While the other buildings of the estate dating from the 1950s have been demolished, being replaced by new ones, Mei Ho House was chosen to be preserved and was reopened in 2013 as a youth hostel and heritage museum.

These 7-storey blocks were constructed in the Bauhaus architectural style[3][4] with an 'H' configuration consisting of 2 residential wings, with communal sanitary facilities linking them.

[7] The hostel would also have an exhibition area with guided tour detailing the living environment of public housing units in the past.

[8] The renovation project received an Honourable Mention in the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation in 2015.

At the opening, Chief Secretary for Administration Carrie Lam described it as a "pioneering renovation project" for a public housing estate and "very meaningful.