Municipal and county (city) competent authorities or related industrial competent authorities may provide subsidies or incentives for the construction, addition, reconstruction or renovation of houses with local, ethnic or historic features for the purpose of developing housing landscapes and features.
Regulations for the abovementioned subsidies or incentives shall be prescribed by the municipal and county (city) competent authority or central industrial competent authority.

In order to improve housing quality, the central competent authority shall establish basic housing standards based on social and economic development, public safety and health, and living requirements. Basic housing standards shall serve as a basis for housing policy planning and housing subsidies.
The central competent authority shall review and adjust the aforementioned basic housing standards every four years.
Municipal and county (city) competent authorities shall investigate the situation of households not meeting basic housing standards, and may establish guidance and improvement actions plans to ensure basic housing standards are met.
The central competent authority shall subsidize municipal and county (city) competent authorities to carry out the inventory operations in the preceding paragraph.

Municipal and county (city) competent authorities shall actively implement the following matters and include the matters in housing plans to improve housing quality:
1. Construction and improvement of barrier-free environment in residential communities.
2. Renovation and beautification of the roof, exterior wall, facilities and miscellaneous items of apartment buildings.
3. Residential community development consultation and technology provision.
4. Implementation of community empowerment, environmental reform, environmental conservation, or charging stations for electric vehicles.
5. Education and training for residential community organizations.
6. Matters implemented in coordination with housing plan objectives or specific policies.
7. Other matters deemed necessary by the competent authority.

In order to improve housing quality, the central competent authority may periodically organize housing environment improvement evaluations, incentives or competitions, and invite related agencies, experts and scholars to participate; results may be used as a basis for subsidizing housing plans of municipalities and counties (cities).

In order to improve housing quality and clearly label housing performance, the central competent authority shall establish a housing performance evaluation system and encourage house builders or owners to apply for evaluation.
Contents, standards, methods, encouragement measures, qualifications of evaluation institutions and personnel, and management of the abovementioned evaluation system shall be prescribed by the central competent authority.

Evaluation institutes that conduct housing performance evaluations in accordance with paragraph 1 of the preceding article shall dispatch personnel to conduct on-site surveys and necessary tests. After completing an evaluation, the evaluation institute shall issue a housing performance evaluation report.
When ownership of a house is transferred, the abovementioned housing performance evaluation report shall also be transferred to the house owner and the apartment building management committee or manager.

Incentives may be provided to newly constructed houses that reach a specific standard in the housing performance evaluation, and the houses may be announced on related government websites.
The competent authority may subsidize the evaluation expense of houses that reach a specific age.
Houses that reach a specific age in the preceding paragraph will be announced by the central competent authority and published on the government gazette.

In order to promote barrier-free housing, the central competent authority shall establish regulations on design standards and incentives for barrier-free housing.