Rethinking Coffin homes means rethinking life: A double‑edged transition for Hong Kong residents

As tighter rules reshape Hong Kong’s tiniest homes, residents find themselves balancing hope and uncertainty. Discovering ...
The Economist

Hong Kong’s property market has turned

I n Hong Kong even the fish are short of space. Mr Chan (not his real name) keeps a red Siamese fighting fish in a water glass above his bed, alongside his hairbrush, nail clipper ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Hong Kong shoebox, coffin homes a challenge for new leader

HONG KONG • Li Suet-wen’s dream home would have a bedroom and living room where her two children could play and study. The reality is a one-room “shoebox” cubicle, one of five partitioned out of a ...
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Inside Hong Kong's terrifying 'coffin homes' with 200,000 crammed into cage-like spaces

Residents struggling to make ends meet in one of the world's most expensive cities resort to sleeping in tiny properties that are so crammed that they have been dubbed 'coffin homes'. More than ...
The Diplomat

Inside Hong Kong’s Cage Homes: The Elderly Residents on the Frontlines of the Heat Crisis

As temperatures soar in the city, elderly people living alone in poorly ventilated homes are among those at greatest risk of ...
AOL

Hong Kong struggles to improve conditions in tiny, crowded homes

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Housing is famously cramped in the Asian financial hub of Hong Kong, thanks to sky-high property prices, but a single toilet and kitchen shared by four families would make for a ...