Social housing in Hong Kong

Photoblogger Dmitry Chistoprudov says: “Does it seem to you that your apartment is small and cramped? Not enough square meters? You weren't in Hong Kong then. The total area of a standard apartment for 5 people according to local standards is 25-28 m² - this is approximately 2.2 m² of living space per adult, and 1.1 m² for each child. Over 100,000 people are on the waiting list for social housing in Hong Kong. Only unlike Russia, the average waiting time for an apartment is only two years.”

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Source: Zhzhurnal/chistoprudov

1. Today, almost half of Hong Kong residents live in "social" buildings and enjoy various kinds of housing subsidies. Renting housing in such houses is cheaper than in the private sector. In addition, it is subsidized from income received from the lease of land and premises for parking lots and shops in the social buildings themselves and in their immediate vicinity.

2. Usually construction is carried out in remote or relatively inaccessible areas. However, as the city expands, it finds itself in the centers of urban areas. A significant part of the constructed real estate is represented by high-rise buildings, and in recent years (since 2005) they have reached a height of 40 floors.

3. I visited an ordinary three-room apartment in such a house on the 19th floor. The total area is about 28 m². I don't know how much such an apartment costs for "social rent" for local residents, but I know that the rent of this apartment for foreigners (two students live here now) is 60,000 rubles a month.

4. View from the first room, it is also a hall. On the left is the front door, behind the curtain is the window. To the right behind the wall is the bathroom and further - the bedroom.

5. View from the front door. The kitchen is on the right, in the center is the hall (it is very large).

6. Regular bathroom. There is nothing to reduce here.

7. The kitchen is smaller than the bathroom, only 2.5 m².

8. Sink, window sill and window.

9. First bedroom, 5 m². Bed from wall to wall.

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11. A monoblock air conditioner is built into the window.

12. The second bedroom, it is a little larger - 6 meters.

13. Landing. An interesting point is that there are two elevators in the building, one stops on even floors, the other on odd ones.

14. Mailboxes on the ground floor. Everything is clean and tidy.

15. The picture from the cameras is broadcast on the screen in front of the elevators. Someone wrote that only in Russia there are concierges. This is not so - there he is in the upper right photo.

16. Apartments on the upper floors are more expensive. On the roof you can set up a small garden or make a veranda.

17. Hong Kong is considered one of the most expensive cities in the world, but about 50% of the city's population lives in not the best conditions.

18. Gradually, modern skyscrapers are replacing old buildings.

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20. Life in a box.

21. Facade of a modern residential skyscraper.

22. Facade of an old residential building.

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24. All communications are brought out.

25. Pipes are painted in the color of the walls. It turns out beautifully.

26. This is how they live.

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