Lack of land curbs social housing: MOILEASE FOCUS: The ministry is struggling to find land in prime areas, the minister of the interior said, adding housing in distant areas would struggle to attract residentsBy Lee Wen-hsin and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writerFewer social housing units are being built due to land scarcity, the Ministry of the Interior (MOI) said yesterday, adding that it is shifting focus to accelerating lease and management services. The government’s lease and management program aims to facilitate the rental of otherwise unused and empty properties to disadvantaged families, students and workers. The adoption of the lease and management program is 30 to 40 percent more effective in reducing carbon emissions than building social housing, it said. Due to slow construction of social housing, scarce land and slow acquisition, fewer social housing units would be built, Minister of the Interior Liu Shyh-fang (劉世芳) said yesterday. If social welfare housing is built outside prime areas, it would struggle to attract residents, she added.

Source: Taipei Times January 10, 2026 17:15 UTC