Shanghai Issues Rules on Compensation for Land Requisition and Housing Demolition

The notable shift here is procedural rather than compensatory: requiring funds and resettlement housing to be secured before agreements are signed moves risk away from displaced households and onto the requisitioning party. The three-year cap on transition periods for off-plan resettlement housing is the most concrete constraint, since it limits how long households can be left in temporary arrangements. The open question is enforcement — whether pre-secured financing and title-clean housing are verified in practice, and how off-plan projects that slip past the transition limit are handled.