Home ownership is key to Hong Kong rebuilding civic trust

This month’s Legislative Council election once again put Hong Kong’s political participation in the spotlight. Despite official calls for civic engagement and a modest improvement over the previous election, voter turnout remained historically low. Among younger voters in particular, a sense of distance from institutional politics was palpable. This was not simply a matter of apathy or protest abstention. Rather, it reflected a deeper unease about whether the city’s political institutions still...