According to SoCO data and the housing Authority of Hong Kong there is a total of around 

276,342 households

living in inadequate shelter in Hong Kong.

These numbers are made up from the following categories .....

Rooftop Houses and Huts

Around 30,000 households live in make shift ROOFTOP huts and houses.
In the older area of Kowloon, Shamshuipo people need to be near their work. 
Available public housing in the new territories is too far and too expensive to travel from.

Around 246,000 people live in rooftop huts, cubicles, bedspaces, and cocklofts in old private housing.

In old public housing estates live another 69,200 households.

25,384 families living in public housing are classified as "congested" by the Housing Authority

Tenancies shared with unrelated families in public flats account for another 2,058 households.

Squatters account for 59,400 households of approximately 227,100 people.

Temporary housing accounts 3,700 households or 10,962 people. (see previous page).

Street sleeps (1st page) 
approx 2,000.

A Total of 276,342 households are inadequately housed