With the fast urbanization and economic improvement, millions of migrants flow to the big cities. Shanghai, as the economic center in China, also it is the biggest city in this country. Millions of migrants were attracted to Shanghai to pursue their dream. Therefore, the housing shortage problem emerges. By the way, majority of the migrants’ economic basis is poor. So, many migrants choose the “basement” as their temporary home in the Shanghai. The basement usually located in the neighborhood community and underground. The original basement design is used for as the storage. However, many migrants cannot afford the apartment in the neighborhood community and rent the basement from the local residents with low rental. In this research, 400 samples will carry out in eighteen districts of Shanghai. The research objective of this paper is to investigate the situation of housing facility characteristic for migrants in Shanghai. As the finding represents that the facility of the basement is a failure with a lot of problem. Most of the time, it cannot meet the basic human needs. From this research, it is hoped that Shanghai government could know the real situation of the migrants’ living problem. © 2015 AENSI Publisher All rights reserved.

Basement Housing facility Migrants Shanghai

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