Free China Movement (FCM) supports completing presold homes, reducing delivery risk, improving urban safety and protecting residents while reducing dependence on opaque land-based local finance.
Evidence and assessment
Recent evidence covers three distinct but related problems: presale-delivery risk, expropriation and compensation rights, and local-government finance. A 2026 study of 1,759 land-expropriation compensation court cases documents disputes over eligibility, contract rights and distribution; Supreme People’s Court reporting also shows substantial administrative litigation involving expropriation and demolition. Separate 2026 housing-credit reforms strengthen completion-linked disbursement and project-fund controls.
Third Republic governing alternative
- Ring-fenced presale escrow and public project reporting.
- Mortgage disbursement linked to verified construction milestones or delivery.
- Homebuyer priority in developer insolvency.
- Independent valuation and judicial review for compulsory acquisition or demolition.
- Resident voting thresholds for non-emergency redevelopment.
- Transparent municipal balance sheets and reduced dependence on land-sale revenue.
- Targeted affordable rental and social housing.
Evidence limits
Representative homeowner and displaced-resident preferences, complete remedy outcomes and local-fiscal replacement evidence remain incomplete. FCM therefore makes no national-majority claim and does not backdate this present governance design as a historical institutional position.
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