To help low income elderly households living in non-self-contained private flats or temporary structures,the Government pledged in the 2000 Policy Address to help eligible elderly people to apply for public housing.

• 对于那些在没有独立设施的私人楼宇或临时搭建物居住的低收入长者住户，政府在二零零零年的《施政报告》中承诺会协助合资格的长者申请公屋。