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David Pescovitz:

Over at the Virtual China blog, my Institute for the Future colleague Lyn Jeffery posts about this “nail house” in Chongqing. From Lyn’s post:

(”Nail houses”) are the residences of urbanites whose neighborhoods have been “moved” 动迁 and who are the last hold-outs–they stick out like nails in an otherwise modernized environment.

On March 19 the China Legal Daily published what it claims is the first interview with the woman who owns the house. Her demand? To be given an apartment in the new building that is going up on the same spot, with comparable square footage to the house she now lives in. This will be impossible, says the developer. According to Chongqing law, says the article, there are three possible ways to compensate owners in this type of situation: 1) provide housing on the same spot; 2) provide housing in another spot; 3) provide a sum of money. The city is only willing to provide Ms. Wu, the resident, with the third option, but she is not willing to accept a sum of money.

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Originally posted by David Pescovitz from Boing Boing, ReBlogged by Joanna on Mar 22, 2007 at 09:14 AM

Originally from Eyebeam reBlog on March 22, 2007, 9:14am