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| Document Type: | General |
| Primary Author: | Ya Ping Wang |
| Edited By: | Sayef Hussain |
| Published By: | Urban Studies, School of Social and Political Sciences |
HOUSING SYSTEM REFORM FROM 1981 IN CHINA
Policy Ideas – Privatisation –
- From welfare service to commodity –
- From public rental to private ownership –
- From state investment alone to shared costs by state, employers and more importantly individual households
MAIN REFORM MEASURES
- Sale of public sector housing to sitting tenants (privatization in work units)
- Special savings system: Housing Provident Fund
- Rent reform: rent increase in public sector
- Commercialization in maintenance and management
- Support for affordable housing – built cheaper housing for sale