Under what circumstances will an application for HOS 2025 and GSH 2025 be regarded as duplicate application?

• Each person (regardless of applicant or family member(s)) can only be listed in one application form of HOS 2025 and/or GSH 2025 (either online application/ paper application), otherwise it will be regarded as duplicate application.
• For HOS 2025, each person can only choose to be listed in either Green Form or White Form, but if any person is listed in both White Form and Green Form, and chooses to apply for both the HOS 2025 and GSH 2025 sale schemes, their HOS 2025 application will be cancelled, and only the GSH 2025 application will be retained. 
• If an applicant and his/ her family member(s) or a married couple submits separate applications, the applications will also be regarded as duplicate application. 
• Any duplicate applications, no matter online/ paper application will render all applications null and void, and application fee paid is non-refundable and non-transferrable under any circumstances.

Examples :

1. Public housing tenants apply for both "GSH 2025" and "HOS 2025" using a Green Form will be regarded as a duplicate application if any individual family member also applies for "HOS 2025" under a White Form. In this case, both "HOS 2025" applications will be cancelled, and only the "GSH 2025" application will remain valid.
2. Public housing tenants apply for both "GSH 2025" and "HOS 2025" using a Green Form will not be regarded as a duplicate application if an individual family member separately applies only for "WSM 2025" under a White Form.
3. Public housing tenants apply for "GSH 2025" using a Green Form will not be regarded as a duplicate application if an individual family member separately applies for "HOS 2025" and/or "WSM 2025" under a White Form.