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'Hong Kong's Housing of Last Resort: Engagement and Intervention' by Juan Du

Pervasive housing problems such as unaffordability, overcrowding and substandard services exit in the wealthy city of Hong Kong. Due to the disproportionately high cost of private real estate, many low-income groups that do not qualify for public housing turn to the informal supply of squatter settlements on village lands, rooftop houses, cage cubicles and subdivided units.