May 16, 2017 · Associated Press photographer Kin Cheung spent time recently photographing some of the tiny subdivided housing units in Hong Kong, known as “coffin homes,” and those …

Oct 20, 2024 · Hong Kong’s notorious “coffin homes” have long attracted the international media spotlight as a symbol of the city’s failed housing policies. 75-year-old widow Au has always …

Jun 13, 2024 · The Hong Kong housing crisis is forcing residents to live in tiny properties with limited floor space and share bathrooms with up to 20 people. Miniscule cubicles known as …

Mar 24, 2019 · Over the years, Hong Kong has infamously become home to 200,000 people, including 40,000 children, living inside unsalubrious cubicles known as ‘coffin homes’, leaving …

A bedspace apartment (Chinese: 牀位寓所; pinyin: chuáng wèi yùsuǒ; Jyutping: cong4 wai2 jyu6so2), also called cage home (籠屋; lóngwū; lung4uk1), coffin cubicle, or coffin home (棺材 …

Apr 1, 2024 · While a well-off minority lives in luxury, many Hongkongers struggle to find affordable flats. Some of the poorest members of society are crammed into what, at best, can …

May 2, 2023 · Coffin Homes date back to the late 1950s when there was an unexpected population surge from 600,000 to 2.1 million people within 5 years due to increased refugees …

Sep 2, 2017 · But for some of the poorest people in Hong Kong this is their home, all 40 square-feet of it. An occupant sits inside a subdivided residential unit, known as a “coffin home”, …

Jan 6, 2025 · 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 …

Dec 25, 2024 · 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 …