The Dadun Village is the latest development in Lingshui, China. The rows of monochrome, dense housing have been built to support the working class population within a country which is often criticised for its lack of sympathy to this section of the population. In recent years, The County Housing Security Bureau has been making efforts to create more affordable homes through the construction of low-rent housing.
Around 3500 villagers have already started to move into the 1029 apartments, each of which measures roughly 253 square metres. This approach suggests a revised approach by the Chinese government; previous developments to support the working populations have been looking like ghost towns due in part to construction workers unable to afford housing, and suggestions of major overvaluing in China's real estate market. The main concern with this development may be a question of if the Bureau will provide an acceptable level of amenities to support its population
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