2 Mar 2013

Doubts surround the government's ability to execute its new land-sale programme on schedule, as district councils and a university have expressed objections - including a possible legal challenge...

2 Mar 2013

I disagree with the letters by Cherry Yau ("Containers are not suitable living spaces", February 26) and Lau On-yin ("Another from of substandard housing", February 26).

2 Mar 2013

It is becoming increasingly clear that while the government has something approaching a property policy, it has very little by way of a housing policy.

1 Mar 2013

The government has taken over total control of land supply from developers by scrapping the application list system. Secretary for Development Paul Chan Mo-po announced the end of the system,...

27 Feb 2013

Mainland media have dubbed a generation of middle class "fang nu", or housing slaves, a reference to the lifetime of work they needed to pay off their debts. They are taking on mortgages even as...

I do not agree that one way to help young people who are desperately hunting for affordable housing is to accommodate them in shipping containers stacked beneath flyovers.

A new social venture has come up with an innovative solution to address the housing needs of the city's underprivileged - by meeting them with private resources.

A government committee set up to give advice on drafting the city's long-term housing strategy has decided to adopt a dynamic model, the Secretary for Transport and Housing said yesterday. ...

The government will increase the development density of a quarry site earmarked for new housing in East Kowloon, making room for an extra 760 flats. The Development Bureau said yesterday the move...

Given a choice, mainland undergraduate Judy Su Xiaolin would prefer to stay in a hall of residence to enjoy university life to the full. Instead, the second-year politics student at the University...

While the human need for accommodation tends to be rigid, the need to buy a home is not. It is comparatively flexible, or "elastic" to use economics terminology.

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