Advisory Center for Affordable Settlements & Housing

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Publish Date 04/05/2016
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Published By Lishan Xiao, Tan Yigitcanlar
Edited By Suneela Farooqi
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China: Housing Reform and Social Sustainability of Home Ownership

Since 1978, China has undergone an institutional reform, from a welfare-oriented housing allocation system to a market-oriented one. But with high housing prices, affordability is a major obstacle to home ownership for Chinese citizens. Now, the government has started to change the goal of housing policy from present economic benefits to sustainable housing, so future generations will have a decent place to live. Housing is an important indicator for social stratification, and home ownership, which is an important component of social sustainability in the Chinese context, is influenced by multiple factors that vary across countries. Although China has a long tradition of home ownership, there is a lack of comprehensive research on post-reform housing inequality.

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