【Friday Beyond Spotlights III】Rosanna Law: Housing Future and Advancing Social Mobility
Hosted by Nick Chan, Episode 10 of Season 3 features Rosanna Law Shuk-pui, Permanent Secretary for Housing and Director of Housing, as she shares her background growing up in a rental unit in a public housing estate, and her dedication to addressing societal housing needs, making life better and creating opportunities for upward social mobility for low-income families.
Rosanna oversees the entire cycle of production, management and redevelopment of public housing, one of the most urgent and critical issues for the society. She shared that administration has now secured enough land to meet anticipated public housing needs, with the delivery of more than 440,000 flats in the decade ahead. The waiting time for public housing will be slashed, the minimum size of subsidized sales flat will be lifted to 26m2, and public rental housing will see an increase of 10% in internal living space!
Rosanna emphasizes the importance of vigilance in public housing eligibility as it is a sacred public resource, and public funds should be spent wisely and appropriately. Therefore, people who have successfully moved up the social mobility ladder with the help of the public housing system and subsidies should “graduate” and let others in greater need also share that path and success to move up the housing and property ladder.
On building public housing, Rosanna explains the benefits of partnering with the private sector; she also highlights how technological applications facilitate more efficient management of public housing, and help people live better lives.
Encouraging more people to join the Government to serve the greater good, Rosanna shared “You must have the heart and the determination to serve the public”.
