THE city plans to build 9,000 affordable houses this year. Among these, 1,757 apartments had been sold in the first half of the year, while the rest would be distributed soon. Those who moved out of their old houses to make way for the construction do not have to pay land interest tax and can sell the apartments at any time, said Xu Zhiyong, chief engineer of the city’s affordable housing center. Affordable houses. (Yuanyuan, Cui Wu) | 