Affordable housing for newcomers to cities

Speaking at a news conference on Tuesday, Vice-Minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Development Ni Hong vowed to solve the housing problem faced by newcomers to big cities, young people in particular, something that is a global phenomenon in all big- and medium-sized cities.

Widely reported in media of my country, the majority of urban residents have to face severe city disease such as traffic jam and noise pollution in major cities of China, first-tier cities in particular, the trend that many developing countries are suffering from.

Since local governments usually focus on building commercial housing that fetch good prices, the higher authorities need to step in to encourage the local governments to build more affordable housing by, for example, making it a part of their performance evaluation.

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Since local governments usually focus on building commercial housing that fetch good prices, the higher authorities need to enact some related policies such as making building more affordable housing a part of local governments’ performance evaluation.