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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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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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bad. They are dirty and not very big, and the air ventilation is also bad

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bad living conditions,cramped

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it is very overcrowded as a lot of people had to share a same space

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The live in horribly small houses with many things all cramped around.

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The houses are very cramped

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because there is too much people and too little land to build houses.

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The housing is dirty and small with dirt there is all around the room while the housing also contains only simple needs of life like bed and table without decorations and nice view

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poor conditions

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because hong kong has very big areas and they are all in local places

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crowded and poor living conditions

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Bad land use planning

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dirty and have very little space

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reduce the population

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cramped , dirty, with little sunlight and ventilation

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there are a lot of needs for house as there are a lot of people in hong kong that can not afford to buy a house

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The houses are very small and very cramped

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The living conditions of the people are poor, no sunlight gets into their cage homes, and is very cramped too.

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overcrowded, unsanitary, messy,cramped, little to no sunlight and ventilation

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The conditions of living in a cage homes:
1. The space that they have are very small and cramp. So their living spaces are also very tight
2. The living space is also very filthy and terrible. The video shows bags of trash just thrown on the floor of the staircase.
3. They are also not really given good basic services. From the video you can tell that they have to share all the items with other people who also have a very small, tight and cramp living area.
4. Their living conditions also do not receive much light so the place can be very dark.
5. The place is also very unhygienic and lack proper sanitation.

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little land

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There are 75.6percent of non built-up area in Hong Kong. Land use planning is also not really used and the lesser numbers of houses cannot accommodate the large population in Hong Kong.

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unsanitary and cramped

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small, cramped, dirty and possibly unhygienic

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land scarcity and the demand for houses is more than the supply

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A cramped living space, very unorganised

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bad land management

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Use land-use planning, decrease land prices and provide housing financial support.

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u prob need a few trillion to give everyone in the world a million

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bad land use planning - more demand then supply

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Incredibly tiny and cramped, with space only for barely one person and a few belongings.

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there is not enough land that the government has cleared to allow for houses to be built. there are also a lot of people and too little houses so prices are high

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decrease the population, or decrease the price of the areas thingys

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cramp and dirty

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Due to the poor land-use management

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The bad land management, and the bidding process of developers getting land to build houses on in auction process.

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bad land use

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clear some of the unused land to build houses and make the prices of the houses more affordable so that more people can have their own house.

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The lack of land space. Land use planning is not used well as there are still 75% of land left

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better land use planning

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The land-use is poorly planned, leading to scarcity of land to build housing on, making housing extremely pricey.

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decrease housing prices

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very cramped and dirty

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bad ventilation, cramped

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Based on what i know, Hong Kong has a lot of space used on office buildings. they should use more land on housings than office

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the amount of space in each cage home is scarce. each cage is platformed by a mattress, hence leaving the residents to either hang their belongings on the grids of the cage, or cramp it onto the mattress since each cage is small. it is also really dirty as the mattresses are mouldy and the cages are turning rusty.

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it was very cramped and the living conditions were very poor

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theres very little land

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Hong Kong has too many people but too little land, thus, there will be not enough space to fit everyone in good houses, thus the government has no choice but to raise house prices

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land prices are very high and since the government cannot rely on taxes, they rely on land prices

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bad, really cramped, not enough space, unhygienic

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there is bad land use planning

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reduce the land price and better land use planning

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It is very cramped and dirty

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The living conditions are very bad and serious with bad ventilation and hardly any sanitation. The places are dirty and extremely cramped as the residents have to share the space and live together in one room

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decrease population or decrease the prices of everything

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The space that they are living in are very cramped and dirty.

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land management is really bad and some of the lands are way too hard to build houses

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land scarcity. most of the land in Hong Kong is mainly covered with greenery and forests, hence leaving little space for housing, increasing the cost for housing prices

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Better land management

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decrease the prices for the housings

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better land use planning and decrease the prices of lands to make it more affordable for people to own and purchase housing in hong kong

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they have to live in little sections of an already small room , showing cramped living conditions. the ventilation in these homes is also very bad, which affects overall health of residents.

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They are very cramped, dark, unhygenic

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Land use planning, financial support

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Sell land for lower prices, which will lead to lower housing prices, leading to more people being able to afford housing. Additionally, the government can make the prices lower

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Bad land use planning and the land prices are very high

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better land use planning

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As the population in Hong Kong is very big and there is not enough land space to build houses for everyone, so the prices get higher

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The government can practice zoning the land areas, such that there would be more spaces for developers to build houses for the people.

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The housing prices are exceptionally high in the city of Hong Kong due to bad land management.

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cramped,dirty,unhygenic

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Hong Kong should open up to more economic activities so they would not need to rely on their housing market for more money.

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The reason why the prices of houses are so expensive is because there is a land scarcity. But Hong Kong have 7 and a half million people living there. So, this land scarcity causes high demands in housing. At the same time, about 75% of land in Hong Kong is not developed and houses are unable to be built on it.
Second reason:
There is a land-use issue, thus the land is inefficiently used or conserved. As only 3.7% of the land in Hong Kong is used for urban housing. At the same time, the government owns the land and will loan it out to developers. Developers have to bid and the highest price gets the land to develop. That is why the houses in Hong Kong can be very expensive.

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packed,cramp,dirty and messy

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the houses are too cramped

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A possible solution is to improve the land use planning, so that the government can sell the houses at a cheaper price and everyone can have good houses

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plan out sites that could be used to build more houses

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Land use planning, focus more on reducing the population like maybe a 1 kid policy kind of thing China had and keep the prices low. Change the government as well since they are focusing more on profits rather than the people

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it is really cramped and it looks dirty. The building itself looks out of place and the location for these places are not well known.

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make more available space to build more houses but its not a good idea too bcos we still need to pay people for the manual labour and stuff. most realistic solution is have the government donate money but then again also not really possible

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Because the government charges the people with lower tax rates, they need to get money from elsewhere somehow. So, they sell land to developers for insanely high prices in order to make enough money to still run the country. And because the developers bought the housing for such high prices, they need to price the housing higher so they can make the money that they spent on the land back. The government doing this is for the sake of the country, and is good for the government, but Hong Hong citizens have to suffer high housing prices.

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As there are not enough housing supplies for people to live in and when the needs increase, the housing then becomes more expensive as the government also the Estate company can earn more for economic. The main cause is the government that is controlling the amount of housing that is supplying to the citizens as they want to earn profits as last time when there is more housing supply, they as well as the housing supplier cant earn but paying a lot more than the prizes they sell out.

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The planning of land use is bad and the amount of land they have less amount of land

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They could practise land use planning.

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the land there is scarce like singapore. not only that, through bidding over 50 years, bids can go up to 2.2 billion dollars. thus they need to mark up the price to gain back the money used to bid.

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bad land-use planning and high housing prices

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increase the taxes for citizens and decrease the cost of housing

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The government can start by introducing affordable houseing to the homeless residents to ensure they they have houses to live in

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The government owns all the land, and the government rents out the land to private developers, or home builders, in an auction like manner. The builders will have to bid prices on the land that is auctioning, and the government will sell to the highest bidder. And since land price is high, the home prices will also be high. Another factor is also the fact that Hong Kong is a great place to do business; it has no tax on the business company, and no GST stuff. And since there is very little tax, the government will need to get more money in a different aspect to develop the city. The money comes from housing, which leads to a greater price in housing.

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a) housing shortage
b) housing is unaffordable in dallas, land prices are high
c) decrease land prices

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Hong Kong is a high priced city so the people there have to work hard to earn more money to be able to live there

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Have a better land use plan and decrease the time for bidding. you can also provide substites for the people who needs housing like how singapore does it.

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better land use panning and zoning of different parts of the land. Reduce the amount of money when people are bidding for the land space. e.g add a cap bid and ensure it doesnt reach a huge amount

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1. Lowering the prices of the homes and making it more affordable.
2. The government will have to free up more land and put the interest of its people over the interest of the market.

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Use Land-use planning method, and plan for more land to be cleared for high rise urban housing. Change the government to remove the auction sell land type of policy, or the home dealers make affordable housing, but scam themselves in the process.

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idk how to do the map but anyways.
PHOENIX
a) there is a high demand for houses. pricing has to increase...like a lot.
b) land is very scarce there and a lot of new residents are coming in to phoenix each year.
c) decrease the amount of residents, not allowing anyone who isn't born in phoenix to live in and have less good job opportunities for those who want to live there and less houses built i think.