Housing Bureau

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{{Hong Kong Government Agency Infobox

|English_name= Housing Bureau

|Chinese_name= 房屋局

|image = Regional Emblem of Hong Kong.svg

|head_title= Secretary

|head_name= Winnie Ho

|deputy_head_title= Under
Secretary

|deputy_head_name= Victor Tai

|deputy_head_title2= Permanent
Secretary

|deputy_head_name2= Charmaine Lee

|deputy_head_title3= Political
Assistant

|deputy_head_name3= Au Yeung Man-sin

|Establishment= 2022

|Affiliation= Financial Secretary

|Headquarter= 26/F, Immigration Tower, 7 Gloucester Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong

|Website={{Official website|https://www.hb.gov.hk/eng/index.html|Official Website}}

}}

{{Infobox Chinese

| t = 房屋局

| y = Fòhng Uk Gúk

| j = Fong4 uk1 guk6

| p = Fángwū Jú

}}

Housing Bureau (HB) is a policy bureau of the Government of Hong Kong. It is responsible for the housing portfolios. The agency was established on 1 July 2022. The current (since 1 July 2022) Secretary for Housing is Winnie Ho.

This bureau was newly established under the re-organization of policy bureaux proposed by Carrie Lam, the fifth Chief Executive of Hong Kong, and was adopted by John Lee, the succeeding Chief Executive after Carrie Lam.{{Cite news |date=2022-05-22 |title=New Hong Kong Leader's Vow to Fix Housing Crisis Draws Skeptics |language=en |work=Bloomberg.com |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-22/new-hong-kong-leader-s-vow-to-fix-housing-crisis-draws-skeptics |access-date=2022-07-02}} On 19 June 2022, the Central People's Government announced the appointment of Winnie Ho, previously the Director of Architectural Services, as the first Secretary for Housing.{{Cite web|url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202206/19/P2022061900202.htm?fontSize=1|title=Principal Officials of Sixth-term HKSAR Government appointed (with photos)|date=2022-06-19}}

Subordinate departments

There is only one department managed by the bureau:{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.hk/en/about/govdirectory/govchart/newchart.htm|title=Organisation Chart of the Government of the HKSAR|date=2002-06-28|access-date=2022-07-02|archive-date=2022-06-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627184615/https://www.gov.hk/en/about/govdirectory/govchart/newchart.htm|url-status=dead}}

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