Tag - Housing
Beijing’s predicament: How will the Communist Party solve its ‘Hong Kong problem’?
Mammoth bills and false economy: It’s time to reconsider Hong Kong home ownership
By 2022, average Hongkonger could wait 6 years or more for public housing, think tank warns
Indigenous villagers have housing privileges even if they’re not Hong Kong residents, says rural leader
HK$260 million price tag for Garden Vista renovation based on inaccurate and inflated estimates
Lawmaker questions policy allowing Beijing’s office to purchase Hong Kong flats without paying stamp duty
Hong Kong Budget 2019: Gov’t ‘financially capable’ of realising HK$500bn mass land reclamation plan, says finance chief
‘No time to waste’: Hong Kong gov’t to take back 32 hectares of Fanling golf course for public housing
Male privilege: The rural Hong Kong men who have special rights
In Hong Kong, a playground for the rich has priority over decent housing
Video: Hong Kong Humans – Forced to leave Discovery Bay, houseboat owners inherit floating liabilities
Average waiting time for Hong Kong public housing rises to 5.5 years
Interview: Retired gov’t planner says he has ‘ultimate solution’ to Hong Kong’s land shortage – and it’s not Lantau
Welcome to Insanity Reef: Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam creates her own Frankenstein’s monster
Chief Exec. defends HK$500bn Lantau artificial island plan as necessary project for Hong Kong’s future
Policy Address 2018: Four key highlights you may have missed from Carrie Lam’s second policy address
Policy Address 2018: Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam pledges more housing, including artificial island off Lantau
Hello sailor! In Hong Kong’s housing shortage, floating homes are worth considering
Land reclamation beyond Victoria Harbour unavoidable in the long run, says Chief Exec. Carrie Lam
HK$9.4bn tax revenue lost as residential property buyers dodge stamp duty via ‘share transfer’ – study
Homeowners overcharged for estate maintenance as obscure Link Reit deal with Hong Kong gov’t revealed
Green group says only 30% support land reclamation for housing; claims Chief Exec. Carrie Lam offering ‘false choice’
Six new housing policies, including vacancy tax, announced by Hong Kong’s Chief Exec. Carrie Lam
Enough is enough: Never mind the property industry – decent housing for Hong Kong people is a social issue
A harmless deception? When domestic worker bedrooms are disguised as ‘store rooms’
Video: Hong Kong’s box-like ‘nano-flats’ a tight squeeze for young professionals
Hong Kong’s two systems – one for the rich, and one for the poor
Chief Executive Carrie Lam urges public to be realistic about Hong Kong’s housing problems
Residents revolt: Meet the communities fighting bid-rigging and mismanagement in Hong Kong’s residential buildings
Rent subsidies and controls may not help combat rising property prices, says Chief Exec. Carrie Lam
Hong Kong gov’t ignored 723 hectares of brownfield land that could be used for 84,000 flats, say researchers
I find Xi Jinping ‘more and more charismatic and admirable’, says Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam
‘We made the sacrifice’: Powerless to resist development, Wang Chau villages face demolition
Video: Carrie Lam sorry for suggesting 800,000 public housing flats will be enough for Hong Kong
Imagine Hong Kong with affordable housing and universal pension for all
Gov’t land quietly leased to the wealthy for gardens, pools and tennis courts, watchdog says
Chief Exec. Carrie Lam says new affordable housing scheme will avoid using existing land resources
Waiting time for public housing returns to historic high of 4.7 years
HKU scholars spark controversy after proposing to reclaim Tai Po reservoir for housing
Housing chief proposes ‘big and legal’ 100 sq ft subdivided flats and dorms for Hongkongers
Numbers game: Hong Kong’s vital statistics, 20 years after British rule
Chief Exec. CY Leung touts record on housing and poverty; says he ‘envies’ Hong Kong youth
HKFP Lens: The ruins of Taiwan’s abandoned flying saucer holiday homes
Hong Kong’s tiny flats: A sociological experiment on how much young people can take?
Video: A trippy new timelapse through the Hong Kong skyline to its dense housing estates
Compare the candidates: Where Hong Kong’s three chief executive candidates stand on key issues
Gov’t says it ‘will consider’ setting minimum limit on apartment sizes if ‘nano-flat’ trend continues
60% of Hongkongers living in public housing is a long term goal, says John Tsang after CY criticism
We will do our best to enact national security law, John Tsang says, as public fundraisier hits HK$4m
Hong Kong’s housing problem is a conceptual issue, CY says as he restates plan to develop country parks
Police officer faces fraud charges after lying about marital status in order to keep gov’t housing
Join the army to become a real man – and for a place to live, says lawmaker
New Hong Kong micro-apartment does away with shower stalls
20sq foot ‘space capsule’ pods available to rent in Sai Ying Pun at HK$5,100 per month
Luxury ‘mosquito-sized’ flats are bad news for Hong Kong’s poor
Club behind new sports facility facing demolition was told not to build on temporary site – report
Is it a sink? A fishtank? Hong Kong developer claims tiny bathtubs are ‘eco-friendly’
Year-old HK$84m football centre faces demolition to make way for 1,400 public housing flats
Plans to develop flats on brownfield car park site will commence after dispute is solved, says CY
In Pictures: At the centre of a political storm, Wang Chau villagers face eviction but hope for justice
Eddie Chu slams gov’t’s informal housing plan talks with rural leaders as minister denies ‘collusion’
I should have ‘actively developed’ land, says former chief executive Donald Tsang in rare interview
Gov’t examines tough new measures in crackdown on illegal residential units in industrial buildings
HK falls out of world’s top 10 expat destinations, thanks to long hours and house prices
Buildings made of cheap foam spark fire hazard fears as China developers cut costs
CY Leung wants to build flats at site next to landfill despite opposition from gov’t depts
‘Poverty town’ slated to host 2022 Winter Games sees housing boom
CY Leung interfered in Discovery Bay planning despite conflict of interest, paper claims
Hong Kong’s Peak Road the most expensive street in the world – survey
