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Some 200,000 of Hong Kong’s 7.3 million residents live in “subdivided units.” That’s up 18 percent from four years ago and includes 35,500 children 15 and under, government figures show.
More than 200,000 people in Hong Kong, China, live in partitioned shoebox apartments that offer just a few feet of space. They can barely fit a double bed and have become notorious for high rents.
Hong Kong's severe housing crisis forces over 200,000 residents into tiny "coffin homes," some as small as 15 square feet, costing £217 monthly. These cramped spaces, often lacking basic amenities, ...
HONG Kong residents crammed into so-called coffin homes sleep on tiny beds which fill entire rooms without enough space for luggage. More than 200,000 people in Hong Kong, China, are forced to endu… ...
A man lies in a cage home unit, a type of housing that has become increasingly rare in Hong Kong due to its harsh conditions, now largely replaced by “coffin” homes, in Hong Kong, China, July ...
One traveler recently shared his experiences of staying in a "coffin home" while in Hong Kong. In a TikTok video with over 6.1 million views, ...
The Chinese communist government has ordered Hong Kong authorities to "bid farewell" to subdivided flats, coffin homes and cage homes by 2049, characterising the city's shortage of homes a "deep ...
While Hong Kong remains an expensive city, the average price of a home there has dropped to its lowest level in five years. The average property now costs more than HK$7.69 million (£780,000).
Inside Hong Kong's terrifying 'coffin homes' with 200,000 crammed into cage-like spaces. By SABRINA PENTY and CIARAN FOREMAN. Published: 06:05 EDT, 22 June 2025 | Updated: 13:17 EDT, 22 June 2025 .
Leung used to manage a factory in mainland China before the Asian financial crisis of the 1990s, but now, estranged from his wife and two grown-up children, lives in a "coffin" home in Hong Kong ...
A resident rests in his upper-level "coffin" home in Hong Kong, China, August 15, 2024. These windowless spaces are just big enough, at 15 sq ft (1.4 sq m) to 18 sq ft (1.7 sq m), for people to ...