More affordable urban housing needed: report  

社科院：中國政府住房保障應覆蓋城市所有生活人群

中國社會科學院財經戰略研究院28日發布《中國財政政策報告》指出，中國政府住房保障的責任不能僅著眼于現有城市戶籍居民，而應保障所有在城市生活人群擁有“可支付的、合理、適宜的居住空間”。

Beijing(CNS)-- The government should increase the supply of low-priced housing to guarantee "affordable, reasonable and suitable living space" for all people residing in cities, according to a report released Wednesday by the National Academy of Economic Strategy under the Chinese Academy Of Social Sciences (CASS).

The major conflict for the Chinese property market is structural, with the biggest problem being that home prices are unaffordable and there are not enough affordable homes, the report said.

Striking a balance between supply and demand is one of the measures to improve the current housing security system, it said.

The report suggested a differentiated property tax policy, saying the government should levy a property tax on all homes featuring more than 40 square meters per person.