What is the eligibility criteria for “Youth Scheme (HOS 2025)”?
Hong Kong Housing Authority & Housing DepartmentStarting from the HOS 2025, an extra ballot number will be allocated to young family applicants and young one-person applicants aged below 40 with White Form status who opted to join the "Youth Scheme (HOS)".
In addition to the eligibility criteria of application for HOS 2025, all family applicants and one-person applicants who opt to join the “Youth Scheme (HOS)” have to meet and comply with the following requirements:
- The person who opts to join the "Youth Scheme (HOS)" must be the applicant of this Scheme. The young applicant must have reached the age of 18 on the closing date of application and must be below the age of 40 on the commencement date of application of this Scheme (i.e. 30 April 2026).
- The young applicant must become an owner or a joint owner of the purchased flat (regardless of whether the adult family member listed in the application form is young people or not). Except for permanent departure, death or other compassionate reasons recommended by the Director of Social Welfare, the name of the young applicant cannot be deleted from the record of owners kept by the HD and the HKHS in future.
- "Youth Scheme (HOS)" is not applicable to those young family applicants with White Form status who join the “Priority Scheme for Families with Elderly Members” and/or Families with Newborns Flat Selection Priority Scheme”.
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Last Revision Date: 4 May 2026
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