A proper house for everyone is the goal
By Wang Ying | China Daily | Updated: 2008-11-14 07:48
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This is what the old city center in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, looks like. About 7.47 million low-income families living in such tenements in China are expected to get bigger and better houses in the next three years, for which the government will spend 900 billion yuan on the national welfare housing program. Zhang Heping |
Ye Jinxiang couldn't hide her joy while talking about a phone call she received from Luwan District Housing Security Center on Oct 28. The 52-year-old retiree was told that her application for government low-rent housing aid had been approved, and she would get a monthly subsidy of at least 620 yuan ($90) from November.
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