Nghe An built and repaired 12,718 houses for meritorious people and the poor.

On the morning of March 17, the Steering Committee for mobilizing and supporting the construction and repair of houses for meritorious people, the poor, and people with housing difficulties in Nghe An province held a meeting to evaluate the implementation results. Comrade Nguyen Duc Trung - Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial Steering Committee chaired.

Attending the meeting were comrades: Hoang Nghia Hieu - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Le Hong Vinh - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Vo Thi Minh Sinh - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation; members of the Provincial Steering Committee, Working Group and Heads of Steering Committees of districts, cities and towns.

Built and repaired 12,718 houses

In the past time, the work of leadership, direction, supervision and inspection of the program implementation throughout the province has been organized vigorously.

In February and March 2025, the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee inspected the localities to grasp the situation and give directions to speed up the program implementation progress.

As of March 6, the total number of households in need of new construction and repair of houses was 21,770. Of which, the Social Mobilization and Support Program was 10,854 households; the 2 National Target Programs for Sustainable Poverty Reduction and Socio-Economic Development in Ethnic Minority and Mountainous Areas was 7,081 households; the Program to Support Construction and Repair of Houses for People with Meritorious Services to the Revolution with Housing Difficulties was 3,835 households.

From the time of the Provincial Party Standing Committee meeting on January 20, 2025 to March 6, the whole province has started construction on 1,430 houses; completed and handed over 594 houses to the people.

Accumulated throughout the program, as of March 6, 2025, the whole province has built and repaired 12,718 houses, of which 10,268 were newly built and 2,450 were repaired.

As of March 6, 2025, the total funding to support the construction and repair of houses for the poor and people with difficult housing circumstances in the whole province is 909.08 billion VND.

From now until August 31, 2025, the total number of houses to be built is 9,052, of which 4,713 will be newly built and 4,339 will be repaired, corresponding to a total funding requirement of 416.07 billion VND. The total funding available and expected to be received according to the commitment is 627.663 billion VND.

At the meeting, the Heads of the Steering Committees of districts, cities and towns reported specifically on the implementation situation, difficulties and obstacles, and proposed early allocation of funding and issuance of Land Use Right Certificates to Dan Lai people.

Affirming that this is a major policy of the Party and State and is supported by the people, and is being implemented resolutely and extensively by Nghe An province, through practical inspection, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council Hoang Nghia Hieu pointed out a number of shortcomings and limitations.

At first, local Party committees and authorities did not take drastic and specific actions, so they had to review many times, resulting in large errors. Some localities have not proactively proposed resource allocation, especially the province's counterpart funds, leading to slow progress. In some localities, people built houses with too much money, creating a debt burden.

In the coming time, comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu proposed to assign responsibility to the heads of local Party committees and authorities with the motto of 5 clear: Clear people, clear work, clear responsibility, clear time, clear results. Advise people on house construction; develop detailed plans and organize early groundbreaking; members of the Provincial Steering Committee strengthen inspection; continue to follow up so that units commit to supporting implementation; review subjects to avoid taking advantage of policies, but also not to miss subjects.

Considering that the volume of houses to be built is still large and many families are confused in implementation, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Hong Vinh requested localities to closely follow, be more drastic, and guide people to build houses reasonably. Review the right subjects of meritorious people, on that basis allocate capital for early implementation.

Regarding the 72 Dan Lai households in Con Cuong district who have not been granted land to build houses, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Hong Vinh said that it is necessary to carry out house building in parallel with granting land to people to keep up with the progress. At the same time, research should be done to repair roads to transport supplies and materials for people to build houses.

Districts must regularly check the quality and aesthetics of houses for people, have many house models for people to choose from; build progress and regularly check, urge and supervise during the implementation process.

Speaking at the meeting, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairwoman of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation Vo Thi Minh Sinh discussed and answered recommendations from localities related to the allocation of capital sources.

Strive to complete the program before July 31, 2025

Concluding the meeting, Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Duc Trung emphasized that this is a very meaningful program. Nghe An is one of the provinces with very high political determination and a very strong implementation organization with the determination to complete the entire program within 3 years, 2023-2025 period.

Based on the summary of results in 2024, the Provincial Steering Committee and districts have made efforts and continued to implement with positive results. From the beginning of January 2025 to now, the whole province has started construction of 1,430 houses, including 948 newly built houses and 482 repaired houses. 594 houses have been completed and handed over, of which 353 are newly built houses and 241 are repaired houses.

From now until August 31, 2025, the whole province must complete 9,052 in a difficult context. The province must focus on implementing the revolution of streamlining the organizational apparatus at a higher, stronger, and more difficult level. It is required to rearrange administrative units according to the Central's direction with an urgent time limit.

Besides, there are difficulties in arranging resources at the same time, including funding, human resources and materials when the number of houses to be built is large in a short time.

Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Duc Trung acknowledged and highly appreciated the efforts and positive results of the members of the Provincial Steering Committee and the districts in carrying out and completing a large volume of work.

However, there are still shortcomings and limitations in the implementation. The number of houses after the review still arises and increases in some places. Updated data is not accurate, especially for the meritorious people program due to urgent time requirements and many stages. Some localities have not proactively proposed to allocate resources, especially the province's counterpart funds, leading to slow progress.

Inspection and supervision work at all levels has not been well implemented, leading to untimely direction, especially in consulting and supporting people to build houses suitable to their resources, without creating a debt burden.

The work of calling for and monitoring funding commitments from donors, including at the provincial and district levels, has not been closely followed, leading to many commitments not being implemented. The amount of support committed has decreased sharply compared to the beginning.

Emphasizing the tasks and solutions in the coming time, Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Duc Trung requested the Provincial Steering Committee, districts, departments and branches to focus highly and resolutely to complete the program, ensure the set progress, and strive to complete the program before July 31, 2025.

Giving specific instructions on the allocation of resources to implement the programs, the Provincial Party Secretary requested the Steering Committees of the districts to review and clearly identify each source of capital for each subject and proactively propose follow-up to ensure resources for implementation. Timely report on difficulties related to capital sources and arising issues.

Develop a detailed implementation plan for each week and month. Focus on mobilizing resources and clearly assigning responsibilities to each member of the Steering Committee according to the 5 clear principles: clear people, clear work, clear responsibilities, clear time, clear results. Regularly check and urge implementation, assign responsibility to the leader.

Actively review issues related to land procedures and resolve difficulties for people. Regularly check and urge to ensure the quality of house construction and the time of construction is consistent with the customs and practices of the people. Mobilize people to build houses in accordance with the support capital and mobilize other resources, establish a consulting team to support people to avoid debt after building a house.

Continue to carefully review the subjects to report to the Central Government. Continue to propagate so that people understand and respond to the program, share with authorities at all levels, do not compare the level of support and resources. Encourage people to change the habit of working far away, return to the province to work to stabilize their lives.

The Provincial Party Secretary also requested the Provincial Fatherland Front to continue to preside over the synthesis of resources, especially funding for each target group, to have a specific roadmap for reporting on allocation. Review with the units that have committed to continue funding and agree on the time and level of support. Strive to complete the review and report before April 15, 2025.

Regularly update the implementation results of the District Steering Committee and promptly report to the Provincial Steering Committee. Urge localities to complete documents, especially budget funding sources.

The Provincial Party Secretary also requested departments, branches and sectors to continue to call for support commitments and closely monitor and urge the implementation of commitments, clearly reporting on unfulfilled commitments. Agencies in charge of programs and relevant agencies advise the Provincial Steering Committee and report to the Provincial People's Committee to promptly arrange funding sources.

Closely follow the programs from the Central Government to allocate capital in a timely manner. The Department of Finance coordinates with the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee and related sectors to consider the temporary use of budget sources and other legal funding sources for the program of building and repairing houses for people with meritorious services.

Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Duc Trung requested members of the Steering Committees at all levels to continue to closely follow the progress and areas under their responsibility, focus on directing, inspecting, and urging to complete the goals, and strive to complete all programs before July 31, 2025.