Abstract:

Because of the diverse backgrounds of migrant workers, overlapping of economic and non economic problems, the gap between the real paying ability of migrant workers and their potential paying ability, excessive functions that the housing of migrant workers bears, the need to match the housing of migrant workers with the supply capability of cities with great differences, the housing problem of migrant workers is very complicated and difficult to solve, which needs to be treated prudently and cautiously. From the perspective of the government, we should adopt measures such as encouraging the parties concerned to provide low cost housing, allocating public lease housing or offering housing guarantee under suitable conditions, encouraging developers to build more medium and small sized apartments and including migrant workers into the public accumulation fund system in order to relief the housing pressure of migrant workers in reality in a middle and short term. Of course, the fundamental measure to solve the housing problem of migrant workers is to monetize the legitimate rights of peasants in villages in order to improve migrant worker’s capability to pay the housing in cities and to make peasants a powerful force that participates in urbanization, industrialization and marketization and even a new driving force that promotes Chinese economic development.