Zhongli No. 5 Zhongyuan Social Housing Breaks Ground, Planned 232 Units, Completion in 2029

Taoyuan City Government's Urban Development Department said the Zhongyuan social housing plans two buildings, of 12 and 13 stories above ground with 3 basement levels, with unit types ranging from one to three bedrooms plus youth units. Chang San-cheng said that after the groundbreakings of the Zhongli No. 6 Zhongyun, No. 7 Xingyuan and No. 8 Huanbei social housing projects, construction of the Zhongli No. 5 Zhongyuan social housing follows, and the Zhongli No. 9 social housing will also break ground soon.

Urban Development Department Director Chiang Nan-chih said the Zhongyuan social housing is a 5-minute walk from Dajiang Shopping Center, and floors 2 to 4 will be a youth community with a lounge and shared kitchen, incorporating green building and net-zero design concepts. The site is near Dajiang Neiding Park. The community also plans a semi-outdoor activity space and street-front shops, and the courtyard landscape draws on the image of Taoyuan's ponds.

The Urban Development Department said that over the past four years the city government has carried out actual planning, design and construction contracting for the previous 1,631 units, and has added 5,026 units under project-management contracting. Based on the current construction schedule, the cumulative total of completed social housing units will reach 10,471 by 2030, and the city government has also identified more than 4,000 social housing units that can be planned in the next four years.

Chang San-cheng said the city government takes "social housing" and "affordable housing" as its two major housing policies. Social housing is for rent only and not for sale, while affordable housing helps young families who need to buy a home, and the city government will continue to advance the dual-track housing policy.