The Kai Tak Community Isolation Facility in Hong Kong on June 28. As the Covid-19 pandemic wanes, isolation facilities such as the ones in Kai Tak and Penny’s Bay could be relocated or repurposed to help ease the city’s housing shortages. Photo: Bloomberg
Opinion
Opinion
Three unconventional ways for Hong Kong to tackle its housing crisis in the near term
- Proposals to repurpose quarantine centres and pockets of government land, and build a multistorey youth hostel, might seem unorthodox, but the city needs short-term solutions
- Infrastructure-heavy projects such as the Northern Metropolis or Lantau Tomorrow Vision will not start to yield housing solutions for a decade or more
The Kai Tak Community Isolation Facility in Hong Kong on June 28. As the Covid-19 pandemic wanes, isolation facilities such as the ones in Kai Tak and Penny’s Bay could be relocated or repurposed to help ease the city’s housing shortages. Photo: Bloomberg
