Asia Hong Kong shoebox, coffin homes a challenge for new leader Associated Press Published May 10, 2017 2:32am EDT | Updated May 23, 2017 5:35pm EDT Image 1 of 3 ...

In wealthy Hong Kong, there's a dark side to a housing boom, with hundreds of thousands of people forced to live in partitioned shoebox apartments, "coffin homes" and other "inadequate housing.

More than 200,000 people in Hong Kong, China, live in partitioned shoebox apartments that offer just a few feet of space. They can barely fit a double bed and have become notorious for high rents.

China Evergrande, delisted from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Monday, leaves behind a giant pile of debt and a long line of ...

Tse Chu sleeping Tse Chu, a retired waiter, sleeps in his “coffin home” in Hong Kong, March 28, 2017. In wealthy Hong Kong, there’s a dark side to a housing boom, with hundreds of thousands of people ...

HONG KONG, Feb 25 (Reuters) - To escape the confines of his Hong Kong "coffin home", or two square metres (21.5 square feet) of living space, Simon Wong usually spends his days in the park playing ...

View of apartment blocks in Hong Kong. More people in Hong Kong are living in “coffin” homes amid sky-rocketing rental prices, reported Reuters. Home to over seven million people, Hong Kong has seen ...

A resident rests in his upper-level "coffin" home in Hong Kong, China, August 15, 2024. These windowless spaces are just big enough, at 15 sq ft (1.4 sq m) to 18 sq ft (1.7 sq m), for people to ...

Hong Kong is home to more than seven million people and covers an area of 1,106 square kilometres and the median salary is about US$ 1,200 per month.

Coffin Homes is a black comedy that, through three seemingly unrelated stories, unveils the housing problems in Hong Kong due to the lack of space and exorbitant property prices. In the opening scene, ...