I Spent 6 Hours Documenting Inside Hong Kong Coffin Homes

In one of the world's wealthiest cities, 220,000 people — including 40,000 children — sleep every night in spaces smaller than a parking spot. They call them coffin homes. This documentary goes inside. Hong Kong has been ranked the world's least affordable housing market for 15 consecutive years. The city is home to 93 billionaires. And yet behind the glittering skyline of Victoria Harbour, an invisible population lives in wooden boxes — stacked on top of each other, packed 15 to a floor, sharing one toilet, surviving in 44-degree summer heat with no windows and no way out. This is the full, unfiltered story of Hong Kong's coffin homes in 2026. We cover everything — how these structures are built, who lives here and why, who profits from them, why the government has allowed this for decades, the catastrophic Wang Fuk Court fire that killed 168 people in November 2025, the new 2026 housing law that is making thousands homeless instead of helping them, and Beijing's 2049 deadline to eliminate these homes entirely. A story about extreme poverty. Extreme wealth. And a city that has forgotten the people who built it. 🕐 CHAPTERS: 00:00 — Introduction: The City Behind The Postcard 00:56 — Scene 1: Inside The Box — How Coffin Homes Are Structured 04:10 — Scene 2: Who Lives Here And Why 07:40 — Scene 3: The Landlords, The Government, And The Money 09:32 — Scene 4: The Fire That Killed 168 People 12:16 — Outro: The 2049 Deadline And The People Still Waiting, What Happens Next 📌 KEY FACTS FROM THIS DOCUMENTARY: - 220,000 people live in coffin homes in Hong Kong — including 40,000 children - Coffin home units can be as small as 15 square feet - Summer temperatures inside reach 44°C with no ventilation - Rent: HK$2,200–2,500/month for a space smaller than a parking spot - Public housing wait list: 250,000+ applications, average wait 5.5 years - The Wang Fuk Court fire (Nov 2025) — deadliest in 75 years - Hong Kong's wealth gap: richest 10% earn 81.9x more than poorest 10% -