Shanghai Prefabricated Panel Housing Renovation

The renovation of prefabricated panel housing in Shanghai involves two methods: complete-set renovation and demolition and reconstruction. The specific policies and management measures are as follows:

Policy Background

On April 25, 2025, the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee emphasized "intensifying urban renewal" and "advancing the renovation of urban villages and dilapidated housing" at its meeting. The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development expanded the scope of urban village renovation to 300 cities, adding 1 million sets of dilapidated housing renovation, and clarified that the renovation of old residential buildings built before 2000 would be basically completed. Prefabricated panel houses have become the focus of renovation and demolition due to various issues such as poor building structure, inadequate functionality, long-term disrepair, and potential safety hazards.

Renovation Methods and Definitions

• Complete-set renovation: For old housing with poor building structure and inadequate functionality but that needs to be retained, in-situ reconstruction and other methods are used to enable it to be independently used as a complete set and enhance its residential functionality.
• Demolition and reconstruction: For old housing with poor building structure, long-term disrepair, inadequate functionality, potential safety hazards, and no repair value, it is demolished and rebuilt. If the old housing is located within historical and cultural conservation areas and conservation neighborhoods, or involves the city's outstanding historical buildings, legally designated immovable cultural relics and their protection areas, and surrounding construction control areas, the renovation must comply with the relevant laws and regulations on conservation. Multi-story residential buildings identified as dilapidated and having no repair or retention value can be handled in accordance with relevant measures.

Administrative Departments

• The municipal housing and urban-rural development administrative department is responsible for the comprehensive coordination and corresponding construction management of old housing renovation in the city.
• The municipal housing administrative department is responsible for promoting the implementation of old housing renovation.
• The municipal planning and resources department is responsible for planning and resources management.
• Departments such as development and reform, finance, transportation, and greening and urban appearance shall cooperate in relevant work in accordance with relevant regulations and their respective responsibilities.
• The people's governments of various districts are responsible for coordinating and promoting the implementation of old housing renovation within their respective jurisdictions.

Implementation Entities

• The property rights units of public old housing or the relevant units entrusted by them to operate are the implementation entities, and the entrusted units are regarded as the property rights units.
• If the property rights of public housing are unclear and the implementation entity cannot be determined, the district housing administrative department shall report to the district people's government for approval and determination.
• If there are two or more public housing property rights units within the same renovation scope, the property rights units shall negotiate to determine the implementation entity; if negotiation fails, the district housing administrative department shall report to the district people's government for approval and determination.
• The implementation entity may legally entrust a third-party organization to undertake specific work and be responsible for the relevant work of the third-party organization within the scope of the entrustment.