected upon approval, the applicant’s order of priority for flat selection will be deferred accordingly. The HA and the HD will not guarantee that there will be available quota or flat for selection under the category that the applicant belongs to after change of the appointment.