[I will not go into the history of housing reform in mainland China. Officially, 1980 is usually used as the starting point for housing reform. 】
Photo by Yu Chengjian, 1978
In order to gradually solve the problem of mass housing, Wuhan is building 200,000 square meters of residential buildings.
1979 Photo by Yang Baokun
In 1978, Tianjin built a total of 1 million square meters of new housing for residents, setting a record after liberation.
1978 Photo by Li Yanming
Due to the rapid growth of industrial construction and urban population, Beijing has a serious shortage of residential buildings and municipal public facilities. The municipal people's government has put residential construction and municipal engineering in the first place in infrastructure construction, so that the tension of housing problems has begun to ease.
Photo by Cheng Xi in 1979
Fuzhou encourages the masses to build their own houses, and more than 400 houses have been completed. There are generally two types of houses built by the people in Fuzhou City, one is the "public private assistance" whose property rights belong to the housing management department, and the other is the "private office assistance" whose property rights are owned by private individuals.
1979 Photo by Xiong Ruqing
Sichuan Leshan Paper Mill used the company's profit retention and infrastructure allocation to build a new staff dormitory of 6,500 square meters, including 4,500 square meters of family dormitory, which solved the housing difficulties of some employees.
1980 Photo by Liu Zhiwei
Shijiazhuang City has set up a housing exchange, with reference to the unified price standards of the Municipal Housing Management Bureau for the purchase of houses, organized face-to-face negotiations between buyers and sellers, discussed prices according to quality, and handled the transfer procedures by the exchange after the transaction, thus alleviating to a certain extent the situation that public housing cannot meet the needs of the masses.
Photo by Cheng Xi in 1980
The housing management department of Fuzhou City sells newly built residential buildings to units and individuals, and the first batch of residential buildings planned to be sold will be sold at a price of 100 yuan to 150 yuan per square meter. If an individual buys a dwelling house, if he or she pays in advance, he will be given preferential treatment, and the first installment payment shall not be less than 50% of the total price, and the rest shall be paid off within 5 years, and the property rights shall belong to the individual.
Photo by Jiang Keyun in 1980
The Laohutai Coal Mine of the Fushun Mining Bureau mobilized workers to invest in building dormitories, and all households that contributed 2,500 yuan to 4,500 yuan could be given priority to get housing, and the property rights belonged to the coal mine, and the personal investment was returned in three years, resulting in 325 households with an investment of 1 million yuan.
1980 Photo by Ai Haiti
In order to continuously improve the living conditions of the people, the city of Urumqi has plans to build new buildings with running water and heating equipment.
A newly built residential building in Wuhan Photo by Li Yifang
In the first half of 1980, the area of residential buildings completed in China's urban and industrial and mining areas was 11.1 million square meters, an increase of 76 percent over the same period of the previous year.
Photo by Jiang Keyun in 1980
While developing production, Shenyang City has actively improved the living conditions of its workers. In 1979, the city's staff housing was completed with an area of more than 820,000 square meters, the largest since the founding of the People's Republic of China, and about 18,000 households moved into new homes.
Photo by Song Lianfeng in 1980
In 1979, more than 2.8 million square meters of residential buildings were built in Beijing, an increase of 64 percent over 1978, and it was the largest number of residential buildings built in the city after liberation.