Beijing to build more affordable houses
2008-11-23
Xinhua
The Beijing government said Saturday that it was scheduled to start construction of 8.5 million square meters housing project of low-rent and affordable apartments next year, a move to boost the housing consumption and benefit the low-incomers.
The Beijing Municipal Construction Committee said it would strictly carry out the overall land use program and ramp up efforts on the land reserve for low-rent and affordable apartments.
Meanwhile, it would tighten land supply to commercial residential projects where the infrastructure and service facilities are not mature enough, said the committee in a joint circular issued with other ten local governmental agencies.
It vowed to strengthen market supervision and service to better regulate the market order and protect home buyers' legitimate rights.
»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp said early this month to invest 900 billion yuan (131.8 billion U.S. dollars) for housing construction in the coming three years, which would benefit 7.47 million low-income households.
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