Hk Cage Homes

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Hk cage homes. Leung cho yin 67 pays 105 a month for a cage in dilapidated apartment. Where home is a metal cage. Hong kong is one of the wealthiest cities in asia yet you ll find hundreds of thousands of people living in what the government calls inadequate housing which for some means tiny wire cages. A bedspace apartment chinese.

This type of residence originated in hong kong and primarily exists in older urban districts such as sham shui po mong. Thousands of poor people in hong kong are living in tiny wire cage homes and they re actually paying quite dearly for the privilege. The quandary of hong kong s cage dwellers is well known in the city. In 2007 there were approximately 53 200 people living in cage homes.

A handout image from the society for community organization also taken by photographer benny lam shows the inside of one of hong kong s cage homes lum s situation is extreme but not unusual. Calling themselves authentically hong kong they have obviously received backlash. How tens of thousands of hong kong s poorest are forced to live in 6ft by 2ft rabbit hutches.