The Asia-Pacific Network for Housing Research, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) & China Institute for Urban Governance (CIUG) & Center for Housing and Urban-Rural Development (CHURD) at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, together with Centre for Urban Studies and Urban Planning & the Department of Urban Planning & Design at the University of Hong Kong, International Journal of Housing Policy, are pleased to welcome all participants to join the two-day APNHR 2022 conference.

Housing serves as a major type of social infrastructure for cities around the globe, and has played a pivotal role in promoting and sustaining livability, equity and wellbeing for urban citizens across the world. However, there are long lasting and deep-rooted problems of reduced livability, exacerbated inequalities and worsening wellbeing associated with the housing systems in Asia-Pacific cities, especially under the Covid-19 pandemic. The APNHR 2022 conference seeks to become an occasion that brings together scholars across Asia-Pacific countries and beyond to tackle these problems. Through sharing latest housing research from various locales and multiple disciplines, wisdoms from scholars can help to promote housing policies and practices that enable cities to become places of opportunities, livability, inclusiveness, healthiness and prosperity for all residents.

We would like to thank our keynote speakers for their precious time and contribution, our conference participants for their generous sharing of ideas, and the scientific committee members for their strong supports. Additional appreciation goes to the local organizing committee members, supporting staff and student volunteers.

Enjoy the conference and have a great time!

APNHR2022 Organizing Committee

Introduction

Asia-Pacific Network of Housing Research (APNHR)

APNHR, founded in 2001, is an international academic organization devoted to promote housing research in the Asia Pacific region. Its secretariat is located in the Department of urban planning and design at the University of Hong Kong. Since its establishment, it has organized more than 10 major conferences. Its official website: https://fac.arch.hku.hk/upad/apnhr/

AIMS

· To promote and enhance housing research in the Asia-Pacific, particularly comparative studies and theory/model construction.

· To strengthen networking among housing researchers, policy makers and practitioners in the region.

· To enhance the exchange and dissemination of research findings and publications.

· To facilitate housing education and training in the region.

The secretariat of APNHR

Address: 8/F, Knowles Building, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong
Tel: (852) 3917 2721
Fax: (852) 2559 0468

Email: apnhr@hku.hk

The Center for Housing and Urban-rural Development (CHURD) of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, established on October 30, 2019, is committed to integrating relevant scientific research resources inside and outside SJTU, and building a high-level interdisciplinary scientific research exchange platform and talent training highland centered on human settlements. With the mission of promoting the modernization of China's human settlements governance system and governance capacity, the center is dedicated to promoting China's scientific research of human settlements, the quality of human settlements professionals, and more scientific, democratic and refined public decision-making of human settlements.

Keynote Speakers (Alphabetical)

Hirayama, Yosuke

Title: The property city: housing and the reshaping of social class

Short introduction: In Japan as a mature home ownership society, along with societal aging and lowered growth rates, a key driver for social stratification shifted from income flow to housing assets. Since the late 20th century, many ‘property cities’ have undergone enlarged fluctuations in housing prices, widened spatial divisions in housing markets, and an increase in intergenerational transfers relating to housing, leading to the reshaping of social class. This presentation looks at disparities between affluently propertied families that further accumulate housing assets over generations, modest families that have a tendency towards the dissipation of their housing assets, and perpetually renting families that are increasingly excluded from mainstream society. In line with longstanding neoliberal policy, the government has encouraged families to develop asset bases rooted in residential property in securing ‘private social security’. This in turn sheds light on the importance of social class relating to housing wealth in understanding new forms of social inequalities.

Yosuke Hirayama is Professor of Housing and Urban Studies at the Graduate School of Human Development and Environment, Kobe University, Japan, working extensively in the areas of housing and urban change, home-ownership and social inequalities, as well as comparative housing policy. His work has appeared in numerous international academic journals such as Housing Studies, Journal of Social Policy, Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, International Journal of Housing Policy, Urban Studies, and International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, and he is a co-author of Housing in Post-Growth Society: Japan at the Edge of Social Transition (with Misa Izuhara, Routledge, 2018) and also a co-editor of Housing and Social Transition in Japan (with Richard Ronald, Routledge, 2007). He has received academic prizes from the Architectural Institute of Japan, the City Planning Institute of Japan, and Tokyo Institute of Municipal Research. He is also a founding member of the Asia-Pacific Network for Housing Research.

Liu, Zhi

Title: What have changed in China’s Urban Housing Markets since 2013?

Short Introduction: In late 2013, the Chinese central government announced a package of economic reform that included land and housing policy reform actions aiming at bringing the land and housing markets back to a more rational track. In 2016, the government further announced a new housing policy to tame speculation and promote rental housing market development. The Land Management Law was amended in 2019. My presentation focuses on the housing market changes that have occurred since 2013, and assess if the policy changes are effective in achieving their objectives.

Dr. Zhi Liu is Senior Fellow and Director, China and Asia Program, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, and Director of Peking University – Lincoln Institute Center for Urban Development and Land Policy. He is specialized in land and housing policy, urban and infrastructure finance, and urban and regional planning. Previously he was a lead infrastructure specialist at the World Bank, with years of operational experience in the infrastructure and urban sectors. He is a member of the Expert Committees for Housing and Real Estate, and for Human Settlements, Ministry of Housing and Urban & Rural Development, China. He co-edited International Housing Market Experience and Implications for China (Routledge 2019) and Infrastructure Economic and Policy: International Perspectives (Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2022). He holds a Ph.D. in Urban Planning from Harvard University.

Pawson, Hal

Title: COVID-19: Housing market impacts and housing policy responses – an international review

Short introduction: COVID-19 and housing have been intimately linked since the pandemic struck in early 2020 when lockdowns emerged alongside other society-level restrictions. The home took on enhanced importance, policy interventions were channelled directly and indirectly through housing, and there was enhanced consumer awareness of housing limitations. While often strongly divergent from initial expectations, dramatic housing system effects have resulted from the crisis in many countries. More than two years into the pandemic, this presentation highlights key findings from a novel international comparative study covering Canada, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, Spain and the United States, as well as our base case jurisdictions, Australia and the UK. Drawing on academic evidence, secondary grey literature and expert interviews, the research provides a provisional assessment of how housing markets have been impacted by the pandemic in different settings, and how such impacts were ameliorated or, in some cases, exacerbated by national and sub-national policy interventions.

Hal Pawson is Professor of Housing Research and Policy at the University of New South Wales, Sydney. He retains an Honorary Professor position at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh where he was based until 2011. His latest co-authored books ‘Housing Policy in Australia: A case for system reform’, and ‘The Private Rental Sector in Australia: Living with uncertainty’ were published in 2020 and 2021.

https://www.be.unsw.edu.au/staff/professor-hal-pawson

Phang, Sock-Yong

Title: Public or Private? Regenerating East Asian Cities in the 21st Century

Short introduction: In these times of unexpected and overlapping crises, the world is concurrently confronting powerful, transformative changes that will fundamentally shape how society and cities are organised. In her keynote, Professor Phang will review the megatrends that are impacting East Asian cities, the old- world obstacles to urban regeneration, and the initiatives that governments and societies are taking (or can take) to prepare our cities for the 21st century.

Professor Sock-Yong Phang is the Celia Moh Chair Professor of Economics at the Singapore Management University. She obtained her PhD from Harvard University in 1989. Her areas of research include housing, transportation, and infrastructure economics and policies. She is the author of the following books: Policy Innovations for Affordable Housing in Singapore (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018); Housing Finance Systems: Market Failures and Government Failures (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013); and Housing Markets and Urban Transportation (McGraw Hill, 1992). She has also published numerous book chapters and journal articles on housing, transport, regulation and public-private partnerships. Professor Phang has served as consultant to the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank and various government agencies on projects involving land, housing and infrastructure policies. In Singapore, Professor Phang has previously served as board member of the Urban Redevelopment Authority, the Land Transport Authority, the Public Transport Council, the Competition and Consumer Commission, and the Energy Market Authority.

Kelvin Wong

Title: Affordable Housing in the Least Affordable City

Short introduction: In cities with high house prices, a large part of economic inequality comes from housing wealth accumulation. To overcome capital constraints, first-time homebuyers often have to compromise livability in terms of house size and quality and buy a starter home they can marginally afford first. This presentation uses Hong Kong – the least affordable housing market – as an example to illustrate how the resale price of affordable housing built by the government could grow faster than that of private housing, especially when capital constraints are binding.

Kelvin S.K. Wong is Professor and Head of the Department of Real Estate & Construction at the University of Hong Kong. He was the Director of the MSc(Real Estate) program from 2017 to 2020 and Associate Dean (Teaching & Learning) for the Faculty of Architecture from 2014 to 2016. As a real estate economist, his research aims to unveil and evaluate the economic logic behind the functioning of the real estate market, from urban land policy and developers’ sales strategies to the behavior of second-hand property owners and the financing of real estate firms. His works show that market frictions are the key to explaining how different real estate price, liquidity, vacancy, and volatility patterns emerge over time and across space. He co-invented the repeat-sales property price index in Hong Kong, which became the first tradable housing price index in Asia. He has published over 70 articles in top international journals, and is ranked by peers one of the leading academic leaders in the real estate field. He has received a number of international awards, including Senior Fulbright Scholar, Homer Hoyt Institute’s Post-doctoral Honoree, and the University of Cambridge’s Doris-Zimmern Award. He is a member of the Engineering Panel of Hong Kong Research Grants Council.

Fulong Wu

Title: Housing financialization, urban redevelopment and state-centered governance in China

Fulong Wu, Bartlett School of Planning, University College London

This talk introduces three interlinked processes - housing financialization, urban redevelopment, and urban governance. Since the establishment of housing market in China, housing together with landed properties have become an important financial asset besides their use values. This has laid down the foundation of China’s land-finance model, which in essence is to mobilise capital for urban development, in addition to local revenue generation. Along this state-led process we have seen the shift from dilapidated housing renewal to using urban redevelopment to stabilise and expand the economy. I argue that, despite greater involvement of non-state and society actors in housing and urban development, China’s urban governance is still more state-centred.

Fulong Wu is Bartlett Professor of Planning and a joint coordinator of China Planning Research Group at University College London. His research interests include urban development in China and its social and sustainable challenges. His book Planning for Growth: Urban and Regional Planning in China (Routledge, 2015) provides a new interpretation of urban development and governance in post-reform China. He was awarded the 2013 Outstanding International Impact Prize by UK ESRC. He is currently working on an ERC Advanced Grant – Rethinking China’s Model of Governance (ChinaUrban). His forthcoming book, Creating Chinese Urbanism: Urban Revolution and Governance Change describes the landscape of urbanisation in China, revealing the profound impacts of marketization on Chinese society and the consequential governance changes at the grassroots level.

Scientific Committee

· Prof. Shenjing He, Chair of APNHR, University of Hong Kong

· Prof. Rebecca Chiu, Immediate Past Chair of APNHR, The University of Hong Kong

· Professor Kath Hulse, Vice Chair of APNHR, Swinburne University of Technology

· Professor Seo Ryeung Ju, Kyung Hee University

· Professor Wan Nor Azriyati Abd Aziz, University College of Technology Sarawak

· Professor Ming-chi Chen, National Sun Yat-sen University

· Dr Noor Rosly Hanif, Geomatika University College

· Professor Mieko Hinokidani, Kyoto Prefectural University

· Professor Yosuke Hirayama, Kobe University

· Professor A K M Abul Kalam, Jahangirnagar University

· Professor Laurence Murphy, University of Auckland

· Professor Shammi Akter Satu, Jahangirnagar University

· Dr Jung Won Son, University College London & University of Seoul

· Professor Rachel Ong ViforJ, Curtin University

· Professor Haryo Winarso, Institut Teknologi Bandung

· Professor Kelvin Wong, The University of Hong Kong

· Professor Phang Sock Yong, Singapore Management University

Conference Team

He, Shenjing (APNHR Chair)

Shenjing He is Professor of Urban Studies and Department Head at the Department of Urban Planning and Design, The University of Hong Kong (HKU). Shenjing is an elected Fellow of the British Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS) and a highly cited (top 1% based on ESI index) urban scholar. She became the APNHR Chair in 2021. Her research interests focus on urban redevelopment/gentrification, urban governance and entrepreneurial urbanism, low-income housing, urban development and housing price mechanism, rural-urban interface, and health geography. She serves as an editor for Urban Studies since 2012 and sits on the editorial board of several urban and geographical journals. As the founding director of the Social Infrastructure for Equity and Wellbeing (SIEW) Lab at HKU, Shenjing’s recent research examines the equity and wellbeing issues at the interface between three major types of social infrastructure, namely housing, healthcare and education.

Chen, Jie (Conference Chair)

Jie Chen, Director of Center for Housing and Urban-rural Development (CHURD) & Professor at the School of International and Public Affair (SIPA) & China Institute for Urban Governance (CIUG), Shanghai Jiao Tong University. His research area is urban and housing studies. He is on Trustee Board of Urban Studies Foundation, the management board of Housing Studies, advisory board of International Journal of Housing Policy. He is also the vice president of China Society of Real Estate Appraisers and Real Estate Agents. He serves as an active policy advisor for China’s central and local governments.

Lu, Tingting (Conference Vice Chair & Secretary General)

Tingting Lu is Associate Professor in School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. She completed her doctorate research in Bartlett School of Planning at University College London. Her research focuses on housing development and neighbourhood governance. She has worked on gated communities, socio-spatial segregation and neighbourhood attachment.

Conference Executive Team

· Prof. Jie Chen (Chair), Vice Chair of APNHR (2022); SIPA & CHURD, SJTU

· Associate Prof. Tingting Lu (Vice Chair and secretary general), SIPA & CHURD, SJTU

· Associate Prof. Chuanyong Zhang (Vice Chair), SIPA & CHURD, SJTU

· Assistant Prof. Haozhi Pan (Vice Chair), SIPA & CHURD, SJTU

· Dr. Ting Zhang, SIPA & CHURD, SJTU

· PhD student Zhen Wang, SIPA & CHURD, SJTU

· PhD student Xin Qi, SIPA & CHURD, SJTU (secretary)

· PhD student Wendao Liu, SIPA & CHURD, SJTU (secretary)

· PhD student Yu Zhang, SIPA & CHURD, SJTU

Inquiry contact:

Associate Prof. Tingting Lu, Email: tingting.lu@sjtu.edu.cn

PhD student Wendao Liu, Email: wendaoliu@sjtu.edu.cn

PhD student Xin Qi, Email: chisensen@sjtu.edu.cn

Timetable at a Glance

All the time refers to Beijing Time (GMT+8)

Saturday, July 2, 2022
Venue (Zoom)	https://hku.zoom.us/j/96561518380?pwd=R3EzVGV1b0lKMnhlQ2hyaE8wZEMzUT09 Meeting ID: 965 6151 8380; Password: 672616
09:00-09:15	Opening Ceremony
	Content	Name	Affiliation
09:00-09:05	Opening remarks	Prof. Shenjing He	APNHR & University of Hong Kong
09:05-09:10	Welcome remarks	Prof. Jie Chen	Shanghai Jiao Tong University
09:10-09:15	Welcome remarks	Prof. Jiannan Wu	Shanghai Jiao Tong University
	Cloud Group Photo
09:15-12:15	Keynote Speech
	Chaired by Professor Rebecca Chiu, University of Hong Kong
09:15-09:45	Keynote Speech 1	Prof. Sock-Yong Phang	Singapore Management University
	Public or Private? Regenerating East Asian Cities in the 21st Century
09:45-10:15	Keynote Speech 2	Director Zhi Liu	Peking University-Lincoln Institute Center for Urban Development and Land Policy
	What have changed in China’s Urban Housing Markets since 2013?
10:15-10:45	Keynote Speech 3	Prof. Yosuke Hirayama	Kobe University
	The property city: housing and the reshaping of social class
10:45-11:15	Keynote Speech 4	Prof. Kelvin Wong	University of Hong Kong
	Affordable Housing in the Least Affordable City
11:15-11:45	Keynote Speech 5	Prof. Hal Pawson	University of New South Wales (UNSW)
	COVID-19: Housing market impacts and housing policy responses – an international review
11:45-12:15	Q & A and Discussions

Parallel Paper Sessions (3 papers per session)
Venue (Zoom)	Please see Detailed agenda
13:30-14:30	A1	B1	C1	D1	E1	F1	G1	H1	I1	J1
14:30-15:30	A2	B2	C2	D2	E2	F2	G2	H2	I2	J2
15:30-15:40	Break
15:40-17:00	A3	B3	C3	D3	E3	F3	G3	H3	I3	J3
Note: Each paper is given 15 minutes for presentation, 15 minutes for group comments and Q&A.