China's cabinet proposes to provide more low-rent housing for urban poor
Wednesday, 15 August 2007
BEIJING, Aug 14 (CEIS): The State Council, China's cabinet, released a policy framework on solving housing difficulties for low-income urban families yesterday.
The policy framework urges cities to establish and improve the low-rent housing system as well as develop and regulate low- cost housing system to improve living conditions for low-income urban families.
The policy framework details that -- all low-income earners are to be covered by the low-rent housing system by the end of 2010; set up a reasonable standards to ensure applicants qualified for low-rent housing and low-cost housing; provide more subsidies for low-income families; offer more low-rent housing through construction, purchase, renovation and other means; ensure the financing on low-rent housing, such as constructing and maintenance; low-cost housing should be no more than 60 square meters per unit; forbid low-cost housing sales; strengthen management on houses, for internal sales, built by authorities and state-owned enterprises; speed up the reconstruction of old residential quarters; improve living conditions for migrant workers; provide more construction land for low-rent and low-cost housing; ensure quality for low-rent and low-cost housing; provincial government should take full responsibility for solving the housing difficulty for low-income urban families; refers to this policy framework if previous rules are different.
The policy framework urges cities to establish and improve the low-rent housing system as well as develop and regulate low- cost housing system to improve living conditions for low-income urban families.
The policy framework details that -- all low-income earners are to be covered by the low-rent housing system by the end of 2010; set up a reasonable standards to ensure applicants qualified for low-rent housing and low-cost housing; provide more subsidies for low-income families; offer more low-rent housing through construction, purchase, renovation and other means; ensure the financing on low-rent housing, such as constructing and maintenance; low-cost housing should be no more than 60 square meters per unit; forbid low-cost housing sales; strengthen management on houses, for internal sales, built by authorities and state-owned enterprises; speed up the reconstruction of old residential quarters; improve living conditions for migrant workers; provide more construction land for low-rent and low-cost housing; ensure quality for low-rent and low-cost housing; provincial government should take full responsibility for solving the housing difficulty for low-income urban families; refers to this policy framework if previous rules are different.