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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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it is very small and cramp for the citizens to live in

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It is squeezy and there isnt alot of space for people to move around it looks cozy too

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There is a lack of land there are more demands for land which makes the price of the land and housing higher

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Land scarcity. Seven and a half million people crammed into this series of islands, it's gonna drive up the prices.

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Government reduce the price of the housing so that more people can live in formal housing. Providing financial support schemes to encourage private developers to lower the prices of land

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Establish financial support schemes to lower the land prices so that it allows developers to lower the cost of houses and affordable for the people to buy.

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No space, very cramped, the people can barely move

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Not enough land to build housing

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very cramped and small

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there is little space in each home it is squeezy and cramp

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lack of land to build housing

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It is very small and cramped with a space of between 75 and 140 square feet.

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it is very small and there is barely any space for them to move around in

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small

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very cramped and small. hundreds of thousands of residents now squeeze in incredibly small apartments, most of which are no bigger than a parking space. the apartments are filled with many of the residents' items which make them more cramped.

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Very small, not even bigger than a parking space

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small, cramp

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Providing financial support to encourage developers to make more affordable housing and regulating land prices to prevent a jump in unaffordable housing

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there is little land in hong kong and a high demand for housing this will cause the land prices to increase

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squeezy, barely any space to move around in, no space to actually put alot of stuff

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not enough land to build the houses

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There is very little space for the people to live in and is very cramp.

The houses can be as small as 75sq ft and 140 sq ft, which is only about 20 sq ft bigger than a parking space in the USA which is 120sq ft.

They are given only the bare minimum for them to sleep and have all their belongings in their small cage houses.

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There is not enough land area for houses to be built, and so the prices must be increased.

There is 70% of the land that is undeveloped and only 30% of the is used for housing.

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small, cramped and squeezy, with little space to move about

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not a lot of land are available for anymore buildings.The scarce of land makes the land be more expensive as more people need and want it.

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It is very cramped and small

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reduce pricing of the formal housing and provide financial support to those who need it so that people can afford the house

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The houses are very small and cramp, with the measurements being from around 75 sq ft to 140 SQ ft, which is the average carpark in the US.

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There is not enough land for building more houses.

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They should decrease the prices to make the houses more affordable for the people who would like to buy them.

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There is not enough land to build more houses

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land scarcity

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Deacrease the amount that needed to be paid for housing estate, as a lot of people can benefit from it especially people who have low income jobs.

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they can provide financial support to those in need or do not have enough money to get a house or the government can build housing and sell it at a lower price compared to private developers

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land scarcity

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They should make the prices more lower and reasonable for the people to buy them.

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Inside the cage house is really small and cramped. The people living inside it have the share a kitchen and toilet.

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there is land scarcity and hong kong has a big population of people which means there is a high demand of housing. 75% of the land is not developed yet.

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decrease house prices
provide financial support to those who need it so that they can afford a house

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they can provide housing financial support and decrease the price of housing for those who are unable to afford

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lack of land, and more people wants to live in Hong Kong, result in high prices of houses

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The living conditions in the cage homes are very cramped and small as the space of one living space is between 75-140 square feet.

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The citizens have to cramp into houses so the land prizes would rise.

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land is being inefficiently used so land is scarce and there is a high demand for housing. so prices are high.

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Decrease the prices of the houses so that more residents can afford it, and government can also build more houses

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Make  prices of housing affordable, provide financial support to those who need it

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for the government to reduce the pricing of housing and providing financial support for those who need it.

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The space is smaller than a parking lot and people living in cage homes have to share a kitchen and a toilet among other families

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No space, lack of privacy, have to share basic amenities with other residents

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land scarcity, there is a limited number of housing that can be built, thus the supply and demand for housing in hong kong increases, and the prices for housing becomes more expensive and less affordable for the residents. There are about 70% of land space that are undeveloped and the land is mountainous and rocky, making it difficult to develop any housing . Due to a land-use issue where the land of hong kong is being inefficiently used and conserved, it causes lesser land planned for housing developments. Thus, there are auctions for the land in hong kong where many will duke it out, causing the prices to increase even more.

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Very cramped

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very little houses which cause a lot of people to cram in to one space as land is used inefficiently

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The land is not managed properly

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cramped, fit for only one person

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very cramped spaces with not much movement room and have to keep belongings to a minimum to have proper space on the house

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The government should alleviate the price of housing so that it is more affordable for the people to buy and stay in.

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lack of proper land to build housing

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Make revenue from it instead of from taxes

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There is not much space and it is squeezy for them

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government using the money to clear out more land to build more buildings for the residents of Hong Kong.

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it is stuffy and cramp as the citizen are living in spaces smaller than a parking, after their belongings and furniture are added they have even less space to move around in

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In Hongkong the land space is scarce and not much space to work with, as a big portion of the land in hongkong are taken up by greenery or rocky landscapes.

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the space there is extremely squeezy,the house corridor only allows one person to move.In the video,the man tries to walk through the corridor but in order to that he have to squeeze his hands through

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cramped with no space to freely move around

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Make houses more affordable

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extremely cramped, and suffocated, not many benefits the houses serve them.

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honk kong governments have bad land management,some places that could be developed was not developed

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The government can lower the price of housing and provide financial support to those that need them

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There is extremely little space offered to them (roughly the area of a parking space per person), and it is very cramped with items and belongings.

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They could not manage the land places well. There is a lack of land places as some land areas are conserve (mountains and hills)

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Decrease the prices of houses, provide more financial support, and build more houses

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not enough good land to build houses, and high density of people living in Hong Kong

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The government can free up more land and use the land for the interest of the people and not for the interest of marketing.
The developers can use housing financial support to decrease the cost of housing development and thus the cost of housing to make it more affordable.

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70% of the undeveloped land in hong kong is mountainous and rocky which makes i difficult to build any housing on there. land scarcity is the reason

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The housing prices are very high as there is land scarcity and the taxes in Hong Kong are too low so the government is using to money from the housing make up for the low taxes.

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by starting to relocate the greenery by cutting the ones there down and planting more somewhere else that won't bother with the space issue, opening up more land to use and build up more housing, with more housing, the people can buy and live with more space.
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hollow out some parts on the mountain making a bunker like home in the mountain for people to live in

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cut down some mountains,sell the parts that could be sold like wood,soil,plants and many more.From this they could get both land and money from the mountains they are destroying

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more land is being used up inefficiently and as a result land demand rising causing the price of housing to increase

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the government should provide housing developers with financial support so that they would provide more affordable housing for the people

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the living space is very cramped and unhygienic

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The government can decrease the price of housing while using that money to build more formal housing. They can also provide financial support to those who were poor and cannot afford to get a house.

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Prices of homes need to decrease and build more affordable capsule beds for the people

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most of the land in hong kong is not made for building of houses

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provide more financial support to make developers willing to build for affordable housings, and better regulation of land prices to not cause a rise in informal housing.

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use land more wisely and lower the price of housing to make houses more affordable

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stop the bidding of residential land

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Land is not efficiently used, and to compensate for the low business taxes, the government sells land to developers at a exceptionally high cost, and therefore, the housing built by these developers are sold to citizens at a very high price.

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The government could lease the land to developers at a lower price so that more people can live in proper housing and they could reduce the prices on the housing after they lease the land at a lower price.

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decrease the prices of houses and build more housing for the citizens

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The government can control the prices of the housing units built by developers to make sure they remain affordable, and they can accomplish this by reducing the price of the land they sell to these developers and also providing financial support, so that developers can sell housing units for a more affordable price.

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The cage homes seem to be rather small and cramped to live in, there is extremely little space for storage and space. People who reside there barely have any area for movement.