{"id":1835,"date":"2017-05-15T13:11:08","date_gmt":"2017-05-15T13:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1835"},"modified":"2017-05-15T13:12:25","modified_gmt":"2017-05-15T13:12:25","slug":"hong-kong-coffin-homes-a-symptom-of-social-inequality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/hong-kong-coffin-homes-a-symptom-of-social-inequality.html","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong Coffin Homes a Symptom of Social Inequality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.landlordvision.co.uk\/university-property-manager.html#!managing-your-property-keys\">housing<\/a>, Hong Kong is the most unaffordable place on earth. In fact, a lack of affordable homes is Hong Kong\u2019s biggest social problem. Soaring rental prices have forced the poorest members of Hong Kong society into so-called \u2018coffin homes\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>An Insult to Human Dignity<\/strong><br \/>\nSome of these homes are so small that the inhabitants don\u2019t even have enough room to stretch out their legs when lying down. In fact, the situation is so bad that the United Nations has condemned the coffin homes as an insult to human dignity.<\/p>\n<p>Photos published online show residents living in horribly cramped conditions ranging from tiny \u2013 and illegal \u2013 rooftop shacks to metal cages and shoebox apartments. Often, dozens of people have to share a single toilet and sink.<\/p>\n<p>One woman with two young children lives in a tiny windowless cubicle that is only 120-square feet. She pays \u00a3447 a month in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.landlordvision.co.uk\/university-tenant-manager.html#!how-to-make-a-payment\">rent<\/a>, which is half her monthly income. The space is so small that her children don\u2019t have enough room to do their homework.<\/p>\n<p>An elderly man lives in a small coffin home that is only 1m x 2m. It is barely large enough for a sleeping bag, electric fan, and small colour TV.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Young People in Despair<\/strong><br \/>\nThe coffin homes are a far cry from the luxury apartments enjoyed by Hong Kong\u2019s wealthy elite. One activist said the housing problem in Hong Kong was so bad that young people despaired of ever owning their own home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to housing, Hong Kong is the most unaffordable place on earth. In fact, a lack of affordable homes is Hong Kong\u2019s biggest social problem. Soaring rental prices have forced the poorest members of Hong Kong society into &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/hong-kong-coffin-homes-a-symptom-of-social-inequality.html\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property_management"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1835"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1838,"href":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1835\/revisions\/1838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.propertyportfoliosoftware.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}