4 April, 2026 | 1:33 AM
Hong Kong to ban ‘tiny apartments’
27-09-2025 12:00:00 AM
Hong Kong: Hong Kong lawmakers passed a bill Friday mandating a minimum size, an exclusive bathroom and other standards in subdivided apartments - a common living arrangement in one of the world's least affordable cities.
About 220,000 people live in dwellings created by dividing regular apartments. Some of the spaces have a toilet bowl next to the cooking area, no bathroom sink or washroom shared among neighbours.
Beijing, which sees the city's housing problems as a driver of the 2019 anti-government protests, wants it to phase out subdivided apartments by 2049.
