How to apply for resettlement housing in Shanghai

Shanghai resettlement housing is a house built by the government to resettle the relocated households when carrying out urban road construction and other public facilities construction projects. If the expropriated person meets the housing security conditions, the expropriated person may choose to exchange the property rights of the houses in the rebuilt lots and obtain the houses in the rebuilt lots or nearby lots according to law.

legal ground

Article 18 of the Regulations on Expropriation and Compensation of Houses on State-owned Land

Expropriation of individual housing, the expropriated person meets the housing security conditions, and the people's government at the city or county level that has made the decision on housing expropriation shall give priority to housing security. Specific measures shall be formulated by provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government.

Article 21

If the expropriated person chooses to exchange property rights, the people's government at the city or county level shall provide houses with property rights exchange, and calculate and settle the difference between the value of the expropriated house and the value of the houses with property rights exchange with the expropriated person. Because of the expropriation of individual houses in the old city, if the expropriated person chooses to exchange the property rights of the houses in the reconstruction area, the people's government at the city or county level that made the decision on house expropriation shall provide the houses in the reconstruction area or nearby areas.