Hidden Reality: Life in Hong Kong's Cage Homes.

Hong Kong is one of the world's wealthy cities and has the world's most expensive real estate. However, low-income people in cities where rents are high still struggle to make a living.

Some of the poor have to live in the “Cage homes”

Some have to live in “Coffin homes”

Some have to live on dangerous rooftops

They all have to wake up in cramped spaces to see the prosperity of Hong Kong that they are out of reach.

This episode has been filmed in 2017.

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[leedza]

Greed brings the worst out of us. Keeping a building empty as an investment especially when then is a housing shortage just shows how low we have got.

[KevinColt]

This is why in Europe countries like Portugal, Spain and even UK are changing laws.
In Portugal you can only buy if youre gonna be living in there, you cant invest if you dont live in the country to rent it or keep it empty.
All empty real estate must be rented out or sold.

[russelltalker]

How governments deal with poor living conditions is pure genius. It's like if you go to the doctor for hemorrhoids, and the cure it by making hemorrhoids illegal

[Soprettysamoan]

This really put a lot of things into perspective for me. I’m sorry for Anytime I have been ungrateful, lazy, etc. there’s someone somewhere wishing they had my two bedroom that I take for granted. My heart goes to these people. Also I have newfound respect for their culture in general. These are strong folk. The part where it mentioned that a lot of them are waiting and hoping they qualify for government assistance for housing while living under the poverty line, reminds me of the struggles that my people face. People are on waiting list for housing assistance for 5+years. Oh dear God please bless these people and their struggles.

[OnePlusOneEqualsOnePlusOne]

Here's the main problems they didn't get themselves some:
1) Galvanized steels
2) Eco Friendly Wood Vaneer
3) Screws borrowed from aunts

[marcburroughs]

Makes me appreciate the apartment that I have

[alaa]

I live in Dubai and that shared type of house/box house is so popular that it's almost becoming the norm for expats from poor countries. Rent prices are so high so this is the only thing people can afford, most of them send money to their families back home. The situation back home is worse that's why we endure it. The only thing stopping me from renting a "box" like this is that I don't have responsibilities back home. I spend most of my salary on a room rent in a shared apartment but most days I can't afford a single proper meal. Most of us work in service in the lavish buildings you see in pictures. That's why cities like Dubai are actually disgusting. Late stage capitalism has absolutely failed us.

[blackgrl]

He had me at "this is 20-story building" walk-up😮😮😮

[matthewcdupre]

What's absolutely disgusting is that this doesn't have to be how it is... there is plenty of land they could develop but the government refuses because they want to keep demand up to keep prices up 😢

[thraungaming]

Seeing these people still smiling and being positive while living in such horrible conditions tell you a lot about how beautiful they are.

[marifender]

this is definitely true...i have been living in Hong Kong for almost 2 decades and I've seen unfortunate Hongkongers who doesn't have a choice but to live in this difficult environment.

[DocBree]

Can you imagine the devastation and death if there were a fire in a cage or coffin home, especially?

[drissaudia]

4:49 omg, this is horrific. No human being deserves to live like a caged animal like this. Horrible ☹️☹️

[leokimvideo]

As bad as it looks it beats being completely homeless

[drissaudia]

I stumbled across your channel because I was looking for a documentary on Cambodia. I then ended up watching all your documentaries. Really interesting and unique stories of which I haven’t heard of and I am a bit of a current affairs junkie. Are you guys reporters or journalists? I watched a similar documentary on homeless people in Hong Kong and it was mainly the older generation that had been forgotten. It’s really sad, seeing an Asian country ignore it’s senior citizens because usually they are well respected in the family. Thanks you for bringing insightful stories to open our eyes and minds and understanding the world a little better. Love and light ♥️❤️🫶🏻.

[georgelazenby]

I've been there a few times, travelling across the border from China. There are areas outside the urban sprawl of the city where it would be possible to build new homes. They also have plenty of mountainous terrain that could be used for creating new land by taking the stone there and making artificial islands. I think they're already starting to do something like this, and judging by the fact that they had to build their new airport on such a structure, shows they have the skills to do so. However, the cost of this, and the environmental impact, will be crazy. Perhaps it might be time to stop rich people from buying up properties that are left sitting there doing nothing. This isn't a Hong Kong specific issue though. It's a global one. Humans are such greedy creatures when we get down to the nitty-gritty of it. It's disgusting.

[bringyourownsnake]

The shot at 6:12 tells me the camera man has dreams.

[PureBadBreath]

Superb docu. Really shining a light into the lives of ordinary folks in Hong Kong and their struggles. This problem has gone on for far too long and yet here we are.

[SanjanaRanasingha]

Thank you for another great documentary!

[HeyItsAvi]

This is such high quality documentary, im suprised its only 1.6k views with 43 likes in 22 hrs.