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Hong Kong's Poverty Condition - Coggle Diagram
Hong Kong's Poverty Condition
Homeless People
Between 2019 and 2020, there was a 22% increase in the number of registered homeless people in Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s homeless are growing in number as a fresh wave of coronavirus infections claims jobs.
Charities are finding it increasingly hard to care for them due to tighter rules aimed at combating the disease.
Public Housing
According to the Hong Kong Housing Authority, the average wait time for those who do qualify for public housing is 5.6 years.
A form of housing tenure in which the property is usually owned by a government authority, either central or local.
Nearly half of Hong Kong's 7.5 million population lives in public housing.
In 2016, approximately 31 per cent of Hong Kong households lived in PRH flats while 15 per cent resided in subsidised sale flats (of all types)
Bedspace Apartments: "Cage Homes"
Size
Usually smaller than 100 square feet
Only 25 square feet larger than most of the city's prison cells
Economical Factors
"Lum, who is unemployed, said he pays 1,800 Hong Kong dollars ($232) for an apartment divided between 10 people."
Environment
Bathrooms are mostly communal
There are often no kitchens -- just plug-in hot plates
Units are mostly divided by makeshift or removable walls.
Poverty Rate
Hong Kong recorded a poor population of more than 1.4 million people and a poverty rate of 21.4% according to the pre-intervention poverty figures in 2019.
A fifth of the population is classed as living in poverty - the highest figure in seven years
17.5 per cent of children are impoverished, despite government intervention.