Abstract: “Aging population has become a world-wide challenge for not only social services, but also the built environment of neighborhood. Community facility is a key element of built environment that has significant impact on elderly's daily lives. However, current planning and design guidelines mainly proposes the requirement of provision of community facilities and is lack of knowledge about older people’s needs, preferences, and use patterns of community facilities. Most relevant studies from western countries cannot be directly applied in the context of Asian cities due to their different urban densities, degrees of car dependence, and culture. This study aims to explore elderly’s needs and characteristics of use pattern of community facilities in local neighborhoods. In addition, this study also intends to identify the key influential factors of elderly’s use of community facilities. Six focus group meetings were conducted in Elderly Community Centers in Kwun Tong from Oct 2019 to Ja”

Keywords: elderly, aging-in-place, community facility, urban renewal