Text by: Kelly Chan
29 November 2021
According to a report by Urban Reform Institute and Frontier Centre for Public Policy, Hong Kong remained the world’s least affordable housing market for the 11th year, underscoring the income disparity in the financial hub.
People living below the poverty line, the elderly and those living with disabilities, often live in substandard conditions and subdivided flats that are as small as a parking lot.
The substandard conditions Jo Hayes witnessed when she joined Habitat for Humanity Hong Kong as their CEO in 2013, broke her heart. “I was shocked that people like 83-year old Grandpa Tong, living in Oi Man Estate, have to cope with dust in their food because of the peeling paint and crumbling walls.”
Habitat for Humanity Hong Kong is an international NGO with a vision of a world where everyone has a decent place to live. In Hong Kong, they provide home repairs, renovations and deep cleaning services for low-income elderly families and people with disabilities through their Project Home Works programme.
People living below the poverty line, the elderly and those living with disabilities, often live in substandard conditions and subdivided flats that are as small as a parking lot.
The substandard conditions Jo Hayes witnessed when she joined Habitat for Humanity Hong Kong as their CEO in 2013, broke her heart. “I was shocked that people like 83-year old Grandpa Tong, living in Oi Man Estate, have to cope with dust in their food because of the peeling paint and crumbling walls.”
Habitat for Humanity Hong Kong is an international NGO with a vision of a world where everyone has a decent place to live. In Hong Kong, they provide home repairs, renovations and deep cleaning services for low-income elderly families and people with disabilities through their Project Home Works programme.
Habitat for Humanity provides home repairs, renovations and deep cleaning services for low-income elderly families and people with disabilities through their Project Home Works programme
