SHANGHAI: A plan to provide more affordable housing for people on low incomes will be made public in April or May, the government said here yesterday.

Liu Haisheng, director of the municipal bureau of social housing and building administration, said: "We've drafted nearly 80 versions of the plan, and have received about 3,500 letters from local people, and countless e-mails and faxes."

The plans aims to make housing more affordable to low- and middle-income families, he said.