Housing Bureau Director Chiang Coc Meng recently revealed that the Macao SAR Government and the original lessee of Bairro da Ilha Verde have reached an agreement regarding public housing project plot 4 in the area, which is earmarked to provide 500 apartments.
Construction will begin this year. The lessee has also agreed to finalise the clearance of plots 1 to 3 by 2010 and return them to the Government for public housing development.

Furthermore, the Government has also reserved twelve plots in Seac Pai Van in Coloane for public housing. The location was originally a quarry; the nearby traffic network and infrastructure are currently inadequate, and inappropriate for immediate use. The government is currently drafting a related urban plan incorporating traffic network and infrastructure with a view to early construction.

As far as the Temporary Subsidy Plan for Public Housing Applicants is concerned, as of December 2008, some 2,495 application forms have been submitted for the 6,199 units available, of which 2,341 forms have been processed. A total of 2,055 applications were approved while 286 were rejected. Six applicants have voluntarily forfeited the subsidy or withdrawn their application and 128 are pending supplementary documentation, while 20 are pending processing. For those not qualified to apply for public housing, but fulfil income requirements, the Welfare Bureau will extend assistance if they are unable to pay rent charges.

The government has also reserved a plot in the former Mong Há Barracks on Rua de Francisco Xavier Pereira, allotting an area of 2200m² for a public housing scheme. At the same time, the government will speed up the legal amendments pertaining to public housing to ensure the proper use of resources.