Kaohsiung Residents Queuing for Viewing Social Housing Units 高雄首座社宅將開放申租 民眾排隊賞屋

The first social housing in Kaohsiung will be open for rental application starting on Feb. 7 to March 1. 

The first social housing development in Kaohsiung is located in Lingya District. It has two buildings, for a total of 245 apartments. The house is open from Feb. 1 to the 5th. Those who are interested in renting can apply from Feb. 7 to March 1.

Prospective Renter: “I hope to draw a 2-room or 3-room apartment because this is more in line with the needs of our small family.”

I'm currently moving back from Tainan, so I feel this would be really helpful for my application to go through for an apartment here. The room types offered in this development include single rooms, double rooms, and triple rooms suited for a family. Place for an apartment will be 9 to 33 pings with basic household appliances. The rental fee will be NT$3,900 to NT$18,600. Many house-seekers are looking to apply as the building's location is close to the train station and with its good school district. On the first morning of public viewing, there were more than 150 people who toured the homes. This is already half of the total number of houses available for rent. The city government estimates that the number of applicants will definitely exceed the total number of houses available.

Weng Hao-chien, Director, Residential Dev. Dept., Urban Dev. Bureau, Kaohsiung: “The number of applicants will exceed the number of homes available for rent. So we have to draw lots in a fair way in order to determine the eligible renters.”

People who have taken the number can view the house during the open house viewing period. The city government will conduct a qualification review after the application deadline on March 1. Within two months, a date will be set to draw renters fairly and openly. 

位在高雄苓雅區的凱旋青樹社會住宅，分兩棟共計245戶，從2月1日到5日，開放民眾賞屋以及諮詢，有意願承租者，可在2月7日到3月1日前申請。

看屋民眾指出 :「希望可以抽中2房型或3房型，因為這樣比較符合我們小家庭的需求。」

看屋民眾說道：「像我是從台南那邊要搬回來的話，這個部份我就會覺得真的是幫助很大的，就是如果可以申請的到的話。」

這處社會宅的房型有單人房、雙人房及3人家庭房，坪數從9到33坪不等，配有基本家電，租金含管理費從3900到18600元不等。因為地點離火車站近，學區也不錯，許多看屋民眾都很有意願申請，第1天早上號碼牌發放超過150人，已是總戶數一半，市府預估申請人數一定會超過總戶數。

高市都發局住宅發展處長翁浩建表示：「申請的人數一定是超過這個戶數，所以我們必須是用抽籤的方式，用公平的方式，來抽出這個符合資格的民眾。」

開放看房期間，民眾只要到場領取號碼牌都能看房，3月1日申請時間截止後，市府將在2個月內進行資格審核，接著會擇期以公正、公開的方式來抽籤。