Hong Kong land for Hong Kong people : fixing the failures of our housing policy /

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Hong Kong is one of the world's most densely populated cities. Land supply, property values, and housing provision are inextricably linked with the city's economic growth and questions of economic equality. In 'Hong Kong Land for Hong Kong People', Yue Chim Richard Wong traces th...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wong, Yue Chim Richard (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hong Kong [China] : The Hong Kong University Press, 2015.
Temas:
Housing policy > China > Hong Kong.
Logement > Politique gouvernementale > Chine > Hongkong.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Economic Policy.
Housing policy
China > Hong Kong
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Section I: Hong Kong Housing Policies over the Years
  • 1. Time to Count the Social Cost of Uniting a People Divided
  • 2. Setting the Scene: An Overview of Long-Term Housing Strategies in Hong Kong
  • 3. Supply and Demand Factors in Housing
  • Section II: People, Public Housing, and Serfdom
  • 4. On the Nature of Public Sector Housing Policies in Hong Kong
  • 5. Comparing Public Sector Housing Policies in Hong Kong and Singapore
  • 6. Equal Yet Unequal: The Occupants of Private and Public Housing Units
  • 7. The Inequity of Small Housing Units8. Small Housing Units and High Property Prices
  • 9. On Public Housing Policy and Social Justice
  • 10. Economic and Social Consequences of Public Housing Policies
  • 11. Demand for Homeownership and the Housing Ladder
  • 12. How to Warm Up the HOS Secondary Market
  • 13. Divorce, Remarriage, and the Long-Term Housing Strategy
  • 14. Divorce, Inequality, Poverty, and the Vanishing Middle Class
  • Section III: The Wider Economic Influences on Housing Policies
  • 15. The Impact of Global Economic Forces on Housing in Hong Kong16. The Linked Rate, Domestic Stability, and Dual Integration
  • 17. Reasons for Keeping the Linked Rate
  • 18. Why Speculation Is Not a Bad Thing
  • 19. Speculators, Property Agents, and the Spreading of Risk in the Presale Housing Market
  • 20. How the Application List System Became the Winnerâ€?s Curse
  • Section IV: The Political Economy of Land Use
  • 21. Is There a High Land-Price Policy in Hong Kong?
  • 22. Limaâ€?s Other Path, Tsoi Yuen Village, and the Northeast New Territories
  • 23. Stranded between Singaporeâ€?s Way and Limaâ€?s Other Path24. Subsidized Housing and Stability: Lessons for China
  • 25. Diversity and Occasional Anarchy: Land, People, and Growth
  • 26. Population, Poverty, and the Triumph of the City
  • Section V: Creating a City of Homeowners
  • 27. Eighty Percent Homeownership (Part 1): A Cost-Free Solution
  • 28. Eighty Percent Homeownership (Part 2): Benefits and Challenges
  • 29. Conclusions and Reflections
  • Epilogue: Homeownership and the Youth Protest Movement

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