[203] Why are housing prices exceptionally high in Hong Kong? by QSS https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5 en-us 2022-05-14 04:17:30 UTC 2025-04-28 12:21:45 UTC hello@padlet.com Instructions qssteacher https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2183638359 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]]> 2022-05-14 04:38:57 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2183638359 qssteacher https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2183638606 2022-05-14 04:39:41 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2183638606 Instructions qssteacher https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2183641066 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.]]> 2022-05-14 04:46:22 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2183641066 qssteacher https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2183644283 2022-05-14 04:54:46 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2183644283 Joshua https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190451700 bad. They are dirty and not very big, and the air ventilation is also bad]]> 2022-05-19 01:53:39 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190451700 jayden https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190452671 bad living conditions,cramped

]]> 2022-05-19 01:54:19 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190452671 zicheng wang_zicheng_2 https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190453096 it is very overcrowded as a lot of people had to share a same space ]]> 2022-05-19 01:54:35 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190453096 Yi En ong_yi_en_3 https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190453637 The live in horribly small houses with many things all cramped around.]]> 2022-05-19 01:54:56 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190453637 Isaac M isaac_keane_maverick3 https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190454662 The houses are very cramped

]]> 2022-05-19 01:55:36 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190454662 Ryan https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190454832 because there is too much people and too little land to build houses.]]> 2022-05-19 01:55:43 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190454832 Ong Ming ong_ming https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190454974 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]]> 2022-05-19 01:55:48 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190454974 keegan https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190455048 poor conditions]]> 2022-05-19 01:55:51 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190455048 joshua https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190455735 because hong kong has very big areas and they are all in local places]]> 2022-05-19 01:56:16 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190455735 Garret garret_tan_shou_han https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190455837 crowded and poor living conditions]]> 2022-05-19 01:56:21 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190455837 Isaac M isaac_keane_maverick3 https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190456040 Bad land use planning ]]> 2022-05-19 01:56:27 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190456040 Ryan https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190456069 dirty and have very little space]]> 2022-05-19 01:56:29 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190456069 Ryan https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190456720 reduce the population]]> 2022-05-19 01:56:52 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190456720 Elizabeth elizabeth_lim_jia_hsin https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190457058 cramped , dirty, with little sunlight and ventilation]]> 2022-05-19 01:57:06 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190457058 zicheng wang_zicheng_2 https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190457256 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 ]]> 2022-05-19 01:57:15 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190457256 Kayden yap_kay_heng_kayden1 https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190457419 The houses are very small and very cramped]]> 2022-05-19 01:57:20 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190457419 Andre wong_jun_zhe_andre https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190457656 The living conditions of the people are poor, no sunlight gets into their cage homes, and is very cramped too.]]> 2022-05-19 01:57:30 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190457656 qian xuan ang_qian_xuan https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190457985 overcrowded, unsanitary, messy,cramped, little to no sunlight and ventilation]]> 2022-05-19 01:57:42 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190457985 Janine janine_teo_ya_ning https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190458055 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.

]]> 2022-05-19 01:57:46 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190458055 keegan https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190458909 little land]]> 2022-05-19 01:58:18 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190458909 Yi En ong_yi_en_3 https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190459139 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.]]> 2022-05-19 01:58:27 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190459139 JOshua https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190459277 decrease the population, or decrease the price of the areas thingys

]]> 2022-05-19 01:58:32 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190459277 Weiyi tan_weiyi https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190459296 unsanitary and cramped]]> 2022-05-19 01:58:32 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190459296 kayla teo_tze_yee_kayla2 https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190459329 small, cramped, dirty and possibly unhygienic]]> 2022-05-19 01:58:34 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190459329 qian xuan ang_qian_xuan https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190459639 land scarcity and the demand for houses is more than the supply]]> 2022-05-19 01:58:46 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190459639 Garret garret_tan_shou_han https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190461134 bad land management]]> 2022-05-19 01:59:34 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190461134 Yu-Qi tan_yuqi_1 https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190461136 A cramped living space, very unorganised]]> 2022-05-19 01:59:34 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190461136 Yi En ong_yi_en_3 https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190461327 Use land-use planning, decrease land prices and provide housing financial support.]]> 2022-05-19 01:59:40 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190461327 https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190462028 u prob need a few trillion to give everyone in the world a million]]> 2022-05-19 02:00:08 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190462028 Weiyi tan_weiyi https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190462155 bad land use planning - more demand then supply ]]> 2022-05-19 02:00:12 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190462155 Aimee pharamond_aimee_padnari https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190462485 Incredibly tiny and cramped, with space only for barely one person and a few belongings.]]> 2022-05-19 02:00:22 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190462485 kayla teo_tze_yee_kayla2 https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190462761 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]]> 2022-05-19 02:00:31 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190462761 zoey and rachel zoeysimyixuan https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190463295 cramp and dirty]]> 2022-05-19 02:00:52 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190463295 Elizabeth elizabeth_lim_jia_hsin https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190463521 Due to the poor land-use management]]> 2022-05-19 02:00:56 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190463521 Andre wong_jun_zhe_andre https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190463597 The bad land management, and the bidding process of developers getting land to build houses on in auction process.]]> 2022-05-19 02:00:58 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190463597 zoey n rachel zoeysimyixuan https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190464573 bad land use]]> 2022-05-19 02:01:38 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190464573 kayla teo_tze_yee_kayla2 https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190465240 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.]]> 2022-05-19 02:02:04 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190465240 Yu-Qi tan_yuqi_1 https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190465418 The lack of land space. Land use planning is not used well as there are still 75% of land left ]]> 2022-05-19 02:02:11 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190465418 Isaac M isaac_keane_maverick3 https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190465506 better land use planning]]> 2022-05-19 02:02:15 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190465506 Aimee pharamond_aimee_padnari https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190465699 The land-use is poorly planned, leading to scarcity of land to build housing on, making housing extremely pricey.]]> 2022-05-19 02:02:23 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190465699 zoey n rachel zoeysimyixuan https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190466016 decrease housing prices]]> 2022-05-19 02:02:37 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190466016 shanna cheng_xin_en_shanna https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190466427 very cramped and dirty]]> 2022-05-19 02:02:54 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190466427 Annabelle annabelle_cheong_shu_yi https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190466506 bad ventilation, cramped]]> 2022-05-19 02:02:57 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190466506 zicheng wang_zicheng_2 https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190466580 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]]> 2022-05-19 02:03:00 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190466580 clarice clarice_koh_en_qi3 https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190466912 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. ]]> 2022-05-19 02:03:14 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190466912 cyndi lim_cyndi https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190467065 it was very cramped and the living conditions were very poor]]> 2022-05-19 02:03:20 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190467065 shanna cheng_xin_en_shanna https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190467156 theres very little land]]> 2022-05-19 02:03:24 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190467156 Kayden yap_kay_heng_kayden1 https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190467835 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]]> 2022-05-19 02:03:51 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190467835 Annabelle annabelle_cheong_shu_yi https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190467941 land prices are very high and since the government cannot rely on taxes, they rely on land prices]]> 2022-05-19 02:03:55 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190467941 hy lim_hong_yi_7 https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190467987 bad, really cramped, not enough space, unhygienic]]> 2022-05-19 02:03:57 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190467987 cyndi lim_cyndi https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190468388 there is bad land use planning ]]> 2022-05-19 02:04:14 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190468388 ong zi ong_zi https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190468528 It is very cramped and dirty]]> 2022-05-19 02:04:20 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190468528 Garret garret_tan_shou_han https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190468534 reduce the land price and better land use planning]]> 2022-05-19 02:04:20 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190468534 Jia Xuan koh_jia_xuan_5 https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190468804 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]]> 2022-05-19 02:04:31 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190468804 shanna cheng_xin_en_shanna https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190468815 decrease population or decrease the prices of everything]]> 2022-05-19 02:04:32 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190468815 xin yang li_xinyang_5_1 https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190468982 The space that they are living in are very cramped and dirty.]]> 2022-05-19 02:04:37 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190468982 hy lim_hong_yi_7 https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190469036 land management is really bad and some of the lands are way too hard to build houses]]> 2022-05-19 02:04:39 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190469036 clarice clarice_koh_en_qi3 https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190469142 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]]> 2022-05-19 02:04:43 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190469142 Yu-Qi tan_yuqi_1 https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190469226 Better land management ]]> 2022-05-19 02:04:46 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190469226 cyndi lim_cyndi https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190469268 decrease the prices for the housings]]> 2022-05-19 02:04:47 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190469268 qian xuan ang_qian_xuan https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190469436 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]]> 2022-05-19 02:04:53 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190469436 Lithium chan_chee_foon_lithium https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190469788 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.]]> 2022-05-19 02:05:07 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190469788 Isaac Lam https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190469859 They are very cramped, dark, unhygenic]]> 2022-05-19 02:05:10 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190469859 clarice clarice_koh_en_qi3 https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190469972 Land use planning, financial support]]> 2022-05-19 02:05:14 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190469972 Aimee pharamond_aimee_padnari https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190470269 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]]> 2022-05-19 02:05:26 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190470269 ong zi ong_zi https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190470503 Bad land use planning and the land prices are very high ]]> 2022-05-19 02:05:35 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190470503 Annabelle annabelle_cheong_shu_yi https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190470543 better land use planning]]> 2022-05-19 02:05:37 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190470543 Jia Xuan koh_jia_xuan_5 https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190470561 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]]> 2022-05-19 02:05:37 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190470561 Andre wong_jun_zhe_andre https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190471718 The government can practice zoning the land areas, such that there would be more spaces for developers to build houses for the people. ]]> 2022-05-19 02:06:20 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190471718 xin yang li_xinyang_5_1 https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190471957 The housing prices are exceptionally high in the city of Hong Kong due to bad land management.]]> 2022-05-19 02:06:28 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190471957 Rayern rayern_yee_yik_yeung https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190472122 cramped,dirty,unhygenic]]> 2022-05-19 02:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190472122 ong zi ong_zi https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190472219 Hong Kong should open up to more economic activities so they would not need to rely on their housing market for more money.]]> 2022-05-19 02:06:39 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190472219 Janine janine_teo_ya_ning https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190472409 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.]]> 2022-05-19 02:06:46 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190472409 Jia cheng https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190473064 packed,cramp,dirty and messy]]> 2022-05-19 02:07:10 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190473064 michelle & harini https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190473076 the houses are too cramped]]> 2022-05-19 02:07:11 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190473076 Kayden yap_kay_heng_kayden1 https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190473173 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]]> 2022-05-19 02:07:15 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190473173 Weiyi tan_weiyi https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190473202 plan out sites that could be used to build more houses]]> 2022-05-19 02:07:16 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190473202 Jia Xuan koh_jia_xuan_5 https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190473642 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]]> 2022-05-19 02:07:32 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190473642 Ashton Ong :D ong_jun_heng_ashton https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190473794 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.]]> 2022-05-19 02:07:38 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190473794 hy lim_hong_yi_7 https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190474973 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 ]]> 2022-05-19 02:08:22 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190474973 Lithium chan_chee_foon_lithium https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190475091 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.]]> 2022-05-19 02:08:26 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190475091 Ong Ming ong_ming https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190475217 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.]]> 2022-05-19 02:08:31 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190475217 Jia cheng https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190475694 The planning of land use is bad and the amount of land they have less amount of land ]]> 2022-05-19 02:08:50 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190475694 xin yang li_xinyang_5_1 https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190476068 They could practise land use planning.]]> 2022-05-19 02:09:05 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190476068 Ashton Ong :D ong_jun_heng_ashton https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190476312 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.]]> 2022-05-19 02:09:15 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190476312 Rayern rayern_yee_yik_yeung https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190477271 bad land-use planning and high housing prices]]> 2022-05-19 02:09:51 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190477271 Rayern rayern_yee_yik_yeung https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190478489 increase the taxes for citizens and decrease the cost of housing]]> 2022-05-19 02:10:40 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190478489 jia cheng https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190478845 The government can start by introducing affordable houseing to the homeless residents to ensure they they have houses to live in]]> 2022-05-19 02:10:50 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190478845 Isaac Lam https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190479144 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.]]> 2022-05-19 02:11:02 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190479144 clarice (toronto) clarice_koh_en_qi3 https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190479218 a) housing shortage
b) housing is unaffordable in dallas, land prices are high
c) decrease land prices]]> 2022-05-19 02:11:04 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190479218 michelle & harini https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190479998 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]]> 2022-05-19 02:11:35 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190479998 Ashton Ong :D ong_jun_heng_ashton https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190480278 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. ]]> 2022-05-19 02:11:46 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190480278 Elizabeth elizabeth_lim_jia_hsin https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190481575 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]]> 2022-05-19 02:12:37 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190481575 Janine janine_teo_ya_ning https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190482815 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. ]]> 2022-05-19 02:13:24 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190482815 Isaac Lam https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190482939 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.]]> 2022-05-19 02:13:29 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190482939 shanna cheng_xin_en_shanna https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190485847 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.]]> 2022-05-19 02:15:12 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190485847 Lithium chan_chee_foon_lithium https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190487099 Increase the taxes for the citizens so that the government is able to get enough money to function.  Even if increased taxes will be more expensive taxes, overall living costs will be cheaper for residents of Hong Kong because the increased tax will cause housing to be cheaper. 
Or, use the unused land to build more housing. It's not like a lot of that land will actually be sold for insane prices to developers anyway (only 3.7% of all land is used), so the government should just make use of that land to improve life for their citizens. They can try to build housing that is cheaper to make, yet is still stable and good quality enough to house residents. The government of Hong Kong should look for the best, most efficient ways to help their citizens.]]> 2022-05-19 02:16:03 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190487099 Brazil(Ashton Ong :D) ong_jun_heng_ashton https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190552624 the land for informal and formal housing is divided as if there is a line there. the cause of this is due to the high prices for housing.
the government could decrease the price for the housing.]]> 2022-05-19 03:01:16 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190552624 Ong Ming ong_ming https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190629806 The government should start developing more land use plans and also control the prizes. The government should also listen to the citizen's voice and think for them.]]> 2022-05-19 04:04:47 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190629806 Elizabeth elizabeth_lim_jia_hsin https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190631633 stockholm
-shortage of housing
-waiting time for flats are very long (av. to about 9 years)
-big scarcity of available rentals
-houses are high in demand]]> 2022-05-19 04:06:46 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190631633 Lithium chan_chee_foon_lithium https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190637733 Mumbai, India.
a) 62% of the citizens of Mumbai live in slums. Many people cannot afford to live in formal housing. Population is also increasing a lot.
b) Price of housing in Mumbai is incredibly high and the price is still increasing even though no one is buying the houses.
c) real estate developers need to bring down the price of housing . otherwise , many residents of Mumbai will be living in informal housing for many years to come. ]]> 2022-05-19 04:13:08 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190637733 Janine ( Los Angeles, California ) janine_teo_ya_ning https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190639640 a) The problem is that Los Angeles have a large population but limited amount of housing. This results in housing shortage and many people end up being homeless. At the same time, the housings are also very expensive and many cannot afford the houses. 
b) The shortage of houses; resulted from of strong economic growth creating hundreds of thousands of new jobs (which increases demand for housing) and the insufficient construction of new housing units to provide enough supply to meet the demand per year. 
c) They could set up more temporary homes while the homes are being built so that not many people will be homeless. For people that are unable to earn enough money, the government should control the price of the housing and land price.
]]> 2022-05-19 04:15:00 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190639640 weiyi tan_weiyi https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190641409 Shanghai, China 
a) overcrowding
b) 216,000 households had an average per capita living space under 4 square meters, over 15,200 of those households had less than 2 square meters
c) land use planning
]]> 2022-05-19 04:16:42 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190641409 Mumbai, India (Yu-Qi) tan_yuqi_1 https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190641853 a) 62% of residents in the city of Mumbai, India, are said to live in a slum.

b)The shortage of affordable housing and a steady increase in real estate prices in the city has made formal housing unaffordable for most of these migrants.
 
c) Build Slum Rehabilitation Homes Within the City

Land in Mumbai is not cheap and so slum-rehabilitation homes are often built on the outskirts of the city where prices are more affordable. But most slum-dwellers either work or have their own businesses within the city and do not want to travel 40 to 50 kilometres every day to get to work. The government will have to work out a way to build homes within city limits in order to encourage more slum-dwellers to opt for slum rehabilitation schemes.]]> 2022-05-19 04:17:10 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190641853 The Philippines ( Andre ) wong_jun_zhe_andre https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190650899 (a).  The Philippines is one of the countries that are facing a housing shortage problem.
(b).  Some of the main reasons that cause the housing shortage are the increasing population growth in the country and rural-to-urban migration. The country cannot keep up with the pace of the increasing growing population, and provide enough housing for the people to stay in, and many people often live in slums as a way of living.
(c). A solution to the housing shortage crisis is to arrange temporary houses in the city for the people living in the slums to stay in, while the government tries their best to upgrade the current living conditions of the slums. In this way, the slum dwellers can have much better conditions to live in. ]]> 2022-05-19 04:25:40 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190650899 Yi En ong_yi_en_3 https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190654717 Dallas (and pheonix also)topped the list with the biggest housing shortages. Cities in Southern states tended to have the largest housing shortages, according to the study. Meanwhile, the markets with the largest housing surpluses are New York, Miami, Chicago, and Los Angeles.]]> 2022-05-19 04:29:23 UTC https://padlet.com/qssteacher/wnk20fx44t2swwu5/wish/2190654717