Chang and Yuan (2013) introduce the development of public housing policy in
Taiwan. They argue that the Taiwan government has failed to take the housing
problems of the socially disadvantaged individuals seriously and has not considered
providing public housing for economically disadvantaged individuals as an
approach to lowering their housing costs. To date, the public housing issue in
Taiwan has not been significantly improved. The authors believe that the deficiency
of public housing provision in Taiwan is largely due to the political system. This
chapter suggests that the purposes of public housing policy should be simplified and
political intervention should be minimized so as not to confuse the essence of public
housing. Furthermore, new directions for public housing policy in Taiwan are
proposed.