Nearly all homeless women with various mental health concerns who took part in a recent co-living programme in Hong Kong showed lower stress levels afterwards, according to the organising NGO. ImpactHK, which released the findings of the study on Monday, called on authorities to expand co-living facilities and resources, including implementing them in temporary housing….
About 65 per cent of Hong Kong residents in need have never used the government’s heat shelters due to their remote locations, and users hope the lack of privacy at the facilities can be improved, a survey by advocacy groups has found. Greenpeace Hong Kong and ImpactHK, an NGO for the homeless, on Tuesday also…
Hong Kong authorities have rejected a charity’s request to build a shelter for homeless residents on land in a middle-class neighbourhood, with the group questioning whether the refusal could stigmatise people who are living rough. In a reply to the Post on Tuesday, the District Lands Office of Kowloon West confirmed that it had declined…