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Blue print on low and medium price commercial housing construction of another round has been decided

07/07/2004

News report "Good Deeds Need to be Improved" was published on Xinmin Evening Post on March, 30th, which appealed planning and designing administration to think for the relocated residents with living difficulties and construct more low and medium price commercial housing with more reasonable structure that the residents can afford to buy, and rent. The other day, good news came from the Municipal Housing Land Resources Bureau that principle of "adding two items and reducing one" has been decided in blue print on low and medium price commercial housing construction of another round, so that more bargaining low and medium price commercial housing can be put into market within the year for the difficult relocated households.

It is reported that the newly constructed low and commercial housing is located respectively at Zhoupu Town and Kangqiao town at Nanhui District and at Jiangqiao Town at Jiading District, totaling 10 modeling residential districts. Construction schemes of the modeling residential districts are chosen from the new round of public bidding, which are appropriate for relocated residents, especially for the disadvantaged ones.

From the scheme which has successfully won the bid, proportion of house structure has been further adjusted in the new round modeling residential districts.

* Proportion of housing with an area of 50m2 (one bedroom and one living room) and that with an area of 70m2 (two bedrooms and one living room), while proportion of housing with an area of 90m2 (three bedrooms and one living room) has been reduced by 15%. At present, "practical housing" with an area of 50m2 and 70m2 make up 90% of the total amount

* Housing with an area of 50m2 (one bedroom and one living room) can be reasonably used as the old structure( two rooms without a living room) and can meet the practical needs of relocated families with living difficulties

* In the first half of this year, construction of these modeling residential districts will be launched and construction will be started in an all-rounded way within the year.

The Shanghai government 2006