Ντοκουμέντο: Μέσα στα σπίτια ‘φέρετρα’ του Χονγκ Κονγκ

Ντοκουμέντο: Μέσα στα σπίτια ‘φέρετρα’ του Χονγκ Κονγκ
In this Thursday, March 28, 2017 photo, residents who only gave their surname Yeung, left and Lui, take rest in their "coffin homes" in Hong Kong. In wealthy Hong Kong, there's a dark side to a housing boom, with hundreds of thousands of people forced to live in partitioned shoebox apartments, "coffin homes" and other "inadequate housing.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung) AP

Σε σπίτια-φέρετρα είναι αναγκασμένοι να ζουν όλο και περισσότεροι κάτοικοι του Χονγκ Κονγκ που βλέπουν τις τιμές των ακινήτων να έχουν χτυπήσει "κόκκινο" (Pics)

Ζωή σε σπίτια 2 μέχρι 20 το πολύ τετραγωνικών μέτρων με τους ουρανοξύστες στο βάθος. Η διαβίωση στο Χονγκ Κονγκ γίνεται όλο και χειρότερη για χιλιάδες κατοίκους του που αναγκάζονται να μένουν στα αποκαλούμενα “σπίτια φέρετρα”.

Τα Ηνωμένα Έθνη έχουν χαρακτηρίσει αυτά τα σπίτια “προσβολή στην ανθρώπινη αξιοπρέπεια” και σημειώνουν πως το φαινόμενο οξύνεται καθώς τα ενοίκια έχουν εκτιναχθεί στα ύψη, την ώρα που δεν ισχύει κάτι ανάλογο για τους μηνιαίους μισθούς των εργατών. Για την ακρίβεια, οι τιμές των ακινήτων έχουν αυξηθεί κατά 50% από το 2012 στο Χονγκ Κονγκ, κάνοντας ακόμη και την σκέψη αγοράς δυσβάσταχτη.

Τα ενοίκια για “γκαρσονιέρες” 20 τετραγωνικών φτάνουν στο 580 δολάρια, την ώρα που μαι εργαζόμενη σε ζαχαροπλαστείο κερδίζει μετά βίας 1.000 δολάρια το μήνα, όπως αναφέρει κάτοικος της πόλης στη Dailymail. Το ποσό μπορεί να φαντάζει μεγάλο για τα δικά μας δεδομένα, όμως βάσει του εκεί κόστους ζωής, είναι μάλλον μικρό.

Άλλος κάτοικος που μιλάει στη βρετανική εφημερίδα ζει σε δωμάτιο 2 τετραγωνικών μέτρων (!!) και πληρώνει για αυτό 300 δολάρια, μιας και όπως λέει, ζει σε περιοχή που θεωρείται “καλή”. Σε πολλές πολυκατοικίες, υπάρχουν κοινόχρηστες τουαλέτες και κουζίνες.

Αυτή τη στιγμή, ο μέσος μηνιαίος μισθός είναι γύρω στα 15.000 δολάρια Χονγκ Κονγκ (περίπου 1.950 δολάρια ΗΠΑ), ενώ το μέσο μηνιαίο εισόδημα των νοικοκυριών το 2014 ήταν 23.500 δολάρια Χονγκ Κονγκ (περίπου 3.000 δολάρια ΗΠΑ). Το μέσο μηνιαίο ενοίκιο για ένα πολυτελές διαμέρισμα δύο υπνοδωματίων αυξήθηκε περίπου 1.300 δολάρια από 5.800 δολάρια το 2011, σε σχεδόν 7.100 μέσα σε πέντε χρόνια. Το μέσο ενοίκιο φτάνει στα 1.930 δολάρια Αμερικής.

Η κυβέρνηση προγραμματίζει να χτίσει 460.000 διαμερίσματα την επόμενη δεκαετία, αλλά οι κοινωνικοί λειτουργοί υπογραμμίζουν πως χρειάζονται άμεσες λύσεις για την αντιμετώπιση της κατάστασης στην πόλη των 7 εκατομμυρίων κατοίκων. Σύμφωνα με την κυβέρνηση οι κάτοικοι που ζουν σε παρόμοιες συνθήκες ανέρχονται στους 200.000, ωστόσο τα Ηνωμένα Έθνη κάνουν λόγο για αριθμούς που δεν μπορούν να υπολογιστούν επακριβώς.

Οι παρακάτω φωτογραφίες εκθέτουν τη σκληρή πραγματικότητα της πόλης με τα υψηλότερα επίπεδα ανισότητας στον ανεπτυγμένο κόσμο.

Για την ιστορία, το Χονγκ Κονγκ είναι η 4η πιο πυκνοκατοικημένη περιοχή του πλανήτη με 6.655 ανά τετραγωνικό χιλιόμετρο. Η Ελλάδα είναι 126η με πυκνότητα 82,3 κατοίκους ανά τετραγωνικό χιλιόμετρο.

Δείτε παρακάτω το συγκλονιστικό φωτορεπορτάζ του Associated Press:

In this Friday, March 17, 2017 photo, Li Suet-wen and her son, 6, and daughter, 8, live in a 120-square foot room crammed with a bunk bed, small couch, fridge, washing machine and small table in an aging walkup in Hong Kong as she pays HK$4,500 ($580) a month in rent and utilities. That's nearly half the HK$10,000 ($1,290) she earns at a bakery decorating cakes. They're among an estimated 200,000 people in the former British colony living in "subdivided units." That's 18 percent more than four years ago and includes 35,500 children 15 and under, government figures show. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) AP

 
In this Thursday, May 4, 2017 photo, Hong Kong residents, who only gave their surname, Lam, top left, Wan, top right, and Kitty Au, pose at their "coffin homes" in Hong Kong. In wealthy Hong Kong, there's a dark side to a housing boom, with hundreds of thousands of people forced to live in partitioned shoebox apartments, "coffin homes" and other "inadequate housing.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung) AP

 
In this Thursday, March 28, 2017 photo, a resident who only gave his surname Yeung, takes rest in his "coffin home" in Hong Kong. In wealthy Hong Kong, there's a dark side to a housing boom, with hundreds of thousands of people forced to live in partitioned shoebox apartments, "coffin homes" and other "inadequate housing.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung) AP

 
In this Thursday, March 28, 2017 photo, a set of grimy toilets and single sink shared by the coffin home's two dozen inhabitants, including a few single women, is located at a flat in Hong Kong. In wealthy Hong Kong, there's a dark side to a housing boom, with hundreds of thousands of people forced to live in partitioned shoebox apartments, "coffin homes" and other "inadequate housing.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung) AP

 
In this Friday, March 17, 2017 photo, Li Suet-wen and her son, 6, and daughter, 8, live in a 120-square foot room crammed with a bunk bed, small couch, fridge, washing machine and small table in an aging walkup in Hong Kong as she pays HK$4,500 ($580) a month in rent and utilities. That's nearly half the HK$10,000 ($1,290) she earns at a bakery decorating cakes. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) AP

 
In this Thursday, March 28, 2017 photo, a resident who only gave his surname Lui, has dinner in his "coffin home" in Hong Kong. In wealthy Hong Kong, there's a dark side to a housing boom, with hundreds of thousands of people forced to live in partitioned shoebox apartments, "coffin homes" and other "inadequate housing.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung) AP

 
In this Thursday, May 4, 2017 photo, Simon Wong, an unemployed man, watches TV in his "coffin home" in Hong Kong. In wealthy Hong Kong, there's a dark side to a housing boom, with hundreds of thousands of people forced to live in partitioned shoebox apartments, "coffin homes" and other "inadequate housing.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung) AP

In this Thursday, March 28, 2017 photo, residents who only gave their surname Yeung, left and Lui, take rest in their "coffin homes" in Hong Kong. In wealthy Hong Kong, there's a dark side to a housing boom, with hundreds of thousands of people forced to live in partitioned shoebox apartments, "coffin homes" and other "inadequate housing.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung) AP

 
In this Thursday, March 28, 2017 photo, Wong Tat-ming, 63, sits in his "coffin home" where is crammed with all his meager possessions, including a sleeping bag, small color TV and electric fan. He and another elderly resident complain to a visiting social worker about bedbugs and cockroaches. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) AP

In this Thursday, March 28, 2017 photo, Tse Chu, a retired waiter, sleeps in his "coffin home" in Hong Kong. In wealthy Hong Kong, there's a dark side to a housing boom, with hundreds of thousands of people forced to live in partitioned shoebox apartments, "coffin homes" and other "inadequate housing.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung) AP

In this Thursday, May 4, 2017 photo, Kitty Au plays with her hamster in her "coffin home" in Hong Kong. In wealthy Hong Kong, there's a dark side to a housing boom, with hundreds of thousands of people forced to live in partitioned shoebox apartments, "coffin homes" and other "inadequate housing.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung) AP

In this Thursday, March 28, 2017 photo, Wong Tat-ming, 63, sits in his "coffin home" which is next to a set of grimy toilets in Hong Kong as he pays HK$2,400 ($310) a month for a compartment measuring three feet by six feet. It's crammed with all his meager possessions, including a sleeping bag, small color TV and electric fan. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) AP

 
In this Thursday, March 28, 2017 photo, Cheung Chi-fong, 80, sleeps in his tiny "coffin home" where he cannot stretch out his legs in Hong Kong. In wealthy Hong Kong, there's a dark side to a housing boom, with hundreds of thousands of people forced to live in partitioned shoebox apartments, "coffin homes" and other "inadequate housing.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung) AP

In this Thursday, April 20, 2017 photo, a five year-old boy plays outside his tiny home which is made of concrete and corrugated metal on the terrace of a apartment block as he lives with his parents in an illegal rooftop hut where is located next to a public housing estate at the background in Hong Kong. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) AP

In this Thursday, May 4, 2017 photo, a resident who only gave his surname Sin, 55, tidies up the bed in his "coffin home" in Hong Kong. In wealthy Hong Kong, there's a dark side to a housing boom, with hundreds of thousands of people forced to live in partitioned shoebox apartments, "coffin homes" and other "inadequate housing.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung) AP

 
In this Saturday, May 6, 2017 photo, a resident walks outside his illegal rooftop hut where is located next to a public housing estate, at the background, in Hong Kong. In wealthy Hong Kong, there's a dark side to a housing boom, with hundreds of thousands of people forced to live in partitioned shoebox apartments, "coffin homes" and other "inadequate housing.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung) AP

In this Tuesday, April 25, 2017 photo, a man walks in front of a residential and commercial building, center, where the "coffin home" are located in Hong Kong. In wealthy Hong Kong, there's a dark side to a housing boom, with hundreds of thousands of people forced to live in partitioned shoebox apartments, "coffin homes" and other "inadequate housing.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung) AP

 
In this Saturday, May 6, 2017 photo, an illegal rooftop hut is seen in Hong Kong. Theres a dark side to the property boom in wealthy Hong Kong, where hundreds of thousands of people priced out of the market must live in partitioned apartments, coffin homes and other inadequate housing. As a new leader for the territory prepares to take office, housing unaffordability remains one of the Asian financial centers biggest social problems.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung) AP

 
In this Tuesday, April 25, 2017 photo, a bus drives past a residential and commercial building where the "coffin homes" are located in Hong Kong. Theres a dark side to the property boom in wealthy Hong Kong, where hundreds of thousands of people priced out of the market must live in partitioned apartments, coffin homes and other inadequate housing. As a new leader for the territory prepares to take office, housing unaffordability remains one of the Asian financial centers biggest social problems.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung) AP

 
This May 6, 2017 photo shows a general view of residential and commercial buildings in Yau Tsim Mong District where is a popular location for the "subdivided units" in Hong Kong. Theres a dark side to the property boom in wealthy Hong Kong, where hundreds of thousands of people priced out of the market must live in partitioned apartments, coffin homes and other inadequate housing. As a new leader for the territory prepares to take office, housing unaffordability remains one of the Asian financial centers biggest social problems. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) AP

 

Φωτογραφίες: Associated Press/Kin Cheung

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