Poverty-stricken villagers find new hope in new homes

Top: Huang Jiashi in front of his old home. Bottom: Huang Jiashi at his new home in Hongxing residential community, Chengmagang township, Macheng city, Central China’s Hubei province, May 25, 2017. Huang, 36, lived with his family of four in a dilapidated house. Construction started on their new home in October 2015. When rain flooded the kitchen in their old house in June last year, the family moved into the new home as construction was finished. The new home is 300-square-meters built out of bricks and concrete with three floors. [Photo by Wu Yan/chinadaily.com.cn]