Attempts to 'Clean Up Beijing' Target Low-Cost Migrant Homes

(Beijing) — Li Yi, a young computer engineer working in Beijing, said authorities forced him out of his apartment in a village in Haidian district in November, days after his power supply was cut off even though he had paid the bills.

Li (not his real name) is among hundreds of thousands of migrant workers in the Chinese capital who are struggling to find an affordable place to live amid rising property prices and an ongoing effort to curb the population that includes reducing the number of migrants from other cities.