Affordable housing project benefits more than 140 million people
Live and work in peace and contentment
Our reporter Lv Jiarong
Housing is the essence and basis of people's livelihood. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), China has taken accelerating the construction of the housing security system as an important task to meet the basic housing needs of the people and realize that all people have a place to live, and has worked hard to provide the people with the foundation to live in peace. Over the past decade, the housing security system has been constantly improved, the construction of affordable housing has been steadily promoted, the transformation of shantytowns has been vigorously implemented, the public accumulation fund for housing has gradually expanded, and the housing security capacity has been continuously enhanced.
"I used to live in tile roofed houses. There was chaos and crowding among households. It was not convenient to use water, electricity and transportation. When it rained on the dirt road outside, there was water everywhere and potholes." Yi Lihua, a resident of Datang Community, Yiyang New District, Yichun City, Jiangxi Province, said with emotion when talking about his life in shantytowns for more than 30 years.
With the launch of the shed renovation project of the extension section of Xiujiang East Road in Yichun City, 8 resident groups and 350 households in Yi Lihua's community have moved into the resettlement housing. "The present house is not only comfortable to live in, but also has complete supporting facilities. The school and hospital are nearby, and the transportation is convenient and the greening is also good," said Yi Lihua.
The reconstruction of shantytowns is a popular project to speed up economic development and realize the people's well-being. It is also a livelihood project to improve the people's living environment and improve the quality of life. Yichun City adheres to the principle of changing the shed to the people and the shed to the benefit of the people, carries out the renovation of the urban shantytowns within the city's planning scope, and builds resettlement houses nearby. In the past ten years, 237000 shantytowns have been renovated, covering an area of more than 26 million square meters. More than 600000 people have moved out of the shantytowns and into modern residential areas with complete facilities.
People live in peace. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China has entered the construction period with the largest scale and the largest investment in affordable housing projects in history. A total of 14.8 trillion yuan has been invested in the construction of more than 59 million affordable housing and shantytowns for reconstruction and resettlement. Families living on subsistence allowances and low-income housing difficulties have basically achieved the required guarantees, and more than 140 million people enjoy the dream of living in a secure home.
In Yiwu Science and Technology Pioneer Park, Zhejiang Province, a dormitory apartment building named "Anxin Youth Community" attracted attention. This is the first talent apartment complex jointly managed by Yiwu Talent Development Group and Anxin Group to ensure the housing problems of enterprise talents in the park and college graduates invited to work and start businesses in Yiwu, so that young people with enthusiasm and dreams can take root here.
Chen Chen is an administrator of an e-commerce enterprise in the Science and Technology Innovation Park. Since he worked in Yiwu last July, he has lived in Anxin Youth Community for more than a year. "The room is fresh and clean, the bed is comfortable and warm, and there are washing machines, refrigerators and other household appliances." Chen Chen told reporters that the monthly rent is about 1000 yuan, plus utilities, less than 15000 yuan a year. "For me who just graduated, the housing expenses here can reduce a lot of expenses."
In recent years, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Rural Development has guided and urged local governments to accelerate the development of affordable rental housing, set development goals, establish basic systems, promote multi party participation, and implement support policies. The pattern of multi subject and multi-channel development of affordable rental housing has initially taken shape. In 2021 and 2022, 3.3 million sets (rooms) of affordable rental housing will be raised nationwide, which can solve the housing difficulties of nearly 10 million new citizens and young people.
We should live in a livable environment.
"It used to be dirty, messy and bad, but now the exterior wall of the building has been repainted, and the installation of the elevator, which has been waiting for many years, also started in April this year." Referring to the changes before and after the renovation of the community, Uncle Wang, who lives in Tianyi Garden Community, Huishan District, Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province, praised "a new look".
There are 6 buildings in Tianyi Garden Community, which were built in 1998. Last year, Huishan District identified them as old communities for renovation and reconstruction. Nowadays, the disorderly charging of flywire in the community has been upgraded to charging piles. The old door locks and street lights have been replaced in a unified way, and the facilities are more perfect. "The children used to advise me to move away, but now they are safe and tidy, so they can rest assured," said Uncle Wang.
It is reported that over the past ten years, Wuxi has invested more than 4.5 billion yuan in the transformation of 661 old residential areas with an area of 27.9 million square meters, benefiting more than 380000 households.
The transformation of old residential areas is a vivid practice to solve the problem of "people's anxiety" and make the city healthier, safer and more livable. In 2019, China incorporated the reconstruction of old urban communities into affordable housing projects, and the government increased support and gave financial subsidies. With the continuous progress of the reconstruction project, more and more old residential areas radiate new vitality. From 2019 to 2021, 114000 new and old urban residential areas have been reconstructed in the country, benefiting more than 20 million households.
Live and work in peace and contentment. Over the past decade, from public rental housing to affordable rental housing, from shantytowns to old residential areas, from affordable housing to jointly owned property rights housing, housing security measures have been put into effect in "one brick, one tile", building a beautiful vision of hundreds of millions of people to "live in one place".
(Editor in charge: Chang Shuai Shuai)
