- Housing Authority has lodged appeal against two judicial review applications, argues same-sex couples would compete with traditional ones for public housing
- Barrister Timothy Parker says authority failed to provide evidence to show purported impact on traditional families for adopting non-discriminatory housing policies
Waiting times for public housing in Hong Kong are at their longest in nearly two decades. Photo: David Wong
How Hong Kong’s public housing system works: costs, waiting times and sales
- With lack of land, sky-high property prices and long waiting periods for rental homes for those with low income, relief not likely to be soon
- About 3.3 million people – 44.7 per cent of the population – live in public housing
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Hong Kong housing
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Waiting times for public housing in Hong Kong are at their longest in nearly two decades. Photo: David Wong
Hong Kong’s dubious honour of having the world’s highest priced property puts private home ownership beyond the reach of many. Instead, heavily subsidised public housing is the main choice for young low-income couples, the elderly, and singles hoping to rent a flat, but there is a severe shortage of such homes.
Public rental housing estates found across Hong Kong usually comprise several high-rise blocks, with flats of different sizes. They currently house about 3.3 million people – 44.7 per cent of Hong Kong’s population.
If you catch yourself starting to say to an older relative, friend or colleague, “At your age you probably haven’t heard of …”, stop, says expert on ageing Tracey Gendron - discrimination towards the elderly damages them and society at large. Photo: Getty Images
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Ageism unmasked: the damage caused by bias towards old people and how to challenge the stereotypes about them
- Angered by the discrimination voiced towards old people during the coronavirus pandemic, expert on ageing Tracey Gendron decided to spell out its costs
- Older employees are treated unequally and old people who internalise society’s negative stereotypes can die prematurely. But it need not be that way, she says
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Ageing society
If you catch yourself starting to say to an older relative, friend or colleague, “At your age you probably haven’t heard of …”, stop, says expert on ageing Tracey Gendron - discrimination towards the elderly damages them and society at large. Photo: Getty Images
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