Hong Kong's LGBTQ community has won a major victory* as the city's top court affirmed the *housing and inheritance rights of same-sex couples,* ruling against the government.
The decision comes after a *landmark 2023 ruling by the same court shut the door on legalising same-sex marriage,* but gave the government two years to set up an "alternative legal framework" to safeguard rights for such couples.
Tuesday *marked the end of a six-year legal battle* after resident Nick Infinger *took the government to court when he and his partner were excluded* from public rental housing on the grounds they were not an _"ordinary family"_ .
The *case was later heard together with that of Henry Li and his late husband, Edgar Ng,* who challenged government policies on subsidised housing and inheritance rules that barred same-sex couples.
Hong Kong's LGBTQ community has won a major victory* as the city's top court affirmed the *housing and inheritance rights of same-sex couples,* ruling against the government.
🇭🇰 🏢 The decision comes after a *landmark 2023 ruling by the same court shut the door on legalising same-sex marriage,* but gave the government two years to set up an "alternative legal framework" to safeguard rights for such couples.
Tuesday *marked the end of a six-year legal battle* after resident Nick Infinger *took the government to court when he and his partner were excluded* from public rental housing on the grounds they were not an _"ordinary family"_ .
The *case was later heard together with that of Henry Li and his late husband, Edgar Ng,* who challenged government policies on subsidised housing and inheritance rules that barred same-sex couples.
