Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/01/26
By: Matt Yu, Yeh Su-ping and Ko Lin
Taipei, Jan. 26 (CNA) President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) pledged Friday that her
President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文, right) and Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲)
administration will provide concrete support to local governments to promote social housing developments across Taiwan.
Support such as financial assistance and the freeing up of state-owned plots of land for new social housing projects will be offered to local governments, Tsai said while touring a new social housing complex in Taipei with the city’s mayor, Ko Wen-je (柯文哲).
To help local governments create social housing units, a social housing financing platform has already been established by the Ministry of the Interior (MOI) to help local governments obtain long-term, low-interest financing, she said.
As for new housing locations, Tsai said the Finance Ministry, the (MOI) and the Defense Ministry will make 350 hectares of government land available for city and county governments for social housing projects. [FULL STORY]