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Normative Document No. 8/2024 of the Urban Planning and Construction Bureau

Notice on Amending the Measures for the Administration of Government-Subsidized Rental Housing in Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin (for Trial Implementation)

All relevant departments,

To further promote the high-quality development of government-subsidized rental housing, the Executive Committee of the Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin has approved the Urban Planning and Construction Bureau’s amendment to Article 7 of the Measures for the Administration of Government-Subsidized Rental Housing in Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin (for Trial Implementation), Normative Document No. 3/2023 of the Urban Planning and Construction Bureau of the Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin. As follows:

The sources of government-subsidized rental housing shall be primarily obtained through three methods: new construction, renovation, and revitalization of existing stock:

1.New construction projects mainly utilize newly supplied state-owned construction land, idle land owned by enterprises and public institutions, supporting land for industrial projects, and collective construction land for business purposes. If new construction projects involve adjustments to the nature of land use, floor area ratio, building density, building height, or other indicators, the relevant detailed regulatory plan must be adjusted according to procedures. If adjustments to the nature of land use are involved, a new land use permit must be obtained, clearly indicating the change of the land use to residential land (government-subsidized rental housing).

2. Renovation projects mainly involve the transformation of the idle and inefficiently used existing non-residential buildings, including commercial offices, hotels, factories, warehouses, scientific research and education facilities, and new industry buildings that have been legally constructed and registered for property rights within the Cooperation Zone. Projects supplied before March 31, 2024, and under construction with valid construction permits, may apply to be renovated into government-subsidized rental housing in accordance with these Measures. The construction employer shall execute a supplementary agreement to the land grant contract with the Urban Planning and Construction Bureau of the Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin, stipulating that the land use, planning conditions, and floor area ratio shall remain unchanged, that the property shall not be sold during its designated period as government-subsidized rental housing, and that the renovated buildings shall be restored to their original use upon expiration of the said period.

3. Revitalization of existing stock projects mainly involves converting existing idle rental housing (including rural rental houses), apartments, staff dormitories and talent apartments into government-subsidized rental housing for use and management.

Government-subsidized rental housing projects shall not be used for non-government-subsidized rental housing purposes. During their period of use as government-subsidized rental housing, new construction and renovation projects shall not be divided, mortgaged, listed for sale, or sold through disguised means such as “rent-to-own”. However, government-subsidized rental housing can be legally mortgaged as a whole or transferred as a whole, and after the transfer, the nature of use as government-subsidized rental housing shall remain unchanged.

This Notice shall take effect from the date of its promulgation.

Urban Planning and Construction Bureau

of the Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin

July 22, 2024