Danchi is the Japanese word for a large cluster of apartment buildings or houses of a particular style and design, typically built as public housing by government authorities. Older danchi are sometim
Takashimadaira Danchi in Itabashi, Tokyo
School being demolished in Tama New Town, Tokyo, due to declining enrollment
Danchi buildings built in the 1960s (right), situated across a street from modern apartment blocks built in the 2000s (left)
Early danchi interior photographed in 1992. Negative issues with early danchi have led to the term falling out of favor.
Public housing, also known as social housing, is subsidized or affordable housing provided in buildings that are usually owned and managed by local government, central government, nonprofit organizati
Danchi
…literally "group land") is the Japanese word for a large cluster of apartment buildings or houses of a particular style and design, typically built as public housing by government authorities. Older danchi are sometimes compared to Khrushchyovkas, a similar housing development project in the Soviet Union from the…
Public housing in Bishan, Singapore. Singapore's public residential developments range from studio units to executive condominiums, contributing to a 90% home-ownership rate, one of the highest in the world.
Public-housing complex in Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong. The Kin Ming Estate comprises ten housing blocks, providing housing for approximately 22,000 people. In 2020, 2,112,138 were identified residents of public housing, which is 28% of the total population.
A local-authority 20-storey tower block in Cwmbran, South Wales.
Boundary Street in 1890; three years later, the London County Council began slum clearance.