Hong Kong is setting aside 4,000 transitional homes for tenants displaced by new rules on subdivided flats. This is about 20% of the city's 21,000 transitional homes. Secretary for Housing Winnie Ho Wing-yin said demand from around 30,000 affected households will be handled over a long period. She explained that owners must register their flats under the new law starting next month. "Even if you know [your flats] are far below standard, it does not matter, as we will not take enforcement action in the first year," Ho said. Registered owners get a three-year grace period plus one year for registration, four years total, to meet the rules. Over 100 households at Yee Wa Building had to move because landlords worked to upgrade their flats. To help displaced families, six service teams have been deployed, and many tenants are finding alternative housing through public or private options. Ho added that transitional housing has helped in emergencies before, such as the Tai Po blaze last November. When asked if 4,000 homes are enough for 30,000 households, Ho said not all will need to move at once. She expects relocations to be spread out over the four-year period. The government is also speeding up public rental and subsidized housing development as a long-term solution. A hotline on the basic housing rules has received over 200 calls since December but only one about transitional housing applications. No other mass evictions like Yee Wa Building have been reported so far.