The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) received 242 corruption complaints concerning building maintenance in 2025, representing a 31 percent increase from the previous year and the highest number in five years. The ICAC arrested 21 people in January 2026 in connection with corruption related to renovation work at two residential estates. According to another report, the ICAC arrested 50 individuals in connection with alleged corruption in building repair projects in 2025. The ICAC prosecuted five individuals and secured three convictions in connection with alleged corruption in building repair projects in 2025, according to dimsumdaily.hk.

A contractor was suspected of bribing to obtain a project contract worth HK$33 million (S$5.4 million). The Wang Fuk Court fire exposed serious bid-rigging issues in large-scale renovation projects. More than 160 people died in the fire in late November. Following the Wang Fuk Court fire, public concern over bid-rigging increased. Hong Kong’s leader John Lee set up an independent committee in December to investigate the fire and the construction industry, and to determine whether there was any bid-rigging in the award of contracts.

According to scmp, the ICAC received more than 1.5 times as many corruption complaints concerning building renovation in the first four months of 2026 compared with the same period in 2025. The ICAC doubled the number of investigators to 100 to handle corruption cases concerning building renovation, according to scmp. Dimsumdaily.hk reported that the ICAC handled 467 complaints in 2025 relating to building management and maintenance overall, the lowest total since 2023. In one case, middlemen were accused of collecting authorization tickets from residents by corrupt means, according to asiaone.news.