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After the Shek Kip Mei fire, the resettlement's(survivors) had to live in the Shek Kip Mei Estate. The living conditions were a little better then living in the Squatters, but it was still bad. The survivors still had use the public restroom and the rooms in the estate were small and the sanitation and the hygiene is bad. In conclusion, the Shek Kip Mei estate in 1953 still provided the survivors a bad living condition(but better then the squatters).

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the government had to do something for the citizens and decided to build public buildings for the people to live in, and at a low price. The living condition was much better than the squatters the people use to like before the fire hazard, but the citizens still had to share a public toilet and for families who have more people, it might give them trouble since the apartments aren't too suitable for big families. It also isn't a great place for people to have their own personal space. In conclusion, the sanitation system

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The living condition is small  like if a family with more than 5 people they will have to live in a 120 square feet ,plus there isn’t any restroom or kitchen inside the living condition

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The history of public housing in Hong Kong composes a significant chapter of the post-war history of Hong Kong.

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1972

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1967

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The resettlement buildings were described as a cramped and public housing. Although it is much better than the unsafe, unhygienic squatters which caused a fire on Christmas night because a man accidentally tipped a kerosene lamp over a bucket of flammable plastic solution, it still requires residents to share a bathroom among 15 to 30 people and also have a cramped space. However, it was helpful to some of the 30,000-58,000 homeless people who's houses were destroyed in the fire.

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https://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/hdw/en/aboutus/events/community/heritage/about.html
https://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/aboutus/events/50yrsexhibition/highlights.html
https://www.hkmemory.hk/MHK/collections/public_housing/All_Items/9099/9104/index.html
https://www.hkmemory.hk/MHK/collections/public_housing/resettlement_estates/mark_I_and_mark_II_blocks/index.html

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Historical Background of Shek Kip Mei Estate

The population of Hong Kong grew drastically after the Second World War as a result of people returning to the city and the influx of immigrants from the Mainland. Squatter settlements sprawled rapidly on hillsides throughout the territory, but these ramshackle dwellings made of scrap wood and corrugated iron were prone to fire danger. On the Christmas night of 1953, a huge fire ravaged the squatter huts in Shek Kip Mei and destroyed the homes of some 58 000 people.

As an immediate relief, the Government cleared part of the fire-stricken area and built two-storey bungalows to rehouse the victims temporarily. But this was far from adequate in solving the long-term housing problem, so the Government soon embarked on the construction of resettlement blocks with reinforced concrete. The first batch of eight six-storey blocks was built by the end of 1954. This resettlement estate in Shek Kip Mei marked the commencement of Hong Kong's mammoth public housing programme. In the following eight years, 21 more seven-storey blocks were built.

Known as the Mark I design, each of these housing blocks featured two wings of domestic cubicles connected by a cross bar, or bridge, for accommodating communal facilities. These blocks were called 'H' blocks because of their shape.

The domestic cubicles were arranged back to back along the open corridors of the two wings. A family with five or more adults had to cramp into a room of about 120 square feet. There was no kitchen or bathroom inside the domestic units. The residents had to use the communal sanitary and washing facilities situated at the bridge connecting the two wings, while they did their cooking and laundry in the common corridors. As there were no lifts, the residents used the staircases at the corridor ends for access.

The estate was extended later with the building of seven more blocks of 13 storeys.

By the 1970's, the Housing Authority decided to make improvements by removing the partition walls of the back-to-back cubicles in the Mark I blocks to form larger self-contained flats, each equipped with a toilet. The common corridor facing outside was enclosed to provide each flat with a private balcony for cooking. The communal facilities at the linking bridge were also converted into domestic flats.

To address the community's increasing aspirations for better living conditions, the Housing Authority further decided in the 1990's to redevelop part of Shek Kip Mei Estate, demolishing the dilapidated resettlement blocks except one - Mei Ho House (also known as Block 41), which is among the first batch of eight Mark I blocks built in 1954. In view of its significance in Hong Kong's public housing development, Mei Ho House was granted a historic building status by the Antiquities Advisory Board. The Government has decided to preserve it and rejuvenate it into a youth hostel with an attached museum on public housing history.

The older residential blocks of Shek Kip Mei Estate are being redeveloped in four stages, the first of which was completed in 2006, involving the demolition of some of the seven-storey blocks and the building of two new housing blocks. Upon completion of the whole redevelopment project, the new Shek Kip Mei Estate will provide about 6 600 rental units that can house up to about 17 400 residents.

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The Hong Kong Housing Authority - Light and Shade: life passé in old estates - History of Estates

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The population of Hong Kong grew drastically after the Second World War as a result of people returning to the city and the influx of immigrants from the Mainland. Squatter settlements sprawled rapidly on hillsides throughout the territory, but these ramshackle dwellings made of scrap wood and corrugated iron were prone to fire danger.

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the living conditions in resettlement blocks were a mess, better than the squatters of the past but not by much with 4 people sharing a flat that isn't even as big as a current day living room and not even having privacy in your own home someone could probably mistake this for a prison cell.

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It is the ONLY surviving H-shaped resettlement block among the Shek Kip Mei estate preserved which was built in 1954, located adjacent to Sham Shui Po, the most grassroots area of Hong Kong. It has public bathroom, and grocery stalls.

There were problems such as: Insecurity as Peepers everywhere, Not enough space at home, Kids were asked to play outside the room, No separated room  changing clothes behind the curtain only, No private toilet, No pipe water or warm water supply, Unstable electricity supply

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The resettlement buildings were small cramped buildings that had shared toilets and showers but were safe and had low renting costs.
Although insecurity was a problem due to the place being public, the safety from being in a concrete building probably made up for it.