Social housing as a multi-functional tool: understanding the social housing expansion in Nanjing, China

• Published in: BELGEO (Leuven) Vol. 4
• Main Author: Li, Danyang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Belgeo 2023; Société Royale Belge de Géographie and the Belgian National Committee of Geography
• Subjects: China; housing; housing policy; Nanjing; social housing; housing; China; logement; social housing; Chine; politique du logement; logement social; housing policy; Nanjing

While the retreat of state from social housing sector has been a mainstream trend worldwide in the past decades under neoliberalism, the Chinese government returned to its role of social housing provision since the year 2007. This triggers an interesting question about why the Chinese government pri...