Hong Kong Housing Problem Analysis
One of the main problems that affect the livability in Hong Kong is housing problem. Hong Kong has 7.3 million people living on 1,100 sq. km of land. There were around 6,700 people living on every square km. However, the ‘right to adequate housing’ and the ‘right to affordable’ are important dimensions resting on the foundation that adequate housing is a basic human need (Leckie 1992; Bengtsson 1995) and which ensures access to a safe and affordable home with freedom from forced eviction. This is the basic meaning in livable. However, is Hong Kong livable?
Housing problem in Hong Kong
As at end-June 2017, there were about 150,000 general applications for Public Housing, the average waiting time for the applicants was 4.7 years. (Housingauthority.gov.hk. …show more content…
But in fact, although there are about more than 70 numbers of Green Belt sites with a total area of over 150 hectares, considering to be rezoned appropriately for residential use, and are capable of providing over 80 000 public and private housing unit, it doesn’t …show more content…
I believe that housing issues should be tackled through planning and supply. We need to provide more public housing and assist low-income groups to secure flats." So, Land supply and re-planning is two solutions to solve the housing problem.
For Land Supply, there were two ways to solve that problem, Reclamation and redevelopment, to provide enough housing.
For planning to assist low-income groups, government should provide and build up more public house and re-design the rule and requirement of application of public housing, because there were many parties who living in poor quality place, or do not meet the minimum residence requirement.
Conclusion
In Hong Kong, Housing is major problem in Hong Kong, However, Where will the land for all this? Reclamation and redevelopment. It's a wide of solutions, and it could be effective in providing new living space. On the other way, if there were enough land supply more housing, government also need to re-planning the rule and requirement of public housing, to assist and ensure that low-income groups not live in poor
Housing problem in Hong Kong
As at end-June 2017, there were about 150,000 general applications for Public Housing, the average waiting time for the applicants was 4.7 years. (Housingauthority.gov.hk. …show more content…
But in fact, although there are about more than 70 numbers of Green Belt sites with a total area of over 150 hectares, considering to be rezoned appropriately for residential use, and are capable of providing over 80 000 public and private housing unit, it doesn’t …show more content…
I believe that housing issues should be tackled through planning and supply. We need to provide more public housing and assist low-income groups to secure flats." So, Land supply and re-planning is two solutions to solve the housing problem.
For Land Supply, there were two ways to solve that problem, Reclamation and redevelopment, to provide enough housing.
For planning to assist low-income groups, government should provide and build up more public house and re-design the rule and requirement of application of public housing, because there were many parties who living in poor quality place, or do not meet the minimum residence requirement.
Conclusion
In Hong Kong, Housing is major problem in Hong Kong, However, Where will the land for all this? Reclamation and redevelopment. It's a wide of solutions, and it could be effective in providing new living space. On the other way, if there were enough land supply more housing, government also need to re-planning the rule and requirement of public housing, to assist and ensure that low-income groups not live in poor