Hong Kong’s residents living in 'coffin' homes
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- Sky's Alex Crawford speaks to some of the people forced to live in homes the size of a coffin in Hong Kong.
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And Ellen says she feels like a prisoner in her multi million dollar mansion.
Ellen is a puppet
I heard that too....
Yeah and those spreaders not following the lockdown because it is "against theirs liberty".
haha
Truth is no matter how hard poor people try to get a better living condition they will not be able to come close to even middle-middle class people
$1500 a month for a closet. Just evil to do to a hard working family.
It was £1500 not $1500
Damn that’s crazy
And I thought my $3000mo 2BR apartment here in the bay area is expensive...
@@brylesmith1374 That does sound expensive. Is it a luxury flat and area?
@@brylesmith1374 Bay Area is ridiculously expensive. My mortgage for a 3 bedroom 3 bathroom townhouse in the midwest with association that covers internet and water is... $1450 a month.
Being confined in a small space like that can lead to madness. Sad
Especially with a screaming baby. Bless that woman doesn't go crazy with postpartum
@@theempresss sad and unfathomable. feel sorry for all 200,000 people living like this
Hannah White why
I know all about it firsthand. I've been stuck living in my dad's kitchen for nearly 7 combined YEARS, in California. I have no personal space or privacy, no quality of life, and it's driving me insane with severe, crippling depression. Sometimes I can't even get out of bed (which is between the sink and the living room TV, surrounded in cardboard). I'm miserable and frustrated every damn day. I can't even go out and try to work, without getting road rage, and exploding with anger at people. I literally had to quit my last full-time job at a warehouse because of my severely dysfunctional living conditions. Most people don't even understand or want to help, and simply call me "lazy". I feel so empty and dead inside. So burnt out. I can't live or work like this. I just can't. I'm just spiralling deeper and deeper into a huge mess of debt and problems. I get collection letters in the mail constantly, even from the police. I tried sleeping in my car, out of sheer desperation, but got caught up in a mess of parking tickets which I can't pay. I can't even pay my damn bills. I hate my life and the world so much.
Number one city with suicidal people
This man has nothing to be embarrassed about. He's doing the best he can to support his family
Really? He had a baby in a place like that? He is an idiot!
Then they said it is not your fault to be born poor, but it is your fault to die poor. :(
Bless this man, how he lives is worse than people in prison, how is that even possible?
@@doduc87 Exactly.🙏
U r right.
Never again should I whine about my life after seeing this....
J D just thought the same I feel so blessed
No whining remember 😂😂😂
@@svongsa I know right....
Amen 🥺
Exactly
These are the kinds of stories the News SHOULD cover. I'm glad they're putting these to light.
The mainstream media will NEVER tell the truth about anything
It's been two years lad :')
@Lynn R. What able this homeless n the US. Sky News, CNN, Fox News and others main stream media did not reports about it.
Aren't the poor in HK, no matter how poor they are. At least they have a small place to live in. Isn't they are better off then those homeless in some others countries.
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The news doesn't want us to see how people are really treated
@@wg.amster3907 there is homelessness everywhere. No one denies that fact. I don’t need to watch a program on the internet but remember these people want help and a better life. Maybe broadcasting everyone and not just one single country is better.
imagine lockdown in those coffin homes
Efe Ozdural unfkn bearable
Scary. Probably
I couldn’t make it. No way. I’d go insane.
I'd go crazy.
Heartbreaking
Galvanized Square Steel, people. Galvanized Square Steel, people, Galvanized Square Steel 📢📢📢
I can hear the voice by reading this😭
the jail cell is bigger than this and they are paying to live there.. :(
Freedom is expensive apparently
Shocking .. I will never complain about my very spacious one bedroom flat here in Yorkshire again ..but be happy with what I have .
It's ironic that communist China has better living standards than this.
@@ngevacorp Of course, the corrupt ruler is always rich, and the people without power are poor
I would feel so claustrophobic having to sleep in those closets
I really don't feel that bad about my living situation anymore
Me either
Same. Boy how I've been complaining lately😔
Ikr 😔
Ronald Williams same
Yeah damn changed my point of view
The rich get richer, the poor get poorer.
Because of today's money system.. We have to end this
thats true😥
That capitalism, their rich know boundry
Where is Robin Hood?
That is true of COMMUNISM!
The sad thing is this might soon become a norm in the US as well. I work 50+ hours a week with decent pay, good credit, and STILL can't afford reasonable accommodations in a small city. The best a lot of people in my situation can get is renting rooms and those are becoming progressively more expensive too. Wouldn't be surprised if we start renting out cabinet spaces like this, I know someone personally who slept in a walk in closet. It's scary how basic accomodations is becoming a losing game for a large percentage of the world.
Maybe but dont forget how many homes are being built also I can’t help but notice how much bigger cities are getting so it might not be such the case but something close
@Masterman5010 Yes, but the sad reality is that those homes are being sold almost exclusively to upperclass families or retirees. If they don't sell They're more often then not left to rot, that's a big issue in major cities. So logically, we'd assume older homes would enter the market at a discount, but no. They're being renovated into far more expensive homes or bought up as investment properties. Both mean higher mortgages/rentals.
@@Zombie_Trooper Strongly depends on land management with population ratio, new york has one of the worst proportions over there, lack of residential land means sky rocketing rent for smaller buildings and living quarters which would result to smaller room but another good point yet most middle class folk could be able to afford depending on how much they make, it really depends on economy and land development
Lies again? Jules Rimet Cellphone Home
Even prisoners have bigger cells than this. This is so heartbreaking
And that Is why I go to prison. Also all my friends are there and we can plan out our next area and prey.
@@theshepardthewolfandtheshe5304 haha r u watching from there
@@verylazy4637. Negative. Am at a house right now.
😭😭😭😭😭
@@theshepardthewolfandtheshe5304 there is many people out there who go to prison, because the conditions are better
Makes me realize how petty and ungrateful I've been these days.
Felt that😓
For real! Gosh I suck😭😭😭
Yeah no more Complaints at all from Me
Me to
Ask the moralists, who are the suffering serving!
I feel bad for ever complaining about my life. My heart just hurts to see people struggle like this
ur beautiful
@@akazanine8651 Lmao
hello Ms. Beautiful :3
For real.
I'm over here complaining about my small apartment, but it's not THIS damn small. Closet for my washer and dryer is bigger and that's truly sad.
Same i won’t complain anymore
Someone needs galvanized square steel 😅
And eco friendly wood veneer
And some screws from their aunt
Dont forget the induction cooker over the toilet
And a shower just above
don't forget raisable table so it doesn't take up too much space
they shouldnt be ashamed of their living condition, the government should, the shame is on them not the family
The government looks at Chinese people as a number, not a soul
So sad. I pray that their situations improves soon. They deserve so much better.
Don't pray, send them money.
Visit India once
Golden Eagle Correct!!
That is horrible paying a fortune to be half a step above homeless, so sad
Get the mobile home!
@@SisyphusJP where would they put it there is no space
It’s gonna happen everywhere that’s what it will eventually look like if things just keep going up and people make less and Less.
*Cough* California *cough, cough*
Eddie Stark j
1500 british pounds every month to live like that. This ain't right
Mzero To think I pay half that to live in a bright and airy two bedroom flat overlooking a park and the sea here in the UK. People who grumble about the cost of their rent really should give thought to those that are forced to live in our world’s cities in such desperate and diabolical situations. I may be both disabled and housebound, but I can sit on my bed and see not only a green park with trees and a boating lake, but I also get a small glimpse of blue sea. I consider myself very fortunate indeed. I can only pray that the future for these forgotten souls will one day improve. The wealthy need to remember that without these poor hard working lower class citizens, their rich world would not exist.😢🙏❤️
I pay that in UK for a small 3 bed 2nd floor flat and I have MS and 2 dependents and I thought i had it bad but this is ridiculous and shame on there government for letting people live in this way were the rich live like kings and queens.
With that i can rent a whole house
Mzero if the home apartment owner gives 500 from that 1500pounds obviously government ain’t gonna do $hit to the poor lol whats the odd
Guess government going for nothing then money
That’s like almost $2000 in US dollars😳
Man this is so sad…truly horrible and heartbreaking….no one should be forced to live like this…Jesus man…
But they are not "Forced" to live like that!
They can move to another place like Guangdong or another place.
Are they forced? Sounds like or even worse than jail..
England should be ashamed for handing over UK sovereign soil full of UK passport holders. I was living in Hong Kong at the time of the handover. It was a huge party, but we were all concerned for the long-term well-being of the Hong Kong residence. Tragic.
If we get so much immigration that’s going to happen. Living on the coffin.
1500£ a month? Somethings wrong with that system over there.
Michelle Rajca-Frost that’s almost 2k for the other Americans reading this thread 😓
Communism never works 🤷♂️
That's called capitalism my friend
Hong Kong is not communist. They’re hyper capitalist. It’s a competitive place to live due to its position as a trading hub and financial centre - the price of rent is pushed up constantly and there are no rent control policies in place.
@@chillup65 youre stupid
I’m going to stop complaining about what I don’t have. I’m just now seeing how ungrateful I am 😞.
Amen brother
Farley Life Amen
The rental is more than most people's monthly salaries
A matchbox unit costs around Hk$5,500 -6,500/month.
McDonalds Farmer no, thats not true. Im from Hong Kong. And the rent of this coffin flat should be around HKD $3-4000, 3-400 pounds
@McDonalds Farmer sky news dishonest
@@hochunpong that's how much we pay for a single room in a shared house in the UK lol. so basically the situation in the Uk is actually worse in some ways
$7000 for apartment with 3 rooms and 2 toilets
The small space can be extended. Use GALVANISED SQUARE STEEL,EXPANSION SCREWS BARROWED FROM AUNT, AND ECO FRIENDLY EOOD VANEER.
Jokes aside, this is a serious isue and i am sorry poole have to go trough that. I hope that people of china can find work in another country where they can afford more space to live.
" they got money for war but can't feed the poor " Tupac
Yes! So true
Because war is inevitable and there's always more than just the aid countries trying to not giving money to people but making job for them which make people useful and brings honor to them but i can understand your perspective regarding helping, thank to God that not all people are dead inside.
The rich gets richer and the poor gets poorer...
@@masoudi1414 War is inevitable? What kind of 8th grade philosophy is that?
Says an armyrican! Lol
My small apartment all of a sudden looks like a palace...truly hope their situation changes for the better soon.
Fathima Hamid i was just looking around my apartment thinking damn its not so bad here
Omg same...
Just heartbreaking. Imagine paying over $2000 a month for a closet to live in. It's just wrong.
That happens in NY
@@cgcara Yes it does
Better than being on the streets with no were safe to sleep I know its not right but at least they have somewhere some people don't even have a room
I think Jail has more space
@@cklife1 at least in jail there is a sink and toilet
time to invite little Johnny who saved up for 10 years to buy a small home, using galvanized squared steel to redefine the planning and structure of the homes, add soft paddings around a nice comfy mattress along with hidden partitions covered with eco-friendly wood veneer.
The rich gets richer and the poor gets poorer.... the end is near.
SKISAY that’s very true
@kotur28 and it's going to continue to be "near" until it ends 🤣
sad but true. There are enough resources for everyone but 1% of the population has them and the rest of us fight for scraps. The problem is not immigrants, it is corrupt governments.
It definitely cannot persist that’s for sure.
Its cuz we always want more we should be communal like american indians(who were more pacifists but then they got killed by europeans...
This is beyond heartbreaking. Even some animals have pens bigger than this.
grateful1929 Lol.
@@joesmoe8983 Well, it's true. 😢
and some folks dont have housing at all.
there could be a simple solution to all of this if capatalism and endless greed would take a few steps back.
@@010les 0 capitalism? It would be a disaster. Name a non-capitalist society that's better than a capitalist society.
Stuart Summers noone said zero. learn how to read.
all forms of societies have pro’s and con’s.
its just that in this age technologie and religion dominate the world, while there are other more fair ways to live by.
but please explain whats better about it ??
this apart is almost 2000 dollars in USD. The government should be ashamed of themselves.
ashamed of what? The didn't do this capitalism and private landlords looking to make a buck.
@@ercushkakulmetov7458 The government refuses to help them.
@@cowfat8547 In pure capitalism the government is very limited usually just for roads and the law enforcement/military which is what Conservatives and Libertarians believe. Government housing is Socialist/Communist Ideal.
@@ercushkakulmetov7458 Yes but Hong Kong doesn't have pure capitalism, pretty much no country does. The government can help but they just don't.
It's no different than California.
This is heartbreaking. OMG. Can’t imagine living like that. I feel so sad for the people there.
I wish I had unlimited amounts of money to help everyone in need
Me too Sally ‘︿’
I do too 😥
Count me in
Me too😩
SALLY HUN same
People in prisons live better that’s disgusting, no human should live this way!!
Prison is definitely worst
@@Filthyheartz some prisons are better than others we get the point tho
Coffin homes are better than the streets and far better than prisons.
Well, that is why there are wide spread protests.
John Doe like I have already said. some prisons are better than this horrible homes, no one should live this way!!
This is absolutely shameful. People should not have to live like this.
True. Just watching this makes me feel claustrophobic.
Think about the ppl with no income, or the mentality ill, where do they live?? Oh GOD😥
Even though it’s sad, at least they have a roof over their head.
what ya going to do about it then?
@@leesaunders1930 👍
I cant imagine the effect of the situation they are in to their mental health. Its heart breaking.
Makes me realize how ungrateful I can be sometimes. My family of three live in a house that is about 900 square feet (considered small in the U.S.) but now I have a new appreciation for my small home. It truly feels like a castle now.
I live in a 1700 sq ft house and I think it’s perfect for my family of 5. I use to live in a 900 sq for condo when it was just the 2 of us. I think it would have fit a family of 4 easily.
I live in a box
A mansion it is compared to the Chevy astro van I live in
Me too.. after watching this, I feel mercy and grateful of my own little tiny house with only 36m2 of built house and 60m2 total with 36m2 built house inside.. which is mean 24 rests are for the front yard and car's park..
900 sqft for three people is big enoungh , even bigger than needed imho
That’s some really sad shit..........I can’t believe there government find this acceptable! This is literally insane!!!!
INHUMANE !!!! 💩💩💩
@@food4444lyfe The government tried to solve this but stopped by Hong Kong people's protest XD zh.m.wikipedia.org/zh/%E5%85%AB%E8%90%AC%E4%BA%94%E5%BB%BA%E5%B1%8B%E8%A8%88%E5%8A%83 sadly this news doesn't have english version
Capitalists takes all, got it?
The American government is allowing people to live in tents, on the streets, on the sidewalks! This housing is even better than living on Skid row. This is what's happening in America. $1,500 a month to rent a small closet. This is madness.
My son and I live in a 28' camper here in Seattle, because Chinese foreign real estate bought out our houses and drove the cost of living to the same as over there in HK. Our own government have the same exact problem
living like that is borderline homeless.. God bless people going through this episode in their life, hope things change for the better
Homeless people have all the space in the world. These people are in solitary confinement, I rather be homeless.
Except homeless people aren’t paying £1500 a month 😢
hondureno16 HongKong is such a small place yet there is huge amount of citizens there. There is no room for more constructions and the house costs ridiculous amount of money. The only way to get better is to move out. Protest won’t bring them more space to live in Hong Kong,that’s the fact.
Uhhh no! Nothing with food and building structure shelter is like being homeless!
I stopped reading your comment at " god bless". Sorry, your god is useless
galvanized square steel needed
Funny for the rich, they keep on forgetting, that when they die, they cannot take nothing with them. but in the mean time these people are only existing not living , poor souls.
Evelyn Mifsud Rich people can't even buy their way into heaven.
Very fucked up rich people steal to get rich maybe it's time to steal from the rich.
Evelyn Mifsud very good point
Well, they can't take it with them but the ones they've left behind can benefit from their wealth.
MadeK BMan the rich are protected by the laws,police and the best lawyers money can buy ...
This is so disturbing, I’m actually embarrassed to say my rabbit lives in a bigger area than this. That is no way too live 🥺
My chicken coop for 6 chickens is bigger than this
so much people like me live like them..so what?
Same. My bathroom alone is bigger then that. And we're not rich or anything. We're lower middle class.
@lost soul J Green has been mistaught.
My cat has its own bedroom it's even themed Princess and Mario. Then again I'm not a sociopathic government leader.
with the rent he is paying, he could live almost like a king in southeast asia. Their rent is worth multiple months of my salary and i think my room is larger than their house.
This is actually sad for them isn't it!?!...
True. My bathroom is bigger than their apt. My house and yard is maybe 100x bigger and i pay only 350$ a month--in a gated area.
So true
That's true.. My room bigger than them, ame and my husband roughly just pay for 236$ per-month. Since I was young I had a claustrophobic of small place and I had to deal with every flight that I took. I can't Imagine how am I to live most of my life there.
My room bigger than them...i have bathroom and kitchen....only 70$ a month....in bandung Indonesia....
I will NEVER again complain of my situation. It’s so sad and tragic 😢
I lived in my 2-door Pontiac La Mans (in a park) for about a month back in 85, when it wasn't so popular.
Literally sick with these greedy governments😠
hmmm345 😫
hmmm234 - it's not the govt. It's the 4 large corporations/families that control China.
brutish literally sold HK to these 4 large corporations just before 1997 handover to squeeze as much as they could from HK.
Instead of seeing off these greedy brutish, the hk people wants the back 😠
This is what communism looks like
@@jettalady1985 this is literally capitalism, hongkong is ruled under another system than mainland
@@jettalady1985 Lmaooo what? This is capitalism baby
If anyone is complaining about their home being too small, show them this.
Yeah at my moms house I be saying it's to small, watching this vid I feel like I'm in a mansion. Be grateful
But my home is smallest than this
@Riya This is a joke, right?
Indeed. I get very irritated when I hear expatriates (i.e. white foreigners) complaining about their accommodation in Hong Kong, which I bet for most is far, far more luxurious than the coffin homes that many ordinary Hong Kong residents have to live in.
@@tukangngoprek127 bukti?
If anyone is NOT aware this is $2000 a month in US dollars they could have a whole home here
Only in certain parts of the US. That's a 1 bedroom apparent in many places. Bigger than a "coffin home" of course but still a 1 bedroom apartment.
Not after biden destroys AMERICA
@@t.c.3393 thats a 3 bedroom house in missouri
Texas aight rn
@@justinmaddox1068
America got into deep kemchi before biden took office. Housing and co-vid crises happened under trump's watch.
Even Being middle class in the US, I already feel bad that I can’t provide more for my newborn compared to the wealthier family. So, I understand how guilty these parents with the baby must feel. it’s depressing situation. The space between rich and poor is too far.
Looking at this, makes me feel blessed with whatever we have
kunal khopkar Yes it is important to count our blessings.
Well said
K
indeed
My rv is roomy.
All this suffering is BECAUSE of the love of $.
And evil people that will do anything for $ & power
A world wide over throw is needed
And overpopulation
It is Biblical. People are going to be lovers of Sin, more than Lovers of God. Money is a idol to people that are driven by Greed.
@@MrDredd1966 That's not true. They throw people in tight places, but the world has many empty spaces. Over population is a Lie.
@@yourdaddyonceler1239 They moved there
I pay 60 dollars for a 2 bedroom house in Kenya. Am so grateful. I will never complain after watching this.
lucky!
Huh??? Wapi? I am a Kenyan...where is this $60 2 bedroom house??????
Yeah tell me about it, I would not call this living. I'd call this dying very very slowly.
Per day?
$60 for a 2 bedroom house wow that's cheap. Here in the United States a 1 bedroom is almost 2 thousand dollars.
At this point being homeless might be better.
Everyday the rich is getting richer and poor is getting poorer.
It doesn't help when the colonial British government sold all the land to like 5 tycoons before they left.
@@papabear90 we rented Hing Kong from China, the agreement had ran out there for China had Hong Kong back, look up the history before making rubbish up
That's been their plans for decades
The most communist statement ever
@@Yash-rg9sv but it’s the truth headass
Imagine living like this during Covid-19
😱😱😱😱
Viruses were exist and before, stop telling stupidity
I would super glue the mask to my face
@@inspiradorupees3029 Mental health issues would be more dangerous than mask issues in a tiny space like this.
@Sabinka47 Stfu. My neighbor died from Covid19. Go say this to his family!
I took a look around at my room and I’m so grateful to have space. Poor folks.
Me tooo
Introverts always feel for ppl but yeah same this is so sad
This is actually common in many countries. They had no choice but to live like this. It's the cheapest, yes. I have experienced this myself too. For at least a single person like me, this kind of home is much more better than not having at all.
And This family deserved good home good life.
For me too. I would rather have a roof over my head than nothing at all.
"Common in many countries"? Which countries?
@@frankyong2607 One of it is Malaysia. Instead of apartment, people rented rooms. Noted that it is not house. Not rooms inside a house or apartment, but rented rooms above shops.
@@generaluser9492No the situation is different. Because in Malaysia, people dont pay $2000 for a room like this. If they were to rent a room, usually it only cost about RM400 which is about USD 100. So it’s totally different.
@@generaluser9492these are not rooms
I would avoid pregnancy at all cost in a situation like this. So sad to see all these people living like this.
Moving to another cheaper country would be a better choice than living in Hong Kong
@@azizbelkharmoudi2564 they got no money
Lourenço Vieira how are they paying their rent then
Misty X they r living pay check to pay check. That’s just it. No more money for anything.
I was thinking the exact same thing! I would stay celibant and wouldn't even bother getting married if I had to continue living like that
People actually live like this .... their government should be ashamed
Well, HKers doesn't want China to even make a step on HK, so it's their problem
sometimes it's the person's problem why they are poor
Failed capitalism
Blame The CCP.
@@messdemoiselle But usually, it's not.
No human being should ever have to live like this. Heartbreaking 😔
I’ve been living like this 3 years . Life isn’t easy.
@@gm2161 Where in hong kong do u live ?
@@Someone-ti8pi HE IS LIEING
Kowloon Walled City was even worse. 40 sqf for every home.
@@gm2161 It’s not just about life not being easy. It’s about stupid politicians not implementing higher minimum size standards.
Makes my blood boil they are made to pay £1500 monthly for a wardrobe to live in 🤬
Bro is literally Shin Godzilla 💀
They pay almost $2000 USD for this?!
Wow 😢
Im shook. I stay in South Africa. And for that much i could pay for a house in a golf estate
@@nthabisengmatlala1175 yebo sis. In Zimbabwe i would be doing a down payment for a 200 square metre land. Yooh
Adrienne Bell it’s in the video
That's like 20k swedish krona
Breaks my heart to see people living like this and to pay so much for so little, I would be pissed too. What a shame that cute baby has to live like that too! It just adds to the strain of life that produces bitterness, shame, and anger!
And ultimately violence
More devastating seeing homeless people in America! Atleast these people have roof over their heads!
@@tammystewart10 there would be homeless people in Hong Kong as well obviously
@@jam4227 not as bad as in SF, LA or NYC!!
@@tammystewart10 complain to trump then, americas saviour
The whole world is gonna be living like this if something doesn't change quick 😕 the struggle is international
Maurice Oliver overpopulation I think
@@outdoorgamer727 Nonsense. The entire population of the world can survive in a landscape the size of Los Angeles with ample room. We have tons of space still.
The housing crisis affects every country on this planet. Europe and the US are no exceptions.
Wealth inequity.
@@outdoorgamer727 nope, its socialist policies, take a look at Los Angeles and do a side by side comparison with communist China- there's a lot of similarities right there thanks to socialist leaders
Wow, this is incredibly sad. I can't imagine what that would be like. Breaks my heart for those people and families.
God please forgive me for being ungrateful for my small house.
Amen
There is no God
Stop being delusionaI pIease
m.ruclips.net/video/7iNCiWGVMsU/видео.html
@@HackingMatrix
Of course there IS!!! GOD, DOES exist.
@@HackingMatrix dude each person has there own beliefs
This is disgusting! This is worse than prison. They have to PAY to live in these conditions. Shambles!
And they pay a lot of moneys, $700 for a box.
@@thhdhn2 For a month?
Edit: Its for a month. Too much.
That's like $2000 dollars a month rent!!!!
@@ashsqx3246 and for 2000USD I can rent a nice flat in NYC
Meh. Japan did it better
I can’t imagine what they are going through during covid19.
There was no lockdown in china
@@ezekielml2280 Yes there was.
@@martiallife4136 I disagree bcz til today I live in China Liaoning and I haven’t seen any lockdown since
@@ezekielml2280 There is an MMA coach who lives in Shanghai and they were locked down for three months.
New York: write that down!!! write that down!!!!
They are basically living like homeless people, but are required to pay substantial rent for that? That's insane. What kind of landlords are they?
No they're not. Homeless people have a lot of space
It's the most expensive city in the world, a gum cause a few dollars...
The Landlords are SHAMELESS. No different than DRUGDEALERS 🗣👤👥
@@mariecarton8611 I've got thee most awesome drug dealer around. 😎
The landlords greed is fueled by needs too,hong kong only have a limited land size so they auction off the land use rights to companies that will then buy it for price higher than the heavens and then to cover that expense they build crazy expensive condo or apartments.
So not only the poor,basically anyone not rich is living in a crazy cramp space.there are also people who live in cages there.
All this space on earth and people live like this. What a shame for humanity.
Joanny Jo all the space on earth left is still very little driving animals to extinction, but there are mannny of oversized houses/ mansions .ect that if cut down would make sizable homes for many
Yes, now I understand even more why Chinese are bizarrelly chosing to live in risky poor places in South America, where I live, than trying to work up in their native country.
@@ratha8799 I believe earth is so big we all could live in beautiful, rather big mansions. We just don't know how to organise well so EVERYBODY can live properly.
This is insanity.
Everyone wants to live close to the action.
Welcome to the jewish communism!
It’s increíble what humanity has come to... it’s a disgrace
I agree,, this is so sad.
Yes, because obviously people were much better off in the past.
Don’t get me wrong, I think this is awful and unacceptable living conditions, but human rights in China have always been exceptionally poor.
Humanity always lived in such conditions
It's not that it has come to it, it's just it hasn't actually really changed.
The sad thing is we have the tech, the knowledge and enough food etc for everyone. No one should be living on the streets or in places like that.
Nothing will ever change unless our way of thinking changes
Shut up 😒
Stop Birthing! sad
They don't know what caused the baby to come here
This is heartbreaking , no body should be living like this.
*Educate yourself first.*
During the British colonial ruling, Hong Kong land belonged to the Queen of England, and only the rich could build houses in the land of 20%. Most of the rich were British or did things for the British. *_80% of the land was not allowed to develop._* The situation has not changed by now. House prices are getting higher, and many people are borrowing to buy a house. As the population increased, the former HK Chief Executive （Has became Vice Chairman of the CPPCC） planned to develop land and build a lot of cheap houses, but housing prices plummeted, and hundreds of thousands of people protested the government's actions.
The government can only give up. This is the advantage of capitalism.
The Chief Executive of Hong Kong Carrie Lam has already planned to transforming the ocean into land. But I am not optimistic because capitalists will certainly manipulate Parliament.
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For 1500 pounds a month they can move to my country Serbia and for that money they could rent a castle with private forest
@@dzonikg Serbia is also far more clean and beautiful than Hong Kong.
theres like billions of chinese living in that land
After watching this vide I feel like I’m living in a mansion
Its a prison😫 I'm having trouble breathing just watching this.
The average prison cells bigger than that
Not true even my house is so small!
Even prison cells are better than this. Sad
Why even have babies? They both know the baby won't have a happy life growing up...
So they can pay rent and food for the baby for 18 years and then he becomes homeless
This is inhuman living standards. Whoever thinks this is acceptable I.e: the landlords charging ridiculous prices should be in prison.
These arent ridiculous prices in Hk. Compared to the rest of the world, yes. But a combination of mainlanders buying up tons of apartments and keeping them empty and the land: people ratio make housing very expensive. But yes, these are obviously not legal.
The authorities know this but HK needs cheap labour…
I dont think thats the landlords fault? Buying a land in hk is expensive too. I guess the problem is deeper than that. Owners have needs too so SOME have no choice but to price it that way.
@@princemystie5292 price 15 people in a single room paying 1,500hkd each? No way.
@@submissivelover youre right. im just giving the landlords the benifit of the doubt since ive never really read or researched about this topic.
If there was a fire that place would be a death trap
Dont give the government ideas
Exactly what I was thinking. If that place catch fire...death trap
Yup! Imagine if that first "room" had an electrical fire.. everyone behind it would be in a ball of flames that would kill them in mere minutes. This is horrifying
It happens all the time.
Exactly...if there are Fire and smoke then they are done
Rich get richer because they see poor people as a disposable commodity
Amazon warehouse workers are a great example.
No every single "EMPLOYEE" is a GREAT example!
Poor people are poor because they choose to be poor!
Has nothing to do with the rich. The Gov does this, just like in America
I come from a rich background. I refused 65 million dollars and traveled the world instead on my yacht
I would be too claustrophobic to live there. No way!
I feel so embarrassed crying about not having enough storage to fit my clothes in!
Me 2. My 2 closet isn't enough for me
Who cries about that wth
@@nadiaimran7802 don’t judge others frustrations, maybe they’ve learned
Same. I’m currently looking into moving into a bigger space just to turn a second room into a walk in closet. I feel so bad knowing my closet right now is bigger that what they are sleeping in. :(
I had the same epiphany. I am living on my own and compared to that? I had a massive reality check.
soon the whole world will be like this if no one does something about unaffordable rent.
@Steven Leon there's a lot of space but also a lot of demons in the ruling class.
This is an idea though, there are small/squashed houses in Japan, its space saving. That's a good point, innit?
Get a better job
Brian already is in some places in British Columbia Canada. We have people renting sheds in backyards for over $1000 a month, and no many don’t even have electricity.
@Brian population is the problem
My claustrophobia is super triggered. Bless them, I can't imagine.
Same
Same
Where is the bathroom?
Hong Kong is an island. Land is limited. Maybe the people on that island are too many.
Why are they ashamed? The city should be ashamed.
why is cheap housing isnt included in demands?
The city is owned by Li Kai-Chen. Haha
@@andia968 I guess the funder of the movement does not like it. After the handover of hong kong, the government wanted to provided the cheap housing in the city, but rejected by the local people, who prefered to supper the house price.
That’s why I am so confused. Go to Shenzhen just on the opposite side of Hk and the modern Condo units there are bigger and more spacious compared to the coffin units in Hk for the same rental price / month. And yet what are the protest movement trying to prove anyway?
@@andia968 Cheap housing is not a demandable thing in Hong Kong, there is no achievable way.
The government was proposing large scale sea reclamation for affordable housing and the public was furious about it.
I couldn't even breathe just by watch this
I’m not even claustrophobic but watching how cramped it is made me feel uncomfortable
Is so dificult to buy a Van? thats not life..
And sadly the very rich are buying expensive houses in London which they don't even live in smh
YEA the Londoners are not happy with that they are taking over CORNWALL, UK too . Disgusting
Exactly I’m in America and my mom works for this guy and he lives in this 2 million dollar home and is never there he also has abt 6 other houses including some houses in other countries like China and he’s never home And best part is he lives by himself and has a new girlfriend stay over everyday it’s odd
@@yourgirlfriendlllll disgraceful
Canada anyone? Vancouver, Toronto Ottawa, East coast of Canada lol. None of the Chinese wants to live in the piarries of Canada lol. Too cold and probably too racist in those provinces.
@@calvinwong365 Actually, there is Asian representation in Toronto, Canada. I even went to this Chinese festival 2 years back, and I was told they had it every year.
Such houses are death traps in the event of fire. Particularly at night. It looks most of the partitions are wooden based.
It looks like they want to kill the people on purpose
This is what I thought. Its so shocking.
Worse this is just sick and fucked up, while rich motherfucker have 100 square feet.
I thought about the same thing. What if a fire breaks out and those people can't get out? It's a disaster waiting to happen.
That’s the first thing I thought, death trap in events of fire or earthquake. So sad
My studio apartment feels like a mansion after watching this" i thought my living situation was bad.
I'm already going through even worse conditions in Long Beach, CA. I've been stuck for YEARS living in my dad's kitchen, with no personal space or privacy, and no quality of life, which is literally driving me insane, with severe, crippling depression. Especially as an introvert. I can't even hold a job like this. I literally had to quit my last full-time job at a warehouse because of my severely dysfunctional living conditions. I can't live or work like this. I'm just spiralling deeper and deeper into a mess of debt and problems. I hate my life so much.
@@tiptop6451 Each passing day, only drives me progressively more and more insane. I barely even feel alive anymore.
@@tiptop6451 This is how I live:
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@@Network126 First step is moving the hell out of CA to cheaper states.
Network126 give your life to Jesus and he will change your life!! Watch living waters channel on here, that man knows what he is talking about
Use Galvanized Square steel
I thought that first apt was the coffee home. Didnt think it could get smaller
How can people live like this? This is crazy. These be better off living in a tent.
The same way that the homeless live in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento, etc.
The poor in the Philippines go through so much worse than this. We have citizens who get by with a dollar a day. There are Filipinos who live under bridges. Tsk
Nathaniel Waga Just because Philippines is worse doesn’t mean the ones in Hong Kong aren’t bad. Everyone needs rights for land, money and food. Just be grateful and never compare. Every homeless/poor person needs to be helped
Very similar to living in a tent. Except they pay a ton of money to live in that little shack.
@D R sheds would definitely be difficult to come by though. Plus somehow those coffin homes are getting a supply of electricity you'd have to worry about that and an irrigation system for water.
I’m so confused, this costs more than my house! Is this like a scam or something?
land is really expensive in Hong Kong, my entire family of 6 live in a small flat around 300 square feet
No, it's not a scam. Hong Kong has the highest real estate prices in the world: I believe a parking lot recently sold for $3 billion dollars. The island is very small and land is limited; not to mention it has a dense population and the government opened up the real estate market to foreign businessmen, meaning the businessmen have the final say on how expensive they want the land to be. An example of failed capitalism.
lie this studio house cost 400 pound not 1500 pound
Vania Fordjour it’s a disgrace
Vania Fordjour depends where u live I live in sf and its so damn expensive here even podshare simillar as coffin house only a little bit bigger cost 1,200$ a month
It’s hard to believe, I feel extremely sorry for these people 🌹
Disgusting, shame on the greedy and selfish people of Hong Kong for not caring about someone less fortunate.
It's the government who created policies that leads to this
The government didn't win the popular vote and its election is controlled by Communist China
How are Hong Kong people (like myself) greedy and selfish
@@2349The Yes. It’s not the people to blame, it’s mainly the fact that Hong Kong is controlled by China.
@@eggsbread984 How does this have anything to do with China? Isn't Hong Kong destroyed by the greedy real estate moguls?
Nasty
Blame China.
I never knew this is more expensive than my studio flat in London. Hearts go out to them.
Don’t mind me asking but how much ur paying ?
I used to pay 2500$ For 1 bed room apartment in San Jose CA USA . Life is not easy to survive 😅
I’m paying around £1,300 for a relatively small 18-20sqm one bedroom flat here in London.
@@linhtam2361 Here,Bandra is one of the richest areas in Mumbai ,a 1BHK means that the particular property has two bedrooms, one hall and a kitchen. Rent price 725.49 USD.
In the Philippines, specifically, our rented house, we paid 10,000 pesos(200 dollars)for 2 storey townhouse with 2 bedroom and 1 master bedroom. not costly from the perspective of other country(specifically 1st world or 2nd world) but for us, it's still expensive. Seeing this video reminds me of politicians promising us a better future but once the elections' over, they became an old people with dementia.
The rich gets richer and the poor get screwed!
Yes.
Sadly It’ll never change either
Thanks to consumers
@@sandman6664180 revolution has changed it before so no reason it couldn't happen again :p
The rich get what they want and the poor lose what they need.
This is an old problem and still happen till now.. my uncle (now 80 years old) live in hongkong since his 20s.. he told us that to live in a proper place spent a lot of money.. he slept at the place where his head is next to other people feet for almost 30 years.. he's a bank security and need about 30 years so he can buy a small apartment with no elevator.. and now he must spend his retirement time at nursing house..