{"id":66152,"date":"2017-09-12T08:23:56","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T01:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kongs-housing-conundrum-affordable-to-whom\/"},"modified":"2017-09-12T08:29:11","modified_gmt":"2017-09-12T01:29:11","slug":"hong-kongs-housing-conundrum-affordable-to-whom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kongs-housing-conundrum-affordable-to-whom\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong\u2019s housing conundrum \u2013 affordable to whom?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nWe know that Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Yuet-ngor has housing as one of her key priorities and we have been told she is embarking on major dialogue with the community on different ways that could be considered to break the housing supply log jam.
\nWe also assume that part of the discussion will inevitably focus on the issue of affordability and hopefully it will include debate on the definition of \u201caffordable\u201d, who are the targets and what policies and initiatives \u2013…
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
\nRead more…Hong Kong\u2019s housing conundrum \u2013 affordable to whom?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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