
Housing poverty in China
- 1,000 people served in FY18
- + 94 volunteers hosted FY18
- Projects: alleviating rural poverty, disaster response, volunteering
We provide simple, decent homes to low-income rural families in these regions. Chengdu, the provincial capital of Sichuan, is the location of an office which was started to coordinate rebuilding work after the devastating May 2008 earthquake. In 2009, we opened an office in the financial hub of Shanghai to raise awareness and create partnerships in the Yangzi delta area.
China has an impressive record in reducing poverty. The world’s most populous country lifted more than 600 million people out of poverty between 1981 and 2004.
Rapid growth and urbanisation and economic reforms have been central to China’s poverty reduction in the past few decades.
However, inequality has increased and poverty has become concentrated in rural and minority areas, according to the World Bank. Many of the poor lack access to affordable housing, shut out by soaring land and house prices, and the inadequate supply of low-cost accommodation.
The central government announced in September 2011 that it would build 10 million government-subsidised affordable housing units in 2011 and 36 million units over the next five years. Still, much remains to be done.
Access to improved sanitation facilities 94.9%
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