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Bus/Financial - Real Estate | | Chinese term or phrase: 回迁房 | 回迁房就是发展商征收土地时，赔给回迁民的房子.
Looking for a standard Englsih term. TIA |
| | | Replacement Building/Apartment/Property | Explanation:
It is almost impossible for Chinese developers to give the residents free standing houses. Like most city dwellers, they have to be apartments.
The English name I have provided is based on the explanation you have made, which actually deviates from the literal meaning a little bit. 回迁 leaves one the impression that it is a property built on the original place of demolition. (The residents move out, live in a temporary place, then come back after a new building has been built in the original place.) The term according to your description should be called 安置房 or something along that line.
Anyway, I think Replacement Building/Apartment/Property best fits your description. If your understanding is correct, my translation should also be.
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回迁房就是发展商征收土地时，赔给回迁民的房子.
Since the developer has acquired the land for development (into luxury residential or industrial buildings) already, how can the original residents 回迁? They move out for ever! |
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46 days confidence:   Compensation Housing
Explanation:
This phrasing is versatile, as it should be clear in a variety of contexts. It captures the essence of the meaning, as the term refers to any form of housing which is provided by the government as compensation to the displaced individual.
Example sentence(s):- "...he was supposed to get compensation housing from the government for his demolished house."
Reference: http://mubi.com/topics/compensation-housing
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