Housing

Local opposition casts more doubt on land sale list

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...

Letters to the Editor, March 2, 2013

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).

Hong Kong must build housing for people, not just investors

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.

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Land application list scrapped in bid to control supply

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,...

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Beijing creates a generation of housing slaves

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...

Opinion

Wang Xiangwei

Super ministries may not be the right answer for mainland China

Alex Lo

Church developers remain unbowed by government rules

George Chen

A house is not a home until it becomes affordable

Letters to the Editor, February 26, 2013

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.

New venture, Light Be, helps needy find a room of their own - for cheap

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.

Steering committee takes 'dynamic' approach to housing strategy

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. ...

HOUSING

Bureau boosts plot ratios at Anderson Road Quarry site

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...

HOUSING

Mainland students hit by rising rents in Hong Kong

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...

CONCRETE ANALYSIS

'Rigid' demand for homes is more of a marketing myth than reality

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.