The Urban Renewal Authority's "Preventive Maintenance Subsidy Scheme" has received a total of 8 applications to date, involving over 6,000 residential units, covering everything from single buildings to large housing estates, with ages ranging from over 30 to nearly 60 years. The areas involved include Central and Western District, Southern District, Eastern District on Hong Kong Island, Kowloon City, and Tuen Mun. Among them, a large housing estate in the Southern District of Hong Kong Island and two private estates in Tuen Mun have been granted "in-principle approval notices," benefiting approximately 5,500 households. Additionally, two applications are currently under review, with the earliest "in-principle approval notices" expected to be issued within this month.

The Urban Renewal Authority has also launched the first building maintenance manual guidelines and templates in Hong Kong. The Chief Executive Officer, Wai Chi-shing, stated in a blog that the guidelines and templates cover requirements from the "Building Ordinance" and "Fire Services Ordinance," and reference successful experiences from well-maintained large housing estates, for the reference and use of owners, owners' corporations, and property management companies to hire recognized professionals, registered inspectors, or structural engineers.

The scheme was self-funded by the Urban Renewal Authority and launched in April last year, providing subsidies for building owners' corporations to hire recognized professionals to compile "Building Maintenance Manuals" for daily maintenance and repairs, establish a maintenance plan with a 10-year cycle and related cost estimates, and set up a special fund and regular contribution scheme for the maintenance plan