Fujian: Building a new nest for millions of young people

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Graduation season is also the peak season for recruiting talents and housing rentals.

Because of scarcity, small apartments have always been very popular in the housing rental market. Structural insufficient supply has pushed up rents, becoming a considerable burden for young tenants.

Starting in 2021, in order to make up for market shortcomings, the country has begun to vigorously promote the construction of affordable rental housing (rent-guaranteed housing) to meet the rental needs of more young people and new citizens. These newly added houses are popular among young people because of their good layout, low rent, and excellent environment.

During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, our province plans to build and raise 365,000 rent-guaranteed housing units (rooms), which can help nearly one million young people and new citizens improve their living conditions. How to complete the construction of rent-guaranteed housing on such a scale? How can mechanism innovation attract more market entities to participate? How do young people feel about having a place to live?

Property market? New species?, New choices for young people

After seeing Lianfaer Apartment 1819 on Xiaohongshu, Liu Yuxin decisively decided to move.

In July this year, she left the old community where she had been renting for a year and rented a room in this newly renovated apartment.

After graduating from university in 2021, Liu Yuxin came to Xiamen from Quanzhou and worked as an art artist in a cross-border e-commerce company. Buying a house has not yet been included in the plan, so she chose to rent a house first to make the transition.

?The facilities in the house are very new, the rent is cheaper than the surrounding areas, and most of the neighbors are young people. I am very satisfied. ?Talk about the living experience, Liu Yuxin said, ?There is a subway station near the apartment, making it convenient to go to work. When I want to go out for fun, I will visit Huli Park, or the nearby Cultural and Creative Park, or the city center, which is convenient for everything. ?

Lianfaer Apartment 1819 is a high-ceiling duplex single apartment renovated from a factory in an old industrial area. It has a total of 840 units, each with a construction area of ??26 to 35 square meters, and the rent is about 2,000 yuan/month. .

? From its opening in May 2020 to now, the occupancy rate has remained at around 95%, with about 1,000 people staying all year round. The basic customer group is mainly those born in the 1985s and 1990s, most of whom are young white-collar workers from surrounding enterprises and the free trade pilot zone, and middle-level enterprises and institutions. ?Said Zhang Wenmu, general manager of Xiamen Lianfa Commercial Properties Co., Ltd., the apartment operator.

This is a typical case of converting existing non-residential housing into affordable rental housing (hereinafter referred to as "rent-guaranteed housing").

Rent-guaranteed housing is guided by the government and invested by enterprises. It is characterized by "new citizens, small apartments, low rents, career-friendly living, and long rental periods." It is mainly aimed at new citizens and young people who have no housing in urban areas. The rent is lower than the market rent for rental housing of the same quality in the same location. Because there is no income threshold in Xiamen, rent-guaranteed housing has become the choice of more and more young people.

It is understood that Xiamen has about 80,000 newly employed college students every year. In addition to local household registration, about 40,000 young people have housing needs. Based on the five-year rolling exit calculation, Xiamen needs to build 200,000 rental-guaranteed houses to meet the needs of these young people.

This number is exactly Xiamen’s work goal. According to the "14th Five-Year Plan" task breakdown table of rent-guaranteed housing released by the Provincial Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development in February this year, the task of 365,000 units (rooms) was broken down into 200,000 units (rooms) in Xiamen, 150,000 units (rooms) in Fuzhou, This level in Quanzhou City is 15,000 units (rooms). According to policy requirements, for every three new housing units built in Fuzhou and Xiamen, one must be guaranteed rent.

? Xiamen City’s rental market has strong demand, and it is urgent and important to ensure young people’s dream of settling down. ?Wang Yunzhao, head of the Housing Transaction and Leasing Management Office of the Xiamen Municipal Housing Security and Housing Administration Bureau, said that in June 2021, Xiamen was the first in the country to issue the "Opinions on Accelerating the Development of Affordable Rental Housing" and has successively issued a series of policy details. Active exploration has been carried out in terms of innovation of the rent-guaranteed housing mechanism and expansion of supply. So far, Xiamen has raised 118 rent-guaranteed housing projects with 86,700 units (units). Xiamen has given full play to the leading role of state-owned enterprises, and has basically formed a rent-guaranteed housing market pattern in which large, medium and small businesses coexist, and high, medium and low-income households are simultaneously promoted.

In Fuzhou, the "Implementation Rules on Accelerating the Development of Affordable Rental Housing" announced on August 17 also clarified the requirements for the identification of rent-guaranteed housing, and put pressure on itself, proposing to build 200,000 units (rooms) The goal of rent-guaranteed housing.

Cultivate the "national team" and create a warm home

On August 23, Fuzhou's first A-level prefabricated rental housing project started on Fufei North Road, Jin'an District. This project with a total investment of 160 million yuan will build 333 high-quality rental houses. It is characterized by high quality, small size, and intelligence. It is expected to be put into operation in 2024.

The reporter learned that this is the second rental apartment invested and developed by Fuzhou Industrial Park Development Group, a subsidiary of Fuzhou Zuohai Group. The group's Ucuo? Zhanfeng long-term rental apartment, which was put into operation at the beginning of this year, provides 430 units of rental housing to young people. The rent is about 1,350 yuan per month, which is lower than the market price.

As a state-owned enterprise in Fuzhou City, Fuzhou Industrial Park Development Group regards long-term rental apartments as one of its core business modules. This has become a typical example of the "national team" entering the field to build rent-guaranteed housing.

Lianfa Apartment 1819, where Liu Yuxin lives, is invested and operated by Xiamen Lianfa Commercial Real Estate Co., Ltd. The company is a subsidiary of Xiamen state-owned enterprise Lianfa Group and is one of the 15 market-oriented state-owned leasing institutions cultivated in Xiamen.

Wang Yunzhao introduced: Xiamen regards cultivating housing rental enterprises as a national team as an important starting point for developing the housing rental market, and has issued a series of supporting policy documents in a targeted manner, through land increase, finance We will encourage state-owned housing rental companies to become bigger and stronger through subsidies, financial support and other means. ?Data show that Xiamen has nearly 100,000 rent-guaranteed housing units operated by state-owned enterprises, accounting for more than half.

With the help of the national team, various land resources that can be used for the construction of rent-guaranteed housing have been utilized, including rural collective commercial land. Take the Xiamen Malong Sunshine Apartment project located in Malong Village, Huli District, as an example. This is a newly built rent-guaranteed house on collective land. It was built by villagers raising funds, with Malong Community as the owner. In 2019, Malong Community reached a leasing intention with Xiamen Ruiting Apartment Management Co., Ltd. to cooperate in the development of rent-guaranteed housing. The latter is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the state-owned Xiangyu Group. It will be launched in October 2021, with 1,364 rental housing units in 7 buildings put on the market.

Chen Lin from Ningde is one of the tenants. After graduating from university in 2021, she came to Xiamen from Shanghai and joined a manufacturing company in Xiamen. ?Xiamen is the city I most want to live in. Compared with the old communities, I feel that the facilities here are very good, the safety is high, and everything is done carefully and thoughtfully, so that I can work with peace of mind. ? Chen Lin said.

As an important private economic town in our province, Quanzhou has a large number of migrant workers and industrial workers, and people’s demand for rent-guaranteed housing is prominent. Huang Qinghua, chief of the Housing Security Section of the Quanzhou Municipal Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau, said that Quanzhou is using supporting land in industrial parks to focus on building rent-guaranteed housing. ?250 sets of rent-guaranteed housing will be built in the staff dormitories of the Science and Technology Innovation Center in Licheng District High-tech Zone. After the project is completed, employee dormitories can be provided for enterprises when they move into the park, solving the problem of employee accommodation in the early stages of production. ?

Attract "multiple entities" and make full use of good policies

Under the recommendation of the Jinjiang Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau, Jinjiang private entrepreneur Chen Zhimou intends to invest in the rent-guaranteed housing market. In recent times, he has often paid attention to the rent-guaranteed housing policies in various places.

Identification is a key procedure for obtaining an ID card for rent-guaranteed housing. The "Implementation Rules on Accelerating the Development of Affordable Rental Housing" announced by Fuzhou on August 17 put forward six requirements for the identification of non-residential housing renovated into rent-guaranteed housing: clear house ownership, clear reconstruction subjects, reasonable scale, and structure. Comply with safety requirements, fire safety, standards and specifications.

With the thresholds and rules clarified, private entities will have peace of mind when participating in the construction of rent-guaranteed housing. How to guide multiple parties to participate in the construction of rent-guaranteed housing? The implementation opinions issued by the Provincial Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development in February clearly stated that it is necessary to promote the docking of market entities with enterprises, institutions, rural collective economic organizations, industrial parks and other cooperative entities that have the need to develop rent-guaranteed housing, and to support professional market entities to participate in the construction and operation of rent-guaranteed housing. manage.

Land is a key resource for the construction of rent-guaranteed housing, and it is also the main threshold for market participants to participate. The cost of land is too high and the investment recovery period of rent-guaranteed housing is long, making it difficult to attract investment from private enterprises. ? Lin Li, director of the Housing Security Division of the Provincial Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, said that according to existing policies, enterprises and institutions do not need to pay back the land price when they renovate their own idle land, supporting land in industrial (industrial) parks, existing non-residential houses, etc. to build rent-guaranteed housing. This can result in significant cost savings for many businesses.

Such a land support policy has made many private enterprises eager to give it a try. The reporter learned that Longfor, Vanke, Wanda and other companies have already deployed rent-guaranteed housing in Fujian. Many local companies have also acquired land.

In Quanzhou, private enterprises are highly motivated to participate in the construction of rent-guaranteed housing. The Hongrong Light Industry Staff Dormitory Project is the first project in the province where a private enterprise uses residential construction land to build rent-guaranteed housing. Huang Qinghua introduced that Hongrong Light Industry Group, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hongxing Erke, won the residential construction land with indivisible property rights through bidding, auction and listing, and invested 60 million yuan to build 450 rent-guaranteed houses, mainly to provide accommodation for the company’s employees. problems and provide surplus housing to the public. In September 2021, Licheng District Torch Electronics Co., Ltd. won a piece of industrial land and will build 336 rental-guaranteed houses for the company's employees.

Faced with the enthusiasm of diverse subjects for participation, our province is exploring policy guarantees in various ways. Lin Li said that cities in our province that are developing rent-guaranteed housing are organizing and publishing qualified land and housing information in accordance with "one land, one policy, one house, one policy" and are actively seeking investment within the central budget for rent-guaranteed housing projects that meet the regulations. , special financial support for central urban affordable housing projects, and actively apply for special bond support.

In terms of financial support, banking financial institutions within our province have also taken active actions. The Fuzhou Branch of China Merchants Bank provides financing subsidies of 40 to 60 basis points in the first year for the financing of rent-guaranteed housing projects that comply with national policy guidance; the Fujian Branch of the Bank of Communications extends the business period, lowers the capital ratio requirements, and moderately relaxes the mortgage rate and rental rate requirements. According to preliminary statistics from the Fujian Banking and Insurance Regulatory Bureau, banking financial institutions within its jurisdiction currently plan to approach or have approached more than 60 rental-guaranteed housing projects.

In July this year, CICC Xiamen Anju Guaranteed Housing Closed Infrastructure Securities Investment Fund was approved by the Shanghai Stock Exchange, becoming the first domestic guaranteed housing infrastructure REITs (real estate trust investment fund) project approved by the Shanghai Stock Exchange. According to the project prospectus, the target infrastructure assets of the project are Yuanbo Apartment and Hengqi Apartment located in Jimei District, Xiamen City. The two projects total 4,665 units. Due to the large demand for housing, in the first half of 2022, Yuanbo Apartment and Hengqi Apartment are basically in saturated operation.

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Fuzhou: Major adjustments to the housing security policy

On August 17, Fuzhou City released a new package of housing security policies to adjust the public housing security policy. The scope of rental security, optimization of security methods, and clear talent housing security measures, including talent housing, public rental housing, and affordable rental housing, are required to lower the housing threshold for people coming to Banyan City.

Among them, the "Good Years Gathering in Fuzhou Talent Housing Security Measures" includes a talent housing security system that integrates rental, sales, subsidies, and subsidies. The protection objects are based on academic qualifications, professional titles, performance, etc. Different types of coverage are available. High-level talents can receive up to 1.8 million yuan in house purchase subsidies, and the maximum rental subsidy amount can reach 5,500 yuan. In terms of the talent-limited price commercial housing policy, Fuzhou will list 366 housing units such as Rongxin Houhai, Guomai Times Garden, and Jingyun Mansion as the first batch of Fuzhou City's 2022 "Good Years Gather in Fuzhou" talent-limited price commercial housing units. . Applicants can apply through Fuzhou Human Resources and Social Security Bureau Rong e Social Security Card APP.

Fuzhou City’s “Plan to Further Strengthen the Allocation and Management of Public Rental Housing in Central Urban Areas” clearly clarifies that the standards for guarantee objects will be unified, and there will no longer be separate categories of protection, and it will insist on providing both physical rent and rental subsidies. . Households that choose physical rent allocation and wait for more than 6 months but still have no housing allocation can be provided with rental subsidies in advance. According to the rental subsidy standards, the guaranteed area standards for households with one person, households with two persons, and households with three or more persons are 45 and 45 respectively. 55 and 65 square meters, with a monthly guaranteed area subsidy of 50% of the market rent standard per square meter. Applicants can log in to the eFuzhou APP, register with their real name and enter the public rental housing application section to apply online.

Xiamen: College students can rent a house at a 50% discount for five years

Xiamen? College students can rent a house at a 50% discount for five years? The acceptance service platform was officially launched on December 10, 2021. Adopt a guarantee method that combines "physical rent allocation" and "rent subsidies". At this stage, "rent subsidies" are mainly used.

Among them, the rent subsidy is paid out for half a year according to the standard of the actual place of work of the insured object when applying. The standard for each district is 8,000 yuan per person per year in Siming and Huli, 6,000 yuan per person per year in Haicang and Jimei, and 6,000 yuan per person per year in Tong'an and Xiang'an. 5,000 yuan, with a maximum coverage period of 5 years. So far, nearly 30,000 college students have applied.

"College students' five-year 50% discount on rent" is mainly divided into two categories: the first category is those under 30 years old who come to Xiamen for the first time to find employment and start a business after January 1, 2021, with a bachelor's degree or above College students are not limited to fresh graduates, household registration, or place of origin; the second category is technical backbone talents under the age of 30 recognized by each district (administrative committee), which can be implemented as a reference. When applying, you also need to meet certain employment, social security, housing and other conditions.

The first category of protection objects can apply at any time on the WeChat official account of the Xiamen Municipal Housing Bureau or the "College students' 50% discount on rent for 5 years" service platform of the iXiamen APP; the second category of protection objects, each district ( The Administrative Committee) is accelerating the formulation of operating rules and system construction, among which Huli District is advancing the fastest, and all kinds of technical backbone talents can pay attention in time.

Jinjiang: Provide housing vouchers for talents.

All kinds of talents can log in to the Quanzhou Talent Harbor website or the Quanzhou Urban Construction Group Quanfangtong website to register and apply. Fill in the basic personal information and upload scanned copies of relevant materials. After passing the qualification review, click on the corresponding module according to the housing security needs, supplement and complete the information in accordance with the system requirements and submit the application. The local human resources and social security departments will conduct review and confirmation in accordance with regulations.

1. Short-term free accommodation for job hunting: After the application is approved, the applicant can reserve a hotel or talent apartment in advance according to the time when he comes to Quanquan for job hunting. The system will generate a "talent housing voucher". Go to the hotel or talent apartment to register for accommodation, and the hotel will verify the accommodation voucher by scanning the QR code.

2. Preferential rental housing for talents: After the application is approved, the system will generate a rental housing voucher. The applicant will contact the staff according to the talent apartment or affordable housing contact information provided by the system, and within the validity period Use the housing voucher to go through relevant rental procedures within 15 days, and the talent housing management unit will verify it by scanning the QR code of the housing voucher.

Applicants can log in to the "Quanzhou Talent Harbor" mini program, enter the "Yongquan" action module, and click "Talent Housing Voucher" to obtain the corresponding housing voucher QR code.

(Compiled by our reporter You Xiaochun)

Reporter’s Notes

Let young people live and work in peace and contentment

Southeast Network, August 26 (reporter ?You Xiaochun) Home ownership is a major matter of concern to the people. For young people, renting a good house with peace of mind is the simplest desire. Improving their housing satisfaction is an important livelihood project.

After years of hard work, the focus of our province’s housing security system is shifting from low-income groups to new citizens and urban youth. Their income level cannot meet the application requirements for public rental housing, but they still have great difficulties in purchasing commercial housing. According to their needs, our province is building a housing rental system that coexists large, medium and small, as well as high, middle and low schools, which will be of great help in meeting the diverse housing needs of young people.

In response to the housing difficulties of young people, various regions in our province have actively taken practical measures and implemented practical measures. For example, Fuzhou took the lead in launching a talent attraction initiative to provide free accommodation for college graduates. Since it was first launched in 2020, the conditions have been relaxed twice, from free 3 months to free 1 year, and from fresh graduates to those who have not found a job within 3 years of graduation. of graduates. Behind the more than 4,000 free beds this year is warm care. For example, Xiamen Innovation launched the "50% off rent for college students for five years" initiative, which has provided 100 million yuan in rent subsidies to college students under the age of 30 who came to Xiamen for the first time to find employment or start a business, as well as key technical talents, and will continue to do so. Another example is the "Yongquan" mobile talent housing security application system launched by Quanzhou, which facilitates graduates to apply online for short-term free accommodation, housing rental discounts and housing security for urgent needs in Quanzhou.

Only young people can live and work in peace and contentment, and cities have Only in the future will the country have a future. Solving the housing problem of young people is an inevitable requirement for improving urban competitiveness and sustainable development.

We must change from "I want to do it" to "I want to do it", be determined, spend energy, and be innovative, mobilize more market and social forces to participate together, so that young people can enjoy those who are near and those who are far away, and create a better future for them. Fujian provides a solid guarantee for building a talent highland in the southeast.