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2021年6月23日 · The dearth of new land is the fundamental cause of Hong Kong’s awkward housing issue, characterized by being expensive, small and crowded. But does Hong Kong truly lack land? According to 2019 data from the government planning department, Hong Kong covers a total of 111,100 hectares (429 square miles).
Over the past decade or so, problems such as shortage of housing supply, high cost of housing, and the fact that some families have to settle in inadequate housing were all along issues of concern in the community. According to the latest population census conducted in 2021, the median per capita living area in Hong Kong was only
- Private Homes in Short Supply Too
- Mainland Arrivals Swell Queue For Homes
- Married with No Home of Their Own
- Home Ownership Dream Fizzles Out
With demand outstripping supply, some say Beijing’s target will be hard, if not impossible, to achieve. Subdivided homes, in which some of the city’s poorest residents live, are only part of the problem. Private housing is also in short supply, and priced so high, even the better-off cannot afford to buy.
New immigrants from the mainland arriving on one-way permits to reunite with Hong Kong family members make up a significant chunk of applicants for public rental housing. In a survey last year, the Housing Authority found that about a fifth of the family applicants surveyed were such people who arrived since 2017. At least half the household must h...
The government has forecast that the number of households in the city will grow by 205,200 from 2021 to 2030, and marriage will be a main reason new households will form. Over the past decade, the number of marriages in Hong Kong declined slightly, from about 51,600 in 2010 to under 50,000 in 2018.
After the British returned Hong Kong to China in 1997, the city’s first leader, Tung Chee-hwa, set a target home ownership rate of 70 per cent, saying it was crucial to personal security and social stability. But in the wake of the Asian financial crisis of 1997, most of his housing plans were scrapped and home ownership has never risen higher than...
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There are three main aspects – first, soaring property prices and a lack of affordability for middle- and low-income residents; second, insufficient supply of public rental flats for grass-roots...
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2022年6月16日 · By 2025, 1.6 billion people could be affected by the global housing shortage. But what exactly has caused it? And what are countries doing to tackle the issue?
2021年12月7日 · First, after more than two years of extremely challenging conditions, Hong Kong is now back on the right track. And this track is called "one country, two systems", because Hong Kong is an inalienable part of the People's Republic of China and the historic problem of Hong Kong was resolved in 1997 through "one country, two systems".
2022年11月2日 · With public housing scarce, the city’s poorest residents face increasingly unhealthy living conditions in tiny apartments and sweltering rooftop huts.
