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Using your own research (with the help of Google),

1. Identify a city in the world which experiences a housing crisis (either housing shortage or unaffordable housing)

2. Add a post on the Padlet Map (found below) by clicking the '+' button on the top right corner. Search for the city you are researching on.

3. Include your name in brackets in the title, next to the name of your city.

4. In your post, answer the following questions:
(a) Describe what is the housing crisis found in the city you have researched on.
(b) Explain the cause for this housing crisis in the city you have researched on.
(c) Suggest a solution for this housing crisis in the city you have researched on.

An example of Hong Kong has been provided in the Padlet Map below.

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We have learnt that formal housing can be expensive in certain cities, which can cause informal housing to spring up to meet the housing needs of citizens.

Let's explore the case of Hong Kong, in which informal housing takes on a peculiar twist in the form of cage homes.

Instructions:
1. Read Q1-3
2. Watch the video below using your earpiece
3. Post your answers to Q1-3, with your name as the title. Use the information from the video to help you
4. Move on to part 2

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they do not have a lot of space and they have to fit all their belongings in a small cage like animals

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Some cage houses are as small as a typical parking lot and can only have a bad and cupboard in it to store belongings.

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It is very cramped with barely any space to move in with only enough space for a bed,a table and enough walking space to move around

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The living space for the citizens is very cramped but the rent is high for a very cramped spot

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they do not have a lot of space to move and put personal belongings

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they are very squeezed and have small spaces, and the living conditions are bad with bad hygiene

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it is small and cramped. most can only fit not more than one person

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they dont have alot of space to live in and it is very cramped they also must fit all their stuff in a small space

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The living conditions are cramped and small. There is hardly any space for residents to move around and hardly any space to sleep in. Their quality of life is poor.

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The cage houses are very small and cramped together. There is little space and most are unhygienic. The cage houses are also built very close to one another.

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very cramped that looks like a cage and is a size of a parking lot and there is not much space for personal belongings, the prices of such housing is expensive despite the small living space

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The living conditions of citizens living in cage homes are small and cramped. The houses are the size of a parking space and only have space for a bed and some of their belongings.

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it is cramped and the area is way too small for the people living in them to be comfortable in

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The living conditions of citizens living in cage homes is very cramped and samll with bery little space to move around and put their belongings.

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the places are very cramped and there is no space to move around a lot

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the space they lived in was very cramped and small, they have to put everything inside a space as small as a parking lot

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Really cramped and unsanitary. It's like having what we have in Singapore but all in one room

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The government allows bidders to bid for plots of land but at high prices, causing the housing prices to be very high.

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The houses are cramped and are small. Even as small as a parking lot. The houses are unhygienic and certain amenities must be shared with families.

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The living conditions are cramped and small.The space of a cage home can usually fit one person and some belongings.

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citizens living in cage homes have very cramped living conditions and citizens would not have enough space to carry out activities.

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They are cramped in a living space that is as small as a parking lot .

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cramped(usually can fit up to 2 people), unhygienic where there is not much space to put the citizen's things so its scattered everywhere, toilets are also shared with everyone living in the cage homes

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It is very cramped and a shared space by a lot of families. They also have to share bathrooms and kitchens which are not very hygienic.

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The living spaces are very cramped and only have space for a bed and a table. Some cages are messy while others are organised.

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It is very cramped, possibly quite unhygienic and it must be very bad for their mental health due to the discomfort from living there and living so close to other people, which results in fights happening often

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they do not have a lot of space to put their belongings

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Due to the governments policies involving the selling of land where they have auctions where the highest bidders get the plot of land and the more the bidder spends on that piece of land,the higher the price of the land it gets.

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they have a huge population with limited land space so there is a demand for houses, since the demand is high, they have more competitors to "win" the house. Hence the housing prices in Hong Kong are exceptionally high

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The living conditions of citizens living in cage homes is unhygienic. The houses are cramped.

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The cage homes are smaller than typical parking lots . They do not have much space and have to stack their belongings in one corner . They barely have space to move and sleep there. Also they are built very close to one another

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the land prices are very high. so when developers buy it, they will build houses there and the prices will be higher than the price of the land

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The government want people to bid for plots of lands and people bid high prices

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The living conditions are very cramped. It is about the size of a SINGLE parking lot. It is wrapped around in a cage, stacked trying to fit as many spaces as possible.

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It is because of bad use of land and the government policies have auctions to bidders for them to get the plot of land

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since land is auctioned and sold at a high price, the houses for the citizens have to be sold at a higher price for land developers to profit from

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the house is very small and they have no place to put their stuff

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The conditions are bad as it is cramp and there is not enough space for people to live in . One flat is split between many different people but the space given is small thus the flat is overpopulated .

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they allow people to bid for the plots of land causing the housing prices to be higher

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The houses have to be shared by many people and the rent for small houses is high

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Bidders have to pay a lot for the land, which results in them selling it at a higher price.

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The government should set up a housing development agency to help build houses at an affordable price for the residents.

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Housing prices are high as the government allows people to bid for empty lands for large amount of prices.When develpoers build houses,they charge a lot of money for the houses so that they can gain back their loses.

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The living conditions of citizens living in cage homes are really cramped. They only have the size of a parking lot to store their belongings and stay there. The corridor of these cramped and small houses are really small and only about 3foot wide

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get rid of some people
reclaim land
the government needs to think about their citizens instead of just money

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cage homes are very small and are no bigger than a parking lot. these cage homes are usually a big space split into small rooms. one small room can only fit a bed, a table and a few belongings.

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make the land prices the more similar and make the prices of houses more affordable for normal people

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This is due to bad land management. Most of the land in Hong Kong are conserved for other uses and only a small portion is dedicated for housing. This space dedicated is not enough for the huge population, demand is bigger than supply so housing prices are exceptionally high

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The government lacks good land management. They are also after the money and making profits instead of putting the needs of the people.

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bad land management

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Their living conditions are very cramped and their houses are the size of a parking lot. They have barely any space to put a bed and a table and cannot fit more than one person,

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The living conditions of citizens in the cage homes are poor as they can be as small as a coffin storage space while the most of the cage homes are about the size of a typical parking lot.

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they are very cramped and have limited space for activities of their own, having to share toilets and other household items

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the land management was badly done, the government allowed people to bid for land at high prices

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land is expensive and they are not focusing on housing so they will have profits

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There is very little space for people to move in and there is barely enough space to fit a bed and a place to store their personal belongings

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The government allows developers to bid for land pricing and the bidders pay extremely high prices for it which results when they sell the housing it would be a higher price

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cater to the less wealthy people, sell the house at a cheaper price to them

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The government only cares about land bidders and not the feelings of the Hong Kong citizens

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the government zones the forests and office buildings with greater land so the land left for the houses are very scarce

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The cage homes are small and cramped, most are about the size of a parking lot. They have to cram all their belongings into a small space.

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The government forces private developers to bid for exorbitant prices, these private developers in turn want to profit and rent/sell their property at prices which are sky high.

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there will be a bidding process where citizens will pay for the particular house and with each price being placed a higher price will also be placed as well,resulting in high housing prices

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due to bad land management by thr HK goverement. when the goverement does not plan to use their land well,the land available is scarce and thus the price for one sq foot goes up to where it is today

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Some proposed solutions include using parkland to build homes, reclaiming land to create artificial islands, housing people in high-tech capsules, and revitalising industrial buildings into homes.

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the land is scarce and developers bid the land

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focus on the poorer people and sell houses for lower price

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When developers bid for the plot of land and build houses on the plot of land, they want to get enough profit to cover what they lost when buying the land. So to get the money back they increase the prices of the houses. Most of the houses are built by private developers that seek for profit over the well-being of the people.

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The government auctions off land to developers at high prices which causes the land prices being sold to residents to increase as well to earn back their money

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instead of selling land at a fixed price , they auction it to rich people to build their house at . Due to this when they rent out the apartment the price of it is very high and unaffordable.

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1.) Have better land use planning
2.) Give grants, discounts and exceptions to those who need it
3.) Have more jobs for people to take up

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Set up a housing deelpoment government to help build houses at low prices for the residents to live in instead of auctioning away land for large amounts of money.

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give the poor people houses

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They can change the policy by catering and help the less fortunate by providing cheaper housing and not sell the lands away at high prices

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The housing prices are high as the government auctions the land to private contractors who will then bid for the land which shoots up the price to super high prices.Then when the contractor build the houses they have to sell it for very high prices to make up for the price they bought it for

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Due to the lack of space able to build houses. Developers will bid and for the plot of plan at high prices from the government and sold the housing projects at higher prices

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The government should lower the prices for a while. Hopefully it does not cause something as bad as the great depression.

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the price at which the plots of lands are sold to the developers from the government is very high. The land available for housing is scarce and the price of housing increases

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The government allows people to bid for land at very high prices. Thus when the developers build the houses, they charge a lot of money for the houses to cover their losses

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land for houses are very scarce and government forces private developers to bid for prices that are high, causing the market value of the housing to be high as well

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reserve more land for housing and reduce the pricing of housing slightly

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Give less land to private developers and use the space to house the locals.

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Housing prices are exceptionally high due to land management. Land is sold to private developers through an auction, and developers have to buy land with high prices. This causes land prices to increase, which results in the price of housing built on those land being high.

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cater more jobs to the less fortunate citizens and provide discounts for those people in need of a house

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Make reasonable policies when selling the land/house. Provide residents of Hong Kong with some benefits when they need to purchase a house.

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sell it at a fixed price and that would make the land more affordable .
chop down trees to create more spaces to build houses

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1.The government should instead of letting the higher bidders own the land,the government should own the land so that they can cater more to the well-being of the citizens by building houses
2.Just build more houses

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The housing prices are high in Hong Kong because of the government policies where they have auctions and the highest bidders would get the plot of land and when the bidders spends more money on that piece of land, the price of the land would be higher, thus the high housing prices in Hong Kong.

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the government should plan to build more housing and sell them at affordable prices

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Open other possible doorways to increase the income generated so that money would not be much of an issue and we can prioritise the needs of the people

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Hong Kong has a large population but has little land to build houses on. The government also allow people to bid for plots of land in an auction.

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Have proper land use planning, making sure there is enough housing for the residents.

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Stop making land so expensive, let the government manage the housing. Only allow private developers to develop at certain areas through ballot and not bidding. When the prices of land go down, the prices of flats will become more affordable accordingly.

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It is because of the bad land use of the government and because of land being auctioned at a high price, making the housing prices to be really high. The land available for housing are also really scarce

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land use planning,the goverment should take charge of what is happening in the country they are supposed to be in charge of.they should clear some land to build more homes

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Sell the land at a fixed price so that it cant be sold at such a high price