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3. Housing Quality

In order to encourage people to improve their accessibility environment, the MOI promoted the
2021 Directions Subsidies to Municipalities and Counties (Cities) to improve the Existing Residential
Barrier-free Facilities Plan. It planned to subside 12 private apartment buildings below five floors to im-
prove the shared use of barrier-free facilities and additional lifting equipment and to subside 14 private

apartment buildings to improve the shared use of barrier-free facilities.

VII. Building Management

1. Review and Revision of Building Administration Regulations
(1) Taiwan ranked 6th in Dealing with Construction Permits in Doing Business in 2020, issued by the
World Bank.

(2) The Architects Act was revised to add professional practice for architects' establishing or joining an
architectural firm; to divide penalties into violations of building design, construction supervision,

other professional responsibilities, and the violation of administrative rules; to add provisions requir-
ing foreign nationals to take the architects examination and provisions on their professional practice,
which is part of the mutual recognition of architects in response to joining the WTO and APEC; to
correct discriminatory words concerning the limitation of being an architect to fulfill the intended
meaning of the Convention on the Rights of the Disabled Persons.

(3) The Building Act was reviewed and revised. The building authority of local governments is now re-

quired to designate an impartial third party to inspect building structures and fire evacuation facilities
of buildings reaching a certain scale, and construction may only continue after passing the inspection.
An impartial third party shall conduct the complete inspection to ensure both building design and

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