The Hong Kong People's Council on Public Housing Policy (; HKPCHP), formerly called the Hong Kong People's Council on Public Housing Policy (), was a Hong Kong pressure group established in 1978 and was prominent in the 1970s and 80s. It was set up by a group of social activists from the residents' group and community organisations aiming at influencing Hong Kong Government's
public housing policies and as a shadow council of the
Hong Kong Housing Authority.
The PCPHP was preceded by the Rental Action Group against the rental rise of the public housing when the Ten-Year Housing Scheme was launched and the Hong Kong Housing Authority was established in 1973. Together with the
Society for Community Organisation
The Society for Community Organization (SoCO) () is a non-governmental and human rights advocacy group in Hong Kong. The group was founded in 1971 by church members. It is also financially supported by donations from various churches, overseas f ...
(SOCO) and
Hong Kong Christian Industrial Committee
The Hong Kong Christian Industrial Committee ( Chinese: 香港基督教工業委員會, also called as HKCIC) is a non-governmental pressure group that focuses on labor welfare policy and industrial safety. The group was founded in 1966, original ...
(HKCIC), they organised protests against the increase in rent of public housing in 1976, more participation in the public housing policies in 1977 and protests against the raise of bus fares in 1980. In 1983 they campaigned for curbing general rises of public utilities prices and in 1986 they protested against the construction of the
Daya Bay Nuclear Plant
Daya Nuclear Power Plant () is a nuclear power plant located in Daya Bay in Longgang District, along the eastern extremity of Shenzhen, Guangdong, China; and to the north east of Hong Kong. Daya Bay has two 944 MWe PWR nuclear reactors bas ...
with
Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union (HKPTU) and
Hong Kong Social Workers' General Union
Hong Kong Social Workers' General Union (HKSWGU) is a trade union for the social workers in Hong Kong. It was established in 1980. The current president, Cheung Kwok-che is the member in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. It is one of the trade ...
(HKSWGU) among others.
In the mid 1980s the organisation also began to participate into the
district boards and
Urban Council
The Urban Council (UrbCo) was a municipal council in Hong Kong responsible for municipal services on Hong Kong Island and in Kowloon (including New Kowloon). These services were provided by the council's executive arm, the Urban Servic ...
/
Regional Council elections and liaison with
pro-democracy groups during elections.
It changed to its today's name in 1998, as the resettlement estates had not existed anymore. The Council disbanded on 9 June 2019 due to a lack of financial resources, marking the end of 40-year history.
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