When various agencies review their national public use real estate under management and determine that its intended use for the public is to be abolished, the National Property Administration (NPA) proactively reclaims such properties, or coordinates with the agencies to reclassify them as national non-public use property. After taking over the properties, the NPA gives priority to supporting central government social welfare policies by providing land for social housing, and revitalizes and utilizes the properties in accordance with their location characteristics and land-use controls to enhance the efficiency of national asset utilization.
Over the past three years, the NPA has taken over an annual average of 1,903 hectares of national real estate that is no longer needed for public use from various government agencies. The NPA has coordinated with the National Housing and Urban Regeneration Center (NHURC) to provide land for the development of social housing. For example, 15 parcels of national land and 4 national buildings in Xindian District, New Taipei City, previously managed by the National Research Institute of Chinese Medicine, had been left idle for years without development planning, and were investigated by the Control Yuan. The site area is approximately 5,789 square meters, primarily designated as agency land, with part of it located in a commercial zone. After the NPA took over the properties in 2025, the land was immediately provided to the National Land Management Agency, Ministry of the Interior (NLMA) for evaluation as a potential social housing site.
The NPA stated that in order to assist central government agencies in constructing social housing, and considering the management costs and revitalization benefits of large-scale idle national public use real estate after takeover, the NPA has recently provided seven properties – reviewed by the managing agencies as no longer needed for public use and submitted for reclassification as non-public use property – to the NLMA for early evaluation of their suitability as social housing sites. This ensures that once the NPA takes over the properties, they may be immediately used to support social housing policy. For example, national residential real estate in Beitou District, Taipei City, managed by the Tourism Administration of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications – formerly the Overseas Chinese Resort – has a land area of 6,716 square meters and a building area of approximately 14,682 square meters, located in the Beitou Hot Springs district. Although the Tourism Administration had originally planned to use the site as an office and exhibition venue for tourism services, it was later determined as no longer needed for public use. Another case involves land in Shilin District, Taipei City, managed by the Taipei City Police Department, with an area of 3,868 square meters. In response to citizen complaints to demolish above-ground structures early and revitalize the site to meet local commercial district needs – such as constructing a parking facility. In addition to requesting the NLMA to assess the feasibility of developing social housing for each case, the NPA also asked the Taipei City Police Department to transfer the second parcel of national land that is no longer needed for public use to the NPA for takeover. The NLMA subsequently confirmed that the site is suitable for use as a social housing base.
By taking over idle national real estate that is no longer needed by various agencies, and providing it for social housing and other central government policy initiatives, the NPA enhances both national asset efficiency and citizens’ quality of life, helping realize the twin goals of livability and sustainable development. These actions not only respond to social expectations and needs, but also improve the effectiveness of national property utilization.
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