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title: "Do you know about coffin homes?"  
description: "A brief explanation about the coffin homes and why is it exist"  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-10-19  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2935/do-you-know-about-coffin-homes  
category: "education, international"  
tags: ["coffin homes", "facts", "general knowledge"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Do you know about coffin homes?

![Do you know about coffin homes](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/ccdf1290-6a89-4b3f-8bad-b49813888428/images/39668414-e9a6-4040-8a2e-bf56b8b351fe.jpeg) ![Do you know about coffin homes](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/ccdf1290-6a89-4b3f-8bad-b49813888428/images/08254d6b-6b8a-42b4-b6aa-d0fbdd692ddc.jpeg) Coffin home refers to bedspace apartments, small, compact apartments subdivided into a bed, often found in densely populated cities with high costs. ![Do you know about coffin homes](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/ccdf1290-6a89-4b3f-8bad-b49813888428/images/70e8b44d-42db-4172-8c98-76b9c9c5c64b.jpeg) It originated in Hong Kong in the 1950s as a response to the rapid influx of Chinese Civil War refugees. ![Do you know about coffin homes](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/ccdf1290-6a89-4b3f-8bad-b49813888428/images/630b1151-cbaa-48bf-a4b6-4dd9cbf9b82f.jpeg) The city's growth and rising housing prices led to the rise of coffin homes, resulting in deteriorating living conditions. ![Do you know about coffin homes](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/ccdf1290-6a89-4b3f-8bad-b49813888428/images/4eecb4fc-1e16-4f6b-8de2-d6cf7c48e410.jpeg) They are small, poorly ventilated, and poorly furnished rooms with a single bed, table, and chair, lacking basic amenities like kitchens and bathrooms ![Do you know about coffin homes](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/ccdf1290-6a89-4b3f-8bad-b49813888428/images/cc631c71-250a-4997-863b-ea0877861575.jpeg) 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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