Coffin Homes: Living in Tiny Spaces As a Last Resort

May 17, 2017 By Jonathan Ping 1 Comment
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The Atlantic has a photojournalism article The ‘Coffin Homes’ of Hong Kong which startled me and challenged my idea of a “tiny” living spaces. The size reminded me of capsule hotels in Japan, except these are in much worse condition and are permanent residences. A sad and extreme example of high population density and lack of affordable housing.

Cheung reports that there is a “dark side to the property boom in wealthy Hong Kong, where hundreds of thousands of people priced out of the market must live in partitioned apartments, ‘coffin homes’ and other inadequate housing.” These residents are among an estimated 200,000 people in Hong Kong living in such tiny subdivided units, some so small that a person cannot even fully stretch out their legs.

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Last updated: May 17, 2017
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  1. jim says
    May 18, 2017 at 9:44 am

    Looks like my dorm in college. OK my dorm wasn’t that bad but close. 🙂

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