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SoCO called for the new regulations to extend to “coffin” homes. “This kind of bed homes is the shame of Hong Kong,” said its deputy director, Sze Lai-shan. The Housing Bureau said the ...

Hong Kong's housing prices are currently at an all-time ... The government estimates some 200,000 people live in coffin homes, but as a spokesperson for the Society for Community Organization ...

Lee said those people could eventually consider renting “basic housing units ... appears to live in one of Hong Kong’s tiny subdivided flats – or even a coffin home – and probably ...

Hong Kong plans to crack down on poor-quality subdivided flats are leaving many low-income residents uncertain about their ...

Because of an extreme shortage of other affordable housing, these folks are ... To maximize income from the rent in central Hong Kong, landlords build "coffin homes," nicknamed because of their ...

Many people in densely populated Hong Kong wait years for public housing, most young people live with their parents and many thousands are packed into subdivided units, known as “coffin cubicles”.