Hong Kong’s top court backs equal inheritance and housing benefits for same-sex couples
Hong Kong’s top court has upheld earlier rulings that favoured subsidised housing benefits and equal inheritance rights for same-sex married couples, in a landmark victory for the city’s LGBTQ+ community.
The Court of Final Appeal’s dismissal of the government’s appeals ended some lengthy legal battles over the differential treatment facing same-sex couples married overseas under Hong Kong’s Housing Authority policies and two inheritance laws.
