page_title: Interim Housing
hierarchical_section_title: Interim Housing
caption_attribution_description: 中文: 葵盛東邨第12座，現作為中轉房屋出租。English: Block 12, Kwai Shing East Estate. Currently used for interim housing.
context_page_description: Interim housing is temporary housing in Hong Kong for those not eligible for a flat in a public housing estate, but affected by disaster, fire, and redevelopment. It replaced Temporary Housing Area with buildings that are more resilient and space saving. Some of them reuse old blocks in public housing estates; others use pre-fabricated building components.
context_section_description: Interim housing (Chinese: 中轉房屋) is temporary housing in Hong Kong for those not eligible for a flat in a public housing estate, but affected by disaster, fire, and redevelopment.  It replaced Temporary Housing Area with buildings that are more resilient and space saving. Some of them reuse old blocks in public housing estates; others use pre-fabricated building components.
caption: Block 12 of Kwai Shing East Estate was converted temporarily as interim housing. It was scheduled to be demolished in 2010.
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