Revealed: The truth about ordinary Hong Kong people’s housing

Rents in Hong Kong are getting higher and higher. However, the most expensive ones are not the luxury houses on the Peak, but Sham Shui Po, the poorest area. Panel houses and cage houses are nothing new in this area. The most ridiculous thing is that a panel house is divided into six small coffin-like rooms in a tic-tac-shape. Guests are not allowed to stand or sit in the room; they must lie down and crawl like animals when entering or exiting. The originator of the coffin room earns as much as 200,000 yuan a month. To maximize rents, landlords in Hong Kong have built so-called "coffin houses." This kind of wooden house has an extremely small space, only 1.4 square meters, and the monthly rent is HK$1,450.

In a coffin room in Hong Kong, 49-year-old tenant Kam Chung wears orthotics and lies on the bed to rest.

In a coffin room in Hong Kong, Jin Song is adjusting orthotics.

In the public activity area between the coffin rooms, the tenants are taking a rest.

A 40-year-old tenant stood in the aisle between the coffin rooms.

An 18-year-old tenant, a bartender, was smoking in the coffin room.

In central Hong Kong, a woman walked in front of a building with a large number of coffin rooms.

Apartment building seen through the window of the Coffin House.

Revealing the truth about the housing of ordinary Hong Kong people: it’s so miserable that you can’t even imagine

A 34-year-old tenant is resting in a coffin room. It is understood that the man worked as a waiter.