戰後的香港，居民普遍生活艱苦，1953年聖誕夜的石硤尾六村大火，更讓石硤尾寮屋區的災民陷於苦難和困境中。2007年石硤尾舊徙置大廈全部清拆，剩下41座美荷樓作為活化古蹟。香港青年旅舍協會負責活化美荷樓的項目，在2012年美荷樓會變身成一座青年旅舍，當中還會建立一個生活館，展示石硤尾及深水埗區舊日居民的生活。
In post-war Hong Kong, residents generally lived a difficult life. The fire at Six Estates in Shek Kip Mei on Christmas Eve in 1953 put the victims of the Shek Kip Mei squatter area into misery and difficulties. In 2007, all the old resettlement buildings in Shek Kip Mei were demolished, leaving 41 Mei Ho Houses as revitalized heritage sites. The Hong Kong Youth Hostels Association is responsible for the revitalization project of Mei Ho House. Mei Ho House will be transformed into a youth hostel in 2012, and a living pavilion will be built to showcase the life of the old residents of Shek Kip Mei and Sham Shui Po districts.
