Nghe An: 26,846 households benefit from housing support policy for meritorious people

On the morning of June 14, the Provincial People's Committee held a meeting to resolve difficulties and obstacles related to the implementation of housing support for people with revolutionary contributions according to Resolution 63 and Decision 22 dated April 22, 2013 of the Prime Minister.

Comrade Nguyen Xuan Duong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee and Comrade Le Minh Thong - Member of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee chaired the meeting. Attending were representatives of leaders of departments, branches and People's Committees of districts, cities and towns.

Working scene. Photo: Thanh Chung

Implementing Resolution 63 and Decision 22 dated April 22, 2013 of the Prime Minister, on October 31, 2014, the Provincial People's Committee issued a Decision approving the adjustment and supplement to the Housing Support Project for people with revolutionary contributions in the province. Accordingly, Nghe An has 26,846 households benefiting from the policy (13,748 households building new houses and 13,098 households repairing houses), with a total support fund of nearly 816 billion VND.

After 6 years of implementation, through 2 phases, Nghe An has completed the construction of 14,326 houses and currently has 3,888 houses under construction. The budget has been allocated over 773 billion VND, of which over 117 billion VND has been disbursed. Currently, there are still nearly 9,000 houses for meritorious people that have not been built. The total provincial budget is still short of nearly 80 billion VND to support.

Giving housing support money to meritorious people in Yen Hop commune, Quy Hop district. Photo: Document

During the meeting, many delegates said that the implementation of housing support for people with meritorious services is still slow; many problems and difficulties arise.

The reason is that the allocation of support funds from the central budget is slow, so up to now the list of beneficiaries has changed a lot; the review of the beneficiaries is correct in reality, but the disbursement of the People's Committees of districts and communes is still slow.

Representative of Anh Son District People's Committee raised difficulties in the implementation process. Photo: Thanh Chung

At the meeting, representatives of districts, cities and towns raised difficulties and problems related to the implementation of housing support for people with meritorious services. Representatives of departments and branches also made statements to answer and resolve the problems.

Concluding the meeting, Comrade Nguyen Xuan Duong - Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee stated: Housing support for people with meritorious services is a superior policy of the Party and the State, requiring districts, cities, towns and related departments to uphold their responsibility in implementation; strive to speed up progress, and by the end of 2018, the implementation of the Project to support housing policies for people with meritorious services must be completed.

The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested departments, branches, districts, cities and towns to speed up the implementation of the Project to support housing policies for people with meritorious services. Photo: Thanh Chung

The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested: It is necessary to reorganize the Provincial Steering Committee on housing support for meritorious people; The Provincial State Treasury shall issue an official dispatch to thoroughly grasp the spirit of implementing the content of housing support for meritorious people to the district treasuries; The Department of Finance and the Department of Planning and Investment shall advise the province to promptly arrange counterpart funds; The Department of Construction shall coordinate with departments and branches to guide localities to properly implement the policy; The Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs shall review the list of beneficiaries, absolutely not omitting any beneficiaries, affecting the rights of meritorious people.