Welfare home cheats

THAT A CHECK ON WELFARE HOUSING IN BEI-jing has disqualified 5,300 families in a year points not just to the achievement of the local government in cracking down on cheats, but also the prevalence of fraud in applications for such government-subsidized homes.

The fact that 300 families already had the keys to such homes explains why many fraudulent applicants apply for a welfare house by providing untrue personal information. Of the 240,000 families that applied for welfare homes, about 10 percent were found to be ineligible when sub-district committees or township governments checked their applications.

These unqualified applicants are trying to grab a share of the welfare that some rely on to improve their living conditions. Such behavior poses a challenge to the fair and just distribution of welfare homes.