Flexible in mobilizing housing for the poor in Hung Nguyen

Prioritize repairing degraded and damaged houses first.

Two sisters, Mrs. Nguyen Thi Thuy and Nguyen Thi Nga, in My Thanh village, Hung My commune, are over 60 years old this year. Old age, poor health, no husband, no children, and social protection beneficiaries, the two women depend on each other to live. Therefore, although the house they are living in is over 40 years old and dilapidated, they do not have the strength themselves, and their siblings' families are also in difficult circumstances, so the two women can only live alone.

From the mobilization of contributions from officials and employees of 3 agencies: People's Court, People's Procuracy and District Judgment Enforcement, with a total of more than 80 million VND; along with the call for support from businesses, neighbors, relatives contributing money and working days; after 3 months of construction, Ms. Thuy and Ms. Nga had a new, spacious house to live in (total value of 150 million VND), without having to worry about water leakage and collapse during storms. On the day they moved into their new house in mid-August, the two women also received beds and some necessary items from organizations and individuals.

The house of Mrs. Tran Thi Xuan, in Hong Linh hamlet, Hung Thong commune, has just been built and put into use with the support of contributions from officials, civil servants and public employees of the Department of Education and Training of Hung Nguyen district.

Ms. Xuan confided: Although living alone, she does not feel lonely, because in life there is always the care of the Party Committee, the government, the Fatherland Front and organizations; the care and support of relatives, neighbors. Especially, when building this new house, in addition to financial support for the new house, on the day of dismantling the old house and building the new house, from the commune officials and civil servants to the neighborhood joined hands to help. "I am really happy!"

Also in Hung Thong commune, Mr. Hoang Quoc Viet's family in Hong Phong hamlet - a poor household with housing difficulties - is the second household to receive support to build a house in the locality. Comrade Nguyen Huu Trang - Secretary of the Commune Party Committee said: In addition to Mrs. Xuan and Mr. Viet's households, the district-level agencies supported 50 million VND/house and commune officials and civil servants contributed money and labor to clear the land, build the foundation, and transport materials; the Party Committee, government, and the Fatherland Front of the commune also mobilized officials, civil servants, workers in the political system and people to contribute to support the two households to repair their houses.

As for the remaining 7/11 houses, the locality will continue to mobilize construction according to the roadmap until 2025, in which priority will be given to the more degraded and damaged houses. This viewpoint is the general guiding spirit of the Steering Committee for mobilizing and supporting the construction of houses for the poor and those with housing difficulties at the district level.

Striving to complete 269 houses for the poor

Implementing Directive No. 21 of the Provincial Party Standing Committee on mobilizing and supporting the construction and repair of houses for the poor and people with difficult housing circumstances in the province; Hung Nguyen District Party Committee promptly issued Directive No. 24, dated February 17, 2023, and at the same time, established a steering committee, developed an implementation plan for the entire period of 2023-2025 and each year, on the basis of reviewing and counting the total number of houses that need support to be renovated or repaired in the whole district.

Comrade Le Pham Hung - Deputy Secretary of the District Party Committee, Chairman of the District People's Committee shared: The mobilization and support for building and repairing houses for the poor and people with difficult housing circumstances in the district has been identified by the Party Committee as a key task to focus on leadership, drastic direction, mobilizing the entire political system from the district to the grassroots to participate, creating a "campaign" to improve housing for poor and near-poor households.

The way Hung Nguyen district does it is to mobilize and promote the leading role of the staff, civil servants and public employees of agencies and units in the district first; then mobilize the social community to join hands.

The way to mobilize resources to support housing construction for poor households in Hung Nguyen district is to mobilize cadres, civil servants, public employees, and workers of agencies and units in the political system from the district to the grassroots level first to spread to the social community.

Comrade Le Pham Hung - Deputy Secretary of District Party Committee, Chairman of People's Committee of Hung Nguyen district.

Based on contributions from cadres, civil servants and public employees of agencies and units in the political system, the district conducted a groundbreaking ceremony to build new houses and simultaneously repair 19 houses in 17 communes and towns on the morning of May 17, 2023.

This activity is considered as a launching ceremony for building houses for the poor at each facility; creating a vibrant emulation movement, spreading the spirit of solidarity, joining hands to support all resources from all levels, sectors, philanthropists and people to build houses for the poor and people with housing difficulties in each locality and throughout the district.

Results of mobilizing and supporting the construction of houses for the poor and households with special housing difficulties in Hung Nguyen district as of the end of August 2023 with a total of 54 new houses; 10 houses repaired; equivalent to a total value of more than 3.2 billion VND.

Chairman of the People's Committee of Hung Nguyen district, Le Pham Hung, also added: To ensure the completion of new house construction and repair of a total of 269 houses in the district by 2025 (including 182 new houses and 87 repaired houses); Hung Nguyen district has developed a plan and roadmap; clearly assigned specific responsibilities to each level.

Specifically, the district level is responsible for mobilizing organizations and individuals to have resources to support the construction of new houses at a rate of 50 million VND/house and the commune level is responsible for mobilizing resources to support house repairs at a rate of 25 million VND/house.

In addition to the above "hard" support level, the district and commune levels are also responsible for calling for additional socialized sources for support; mobilizing the entire political system, people to contribute working days to demolish old houses and build new houses, as well as supporting additional funding sources for households to be supported to build houses that meet the following conditions: must have a minimum usable area of ​​30m2², ensuring "3 hard" (foundation, frame - hard wall, hard roof) and the house's lifespan of 20 years or more.

Roadmap for mobilizing and supporting housing construction for the poor in Hung Nguyen district in 3 years: YearIn 2023, strive to mobilize resources to support the construction of 110 houses (77 newly built houses, 33 repaired houses); in 2024, build 98 houses (68 newly built houses, 30 repaired houses); in 2025, build 61 houses (35 newly built houses, 26 repaired houses).