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Hong Kong’s tiny homes are a housing horror, thanks to creative landlords
Even with city’s new plan to regulate subpar flats, landlords are simply not motivated to improve their properties’ squalid conditions.
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In one of the top 10 wealthiest cities in the world, more than 215,000 people live in homes of appalling conditions.
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HONG KONG – When I first moved to Hong Kong from Singapore over a decade ago, I lived in a 9 sq m subdivided flat in the heart of the commercial district of Wan Chai.
My home, with a floor space of roughly 2½ Ikea king-size beds, cost HK$7,350 (S$1,250) in rent each month.
