More space could be freed for the Starter Homes scheme by raising the plot ratio on rural sites to allow private developers to build more flats, Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said on Sunday.
She unveiled the scheme in her maiden policy address last week as a way to help middle-income residents who wanted to buy their own homes but had been priced out by the soaring market.
A pilot project in Anderson Road, Kwun Tong, would provide 1,000 affordable homes for those eligible –...
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