A number of people in Zhejiang province are questioning why they have to vacate their new apartments, in which most of them have lived for less than one year.

In August, the residents were asked to leave their houses by the end of November, at the request of the city planning department of Shengzhou. Their houses, which were built in the past few years by residents relocated from nearby villages using government subsidies, will reportedly be transformed into a high-end commercial and residential building, according to the deputy chief of the city's planning department.

Even though each resident will be compensated with several million RMB, most are still reluctant to move out. Some call it "a waste of individual and governmental properties." Using government compensation and personal savings to build and decorate new units, 1,820 residents moved into new apartments at the beginning of 2016.

Zhou Fuduo, a retired professor of Urban & Regional Planning, said that someone should take responsibility for the planning failure. He added that wasting resources is entirely avoidable if policies remain constant.