[Youth Hostel] BeLIVING Youth Hub

To further address the housing needs of young people, the Government announced in the 2022 Policy Address and the Youth Development Blueprint the initiative to expand the Youth Hostel Scheme by subsidising NGOs to rent suitable hotels and guesthouses for use as youth hostels.

[Video in Chinese only]

Formerly the Hotel Ease, the "BeLIVING Youth Hub" located at 39 Morrison Road, Wanchai, was reprovisioned into a youth hostel and operated jointly by the Hong Kong United Youth Association and the Gale Well Group. The youth hostel provides various types of room for one-person or two-person application. The youth tenants are required to servie the community by participating in charity activities, while enjoying rents lower than market price. 

>>Click here for room types and rents

Eligibility

- Hong Kong permanent resident aged 18 or above but below 31 as at the application deadline
- Working youth (e.g. Full-time, Part-time, Self-employed) Full-time students are not eligible
- Monthly income not exceeding HKD25,000 for a one-person applicant (The income level of a two-person applicant should not exceed twice that of a one-person applicant)
- Total net asset not exceeding HKD380,000 and HKD760,000 respectively for a one-person household and a two-person household
- Do not own or co-own any residential property in Hong Kong
- If the applicants are public housing tenants, the the public housing or interm housing should not be left vacant due to the youth hostel tenancy
- Have not been living in the youth hostels under the Youth Hostel Scheme of the Government, for more than three years

Details and Application

https://www.belivingyouthhub.com/ (Chinese Only)

Enquiry No.

12355