Poverty-stricken villagers find new hope in new homes

Top: Huang Jiaqiao and his younger brother in front of their old home in December 2014. Bottom: Huang in front of his new apartment building in Hongxing residential community, Chengmagang township, Macheng city, Central China’s Hubei province, May 25, 2017. Huang Jiaqiao, 65, has a family of three. Though his home got renovated with a government subsidy of 8,000 yuan in 2015, it’s still too dilapidated to live in. In December 2016, his family moved into a 75-square-meter apartment in the resettlement site built by the government. [Photos by Huang Ruping (Top) and Wu Yan (Bottom)/chinadaily.com.cn]