Abstract
The management of the public rental sector has undergone tremendous change worldwide. Especially in China, given the large supply of public rental housing (PRH) in the short term, the management of PRH (PRHM) has been faced with a series of problems. The existing PRHM is unsustainable and a new scheme has been proposed. In this study we analyze whether this new scheme can solve the former management problems and achieve the reform objectives, so as to explore whether the new scheme can really improve the PRHM. We analyzed the new policy, contracts and bidding documents of 19 pilot projects and interviewed some implementation staffs. We found that the well-intended policy mainly proposed three measures: government procurement, new financial arrangement and guided service contents; but that these measures lack specific financial support. Furthermore, there are very few projects that involve full implementation; most of the projects employed a compromise strategy. In general, the new scheme made progress towards solving some of the existing problems, so even if it is selectively implemented, it is still likely to achieve the reform objectives.
Highlights
Chinese Public Rental Housing (PRH), implemented in 2010 [1], has boomed in recent years [2]
The management of concentrated public rental housing (PRH) development is becoming more market-oriented, the government still takes a large share of the responsibility for the selection of the external management agency (EMA), the service provided by EMA, and the management fee
Especially affluent municipalities, external agencies participated in the public rental housing management (PRHM), the property management fee was still borne by the local housing authorities (LHA) (Figure 2)
Summary
Chinese Public Rental Housing (PRH), implemented in 2010 [1], has boomed in recent years [2]. In October 2018, the MOHURD and Ministry of Finance (MOF) jointly announced the implementation of a pilot program for the government to procure public rental housing management services. This scheme will be carried out in eight provinces. Our research question is whether this scheme can solve the former management problems and achieve the reform objectives, so as to explore whether the new scheme can really improve the PRHM To answer this question, firstly, we collected the policies of several cities in China and summarized several typical management models before the new scheme (Section 4).
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