Coffin home refers to bedspace apartments, small, compact apartments subdivided into a bed, often found in densely populated cities with high costs.
It originated in Hong Kong in the 1950s as a response to the rapid influx of Chinese Civil War refugees.
The city's growth and rising housing prices led to the rise of coffin homes, resulting in deteriorating living conditions.
They are small, poorly ventilated, and poorly furnished rooms with a single bed, table, and chair, lacking basic amenities like kitchens and bathrooms
Today, it's around 200,000 low-income residents, including the elderly, drug users & new immigrants, primarily in older urban districts of Hong Kong.
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