Public housing policy in Taiwan

Abstract

This chapter introduces public housing policy in Taiwan after the Kuomingtang (KMT) retreated from China and took over Taiwan. The government has never put much thought into public housing policy. As a consequence, the housing rights of low- or middle-income households and minority groups were not taken seriously by the Taiwanese government. This chapter suggests that the purposes of public housing policy should be simplified and political intervention should be minimized to not confuse the essence of public housing. Furthermore, new directions for public housing policy in Taiwan are proposed. © 2013 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. All rights reserved.