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Don't dismiss Hong Kong's housing ideas

Container homes are already in use in Europe and as for the Community Housing Movement, think of it as Airbnb with a charity element and middle-man service

Published Sun, Sep 24, 2017 · 09:50 PM

Hong Kong

FANCY living in a cargo container barely larger than a parking lot, or being a property owner "sharing" your underutilised flat with a less fortunate family by accepting lower than market rental?

Revealed last week, these new initiatives that are meant to address housing problems faced by Hong Kong's needy and homeless have raised eyebrows and drawn flak.

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