
Taipei mayoral candidate Shen Boyang proposed the policy of "unlimited updates" and longevity extension for old homes. The core demands are information symmetry and openness and transparency.
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Taipei mayoral candidate Shen Boyang proposed related housing policies such as unlimited urban renewal and life extension of old homes.
Taipei mayoral candidate Shen Boyang of the Democratic Progressive Party announced the "unlimited update" policy on October 31. Yesterday, the Facebook fan page announced further details of the "cycle update", including accelerating review of updates, activating zombie updates, and establishing a cycle update mechanism. The system continues today to extend the life of old houses and increase the number. For old houses that cannot be rebuilt, the Old House Action Service Group is proposed. If the indoors of one's own house affects public security, the city government will study subsidies, lower the threshold for repairs of public areas, and promote the construction of diversified social housing. In an interview today, he summarized the general direction and said that sometimes everyone has more doubts about it because of "information asymmetry." The foundation of the team's overall design is to make information symmetrical and open and transparent so that it can be easily understood by the public. Through the city government's intervention, the removal of zombies, and the construction of a housing replacement platform, more rental management, marriage and childcare homes, and youth homes will be released. At the same time, it involves overall housing justice. I hope the public can agree with it.
Shen Boyang explained the general direction. Sometimes everyone is willing or unwilling to renew, and the price may not be known how much to pay, etc. In a word, it is "information asymmetry". From the builder, the contractor to the city government, there is often no information at all. So when everyone understands, they will ask, for example: If it were later today, would the value be higher? What if the value is too high? When there is this doubt, the focus is on information asymmetry.
Shen Boyang said that before proposing the policy, he held meetings and discussed it for a long time with people who were more involved. In fact, they all knew the problems that would be encountered. Therefore, the basis of the team's overall design was to make the information symmetrical and open and transparent, so that the public could easily understand how long it would take, when the tender would be completed, and how much money and time it might cost. When things are more certain and less changeable, it will be easier. Therefore, more detailed methods are proposed, and I hope everyone can agree with it.
Shen Boyang pointed out that urban housing is a very important direction in Taipei, and it is not just the house owners who need to upgrade. After it is built, through the intervention of the city government, the withdrawal of zombies, and the construction of replacement housing platforms, more rental properties can be released. During the renovation process, more marriage and education homes and youth housing can also be released. It involves overall housing justice, not just urban renewal. He hopes that the public will like this policy and will continue to work hard.

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