In fact, leaders at every level of the Yunhai City Government had seriously discussed making all housing publicly owned, which would have saved a great deal of trouble.
The loopholes were simply too large. Just arguing over this issue could take who knew how many months.
So they could only compromise slightly: each family would be allowed to retain one home for their own residence. This portion of private property would be protected.
"Comrades, we are living in a new era. We must change our way of thinking."
"The world is no longer the world it once was! We are no longer on Earth!"
"You should understand as well that there are people without homes now. We must give them something to rely on!"
But they could not worry about too much for the moment. Social stability was the most critical issue.
If tenants lived in collectively owned housing and did not need to worry about being driven out, it would effectively give them a sense of security.
Yunhai City had many migrants, and most tenants were strong, able-bodied young people. Only by stabilizing their emotions could they talk about the future.
As for the landlords, they still had a large home of their own to live in, after all. They could probably accept it reluctantly...
As long as they had somewhere to live, the young people remained fairly calm. They could stay in their own rental homes indefinitely without paying rent. Even if the space was a little smaller, they could accept that.
Li Chunhong saw the dark, densely packed crowd all staring at him and could not stop himself from feeling nervous.
These ten million people represented the Great Xia Civilization, humanity's First Branch.
This might be the moment that decided the fate of the Great Xia Civilization!