Commentator of China Industrial Network   Zhang Xue

In February this year, Mr. Pan, who worked in Xiamen, Fujian Province, rented a single room apartment, which was not only cheap, but also exquisite inside. However, after living for less than two months, he always felt that the indoor air was smelly. He lost sleep at night, his nose began to feel uncomfortable, and his hair fell off badly when he washed his hair. Suspicion about renting "Chuanchuanfang" has become increasingly strong. Mr. Pan has found a special testing agency, and the testing results show that the content of harmful gases such as formaldehyde in the house obviously exceeds the standard. (Reported on April 10 by Legal Daily)

The word "string" comes from the name of Chongqing people for speculators. They buy old houses or rough houses at low prices and quickly decorate them and sell them as hardbound houses at high prices. The "string houses" in the rental market refer to those rental houses that use cheap and low-quality decoration materials and household appliances and furniture. These houses are often rented out immediately after decoration, so the toxic substances such as formaldehyde and benzene in the house often exceed the standard. The houses decorated in the online fashion of Nordic style, cream style and "ins" style are the hardest hit areas of "Chuanchuanfang".

It is not difficult to see that "Chuanchuanfang" usually seems to be newly decorated and fashionable, and the price is often lower than that of ordinary rental housing, but it is actually "the outside of gold and jade, the inside of corruption". Once the tenants live in, on the one hand, they have to face the problems of water leakage, wall peeling, energy consumption and so on caused by inferior materials and inferior brand electrical appliances, and the living experience is poor; Second, health will be threatened. Excess toxic substances may cause skin and nasal allergies, asthma attacks, etc., or fetal malformations, leukemia and other diseases. Some netizens joked that "living in a common rental room costs money, and living in a 'string room' may kill you!" Although it is exaggerated, the potential risks of "string room" should be paid attention to.

According to media reports, Mr. Pan's experience is not an individual case. Recently, many tenants have talked about their similar experiences on the Internet. Some tenants also posted their rented houses on the Internet, and the topic of "finding netizens to identify 'string houses'" attracted a lot of attention. Of course, the "screen separation" identification method is not worth advocating, after all, it may cause some misjudgments. However, it can also be seen that: on the one hand, in the market circulation, "string houses" do exist; On the other hand, the supervision on the safety and environmental protection of rental housing needs to be strengthened.

It is a positive response to people's livelihood concerns to drive the low-quality and dangerous "string houses" out of the rental market. This requires the relevant departments to carefully investigate the existing problems and implement precise policies. For example, we should strengthen the strength and frequency of quality inspection of rental housing, ensure that the housing information is true and transparent, and do not give opportunities to criminals; In view of the fact that there are many young employees who rent "string houses", and their awareness of rights protection is weak, it is necessary for the relevant departments to further popularize the legal knowledge of rental houses, unblock the channels for related complaints and rights protection, reduce the cost of rights protection and shorten the period of rights protection; Real estate intermediaries should also strengthen the necessary verification process to safeguard the rights and interests of tenants before listing their houses for rent. In this way, the house leasing business can go far.

At present, there are not a few workers in the city who need to rent houses, many of whom are job seekers from other places or fresh graduates. They do not expect to live in a spacious and luxurious way, but safety, sanitation, non-toxic and pollution-free are essential. In a way, it can also reflect the governance capacity of local governments and the livelihood temperature of a city.