Housing Inequality in Chinese Cities by Youqin Huang Si-ming Li

Author:Youqin Huang, Si-ming Li [Youqin Huang, Si-ming Li]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780415834285
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Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2014-02-26T00:00:00+00:00

Figure 7.2 Number of verified applicants for Cheap Rental Housing in Beijing.

An empirical analysis

The following empirical study utilizes mainly the CRH Application Verification Information System dataset, which is complied by Beijing Housing Indemnity Office (BHIO). It includes the profiles of applicants for CRH who have passed the verification system – verified applicants. Qualitative data such as reports by BHIO, and interviews of BHIO staff and CRH applicants are also used.

The number of verified CRH applicants was very small in the first a few years of the twenty-first century (only 156 in 2001 and 821 in 2005) (Figure 7.2). But it has been increasing rapidly especially since 2007 when the government refo-cused on low-income housing, and established the ambitious goal of “ying bao jin bao” (BMG, 2007b, c). The number of verified applicants reached 6,893 in 2008 and 7,336 in 2009. By March of 2010, the cumulative number of verified applicants for CRH in Beijing reached 22,788 households.

Verified applicants for CRH come mostly from the urban core, with about 49 per cent from the old urban districts, 38 per cent from the new urban districts, and only 13 per cent from the far suburbs (Table 7.2).5 The main reason for the urban concentration of CRH applicants is that urban households with per capita living space less than 10 m2 and the lowest-income urban households mostly live in the inner city due to the prevalence of old dilapidated bungalows in the inner city. Most of CRH applicants are in their 40s and over 50, and the most common household structure is three-person households due to the one-child policy. Not surprisingly, “di bao” households account for more than 60 per cent of CRH applicants. It is clear that households with low income and assets are given priority to pass the verification. More than 60 per cent of verified applicants have annual household income less than 5,000 yuan, and 98 per cent have less than 20,000 yuan, while 82 per cent of applicants have no assets at all.

Table 7.2 Characteristics of verified applicants for Cheap Rental Housing N % %

Total 22788 100 Age

Old urban districts 11146 48.9 < = 30 5.8

Xicheng 6063 26.6 31–40 15.9

Dongcheng 5083 22.3 41–50 48.8

New urban districts 8707 38.2 51–60 21.2

Chaoyang 2787 12.2 61 + 8.3

Fengtai 2266 9.9

Shijingshan 2247 9.9 Household type

Haidian 1407 6.2 Missing 0.1

Far suburbs 2935 13.0 Di bao households 62.8

Fangshan 320 1.4 Low-income households 35.1

Tongzhou 743 3.3 Other special groups 2.0

Shunyi 84 0.4

Changping 165 0.7 Household size

Daxing 76 0.3 3-person 38.8

Mentougou 929 4.1

Huairou 136 0.6 Annual household income (1,000 yuan)

Pinggu 18 0.1 0 48.6

Miyun 309 1.4 0 <X< = 5 11.5

Yanqing 155 0.7 5 <X < = 10 14.6

10<X < = 15 14.1

15<X < = 20 8.8

20 + 2.4

Household assets (1,000 yuan) 82.3

0 <X < = 50 11

50 <X < = 100 3.2

100 <X < = 150 2.0

150 + 1.5

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