Poor living conditions take a toll on physical, mental health of 220,000 in subdivided units. Tenants face interpersonal conflict from sharing small space with many others.
Hong Kong’s poor and destitute have long been unable to afford anything but subdivided living spaces. Now Beijing wants the local government to rid the city of these tiny units and “cage homes” by 2049. John Lee Ka Chiu, who will be sworn in as the city’s next leader on the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to Chinese rule.
The long waiting time for public rental flats means the city’s poorest families end up in tiny, shared ‘coffin homes’. More than 220,000 live in Hong Kong’s worst housing, mainly in Kowloon and the New Territories.
The city’s minimum pay rate has not changed since it was last raised to HK$37.50 an hour in 2019, as an NGO urges the government to review the figure more often to keep up with inflation.
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