An elderly tenant at Hong Kong’s only privately owned low-rental housing estate has lost a legal bid to have her landlord guarantee her resettlement during the site’s redevelopment.

The 86-year-old applicant had targeted the Hong Kong Settlers Housing Corporation’s decision to limit rehousing help to a one-off rental subsidy for residents who failed to meet an income and asset requirement.

Mr Justice Russell Coleman said he would explain his ruling in writing by the end of June.

Leung and 12 other tenants have refused to hand over possession of their respective flats before a deadline in March 2024. Some of them have continued to live at the Shek Kip Mei compound.

The elderly woman launched the legal bid in September last year after the District Court rejected the corporation’s request to fast-track legal proceedings to reclaim possession of the premises.