Resettlement housing must be fit for purpose - namely living in

ACCORDING TO MEDIA REPORTS, newly built houses for some relocated residents in Mianchi county, Henan province, Sangzhi county, Hunan province, and other places have quality problems that may pose safety risks to the occupants. Li Sihui, a media commentator at Guangming Daily, says:

Resettlement housing is an important part of the country's targeted poverty alleviation efforts and also a major policy to improve people's livelihoods.

Regrettably, some local governments have not carried out the central government's good intentions and, by making the housing uninhabitable, have made some relocated people homeless. Worse, when higher-level officials came to inspect the quality of the apartments, local officials even forced entry into the problematic housing units to try to cover up the quality faults.