An Empirical Study on the Impacted Groups of Affordable Housing Termination Policies:A Case from Guangzhou

In this paper, an empirical study was carried out which focused on groups impacted by the affordable housing termination policy in Guangzhou. First, groups which were directly impacted by the policy were taken as research objects. Through a questionnaire survey and in-depth interviews, relevant information was collected. SPSS software was used to explore the data in order to analyze the life and living situation of the impacted groups, including their attitude toward the policy and their housing security demands. Secondly, based on the analysis, some related suggestions on steady implementation of the policy are put forward, including:(1) the government should properly handle the demands of the families that got prior permission to purchase; (2) optimizing the housing security application process; (3) strengthening the housing allocation; and (4) follow-up on proper management. Finally, the innovation of the housing security policy - in terms of property for sale - is explored in this paper and aims to meet the multi-demands of multi-groups in the future.