Migrant workers in the city look forward to smoothly crossing the threshold of renting
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The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development recently announced the "Regulations on Housing Leasing (Draft for Solicitation of Comments)" to solicit public opinions.
In recent years, many housing security policies have been introduced from the state to the local level to solve the problem of migrant workers' rental housing, which has greatly improved the rental conditions of many migrant workers.
They also hope that in the future they will no longer encounter "random rent increases" and "black intermediaries".
Experts suggest that the improvement of urban housing security policies should be accelerated to ensure that migrant workers have equal rights to obtain public rental housing.
Where do you live in the city?
This is often the first threshold for migrant workers to stay in the city.
According to statistics, the number of people renting houses in China currently exceeds 200 million.
Among them, the renting demand of migrant workers is particularly strong.
However, in recent years, frequent chaos in the housing rental market has caused migrant workers to face difficulties in renting houses, which has also become a major pain point in the construction of urban public housing security.
The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development recently announced the "Regulations on Housing Leasing (Draft for Comment)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations") to solicit public opinions.
This regulatory document in the field of housing leasing, known as the "most stringent in history," involves strengthening the protection of the rights and interests of tenants and the supervision of leasing agencies.
In recent years, many housing security policies have been issued from the country to the local level to solve the rental problems of migrant workers.
So has the rental conditions of migrant workers improved?
Do they have any suggestions on rental conditions?
Reporter conducted an interview.
Move out of the basement, looking forward to not experiencing "random rent increases"
Recently, Feng Hui (pseudonym), a young man born in Henan who worked in Beijing in 1995, finally moved from the second basement floor of a community into a high-rise residential building with elevators.
"When I lived in the basement, I had eczema on my body. After living in the building, I can get the sun and it will soon be better."
The basement is the dormitory for employees in the barbershop where Feng Hui works.
"Eight people crowded into a windowless room, with a bunk bed on each of the four corners, and running outside to use the toilet." Although the housing conditions are poor, only more than 100 yuan of accommodation is deducted from the salary each month. Fei, Feng Hui persisted.
The recently announced "Regulations" clearly stated that non-residential spaces such as kitchens, bathrooms, balconies, and underground storage rooms may not be rented out for residence. Violators will be fined up to 500,000 yuan.
In addition, Beijing also proposed to prohibit unauthorized use of underground space planned for non-residential purposes. The company re-rented to Feng Hui and his colleagues not only in the building, but also independent kitchens and bathrooms. Sleep on bunk beds, but have separate beds.
The reporter found that the "Regulations" detailed regulations on rental housing living conditions, lease relations, housing agencies, leasing companies, etc., and targeted the much criticized "formaldehyde house", "random rent increase", "black intermediary" and other rental chaos. Specific specifications are also given.
The reporter asked Feng Hui if he had any suggestions about renting a house. He told the reporter that he rented a house by himself before the barbershop provided the dormitory, and his rent would be increased at every turn.
He expects that the "Regulations" will give migrant workers more preferential rental policies, so that they will no longer encounter rental traps such as "unilateral rent increases".
In an interview with reporters, community workers in Feng Hui’s community suggested that while the property, community, and relevant law enforcement agencies severely crack down on illegal rental behaviors, they should also learn more about the actual difficulties of the renters’ lives, and build long-term Effective management mechanism.
Live in the staff living quarters, it is recommended to crack down on "black intermediaries"
"It turned out to work in a field, or live in a board room, which is cold in winter and hot in summer; or live in partitions and line up to go to the toilet. Now I live in a dormitory building and sleep very well every day." Taishan Fiberglass Co., Ltd. employee Yang Baohai is a native of Xintai, Shandong. He had been working in other provinces before. This time he returned to work in Tai'an near his hometown. He only paid 16 yuan in management fees per month in the staff dormitory area. This was unimaginable before.
Yang Baohai's colleague Li Baoshan (pseudonym) told reporters that he often lived in the form of group rent in order to save money while working in other places.
Once he rented a second bedroom, and when he went to see it, he realized that it was a partition made by the agent, which was only enough for a bed.
In spite of this, the "black intermediary" deducted a deposit of 1,000 yuan for accidentally breaking the partition board.
Therefore, he suggested that the rental policy should strengthen the management of "black intermediaries" and try to make migrant workers less bullied by "black intermediaries".
Yang Baohai's colleagues are all from surrounding villages and towns. Although they are not too far away, they all have a demand for renting houses in the city.
"With employee dormitories, they not only save a large amount of renting expenses, but also save time for commuting." Zheng Zhiyuan, vice chairman of the company’s labor union, told reporters that companies should try their best to provide dormitories for employees who have renting needs, so that there are fewer employees. Some worries.
"The conditions in the workers’ living quarters are good or not. In fact, workers who go south and north have a'scale' in their hearts." Liu Yong, deputy secretary of the Zhongbaoda Ideal Time Project of the Northwest Branch of China Construction Third Engineering Bureau, suggested that the local government can implement a series of The fiscal preferential policies encourage more companies to provide housing for employees, including building dormitories on their own land or participating in the construction of public rental housing. At the same time, social organizations should be encouraged to provide self-employed public housing on the principle of cost rent.
The courier brother wants to have "a bed" in a public rental housing
Recently, in Hongkou District, Shanghai, a group of couriers received the keys to public rental housing.
The 14 public rental houses opened to couriers this time are equipped with basic furniture and home appliances, which can be checked in with bags, and the surrounding supporting facilities are complete.
It is understood that the market price of this batch of public rental housing is 2432 yuan to 3800 yuan per month, and the courier only needs to pay 1500 yuan to 1800 yuan per month, which is equivalent to 60% to 70% of the market rent.
In order to solve the housing problems of migrant workers engaged in basic services such as courier brothers, sanitation workers, domestic workers, etc., in June this year, Shanghai launched a pilot public rental housing demolition and use and the raising of dormitory housing. It is expected that by the end of this year, It can provide 5,000 rental beds for employees of key public service industries.
Zhang Cheng, a native of Henan who delivered express delivery in Beijing, was envious when he heard that his Shanghai colleague of the express company had moved into a public rental housing. He also hoped to live in a similar public rental housing and pay a lower rent than the market rent.
“Migrant workers are mostly migrant workers in cities alone, and their housing needs are often just'a bed' or'a room.' Therefore, the shift from the public rental housing system that emphasizes family living design to individual design has increased the number of migrant workers. The availability of public housing services in China has promoted the matching of supply and demand for public rental housing services.” Wang Zicheng, director of the Department of Administration of the School of Public Administration of Jinan University, believes that this attempt in Shanghai has a certain demonstrative effect on cities where migrant workers gather.
“At present, family outing has also become an important form of labor migration. The dismantling of public rental housing obviously cannot meet the housing needs of migrant workers’ families. The future policy direction should also introduce small-sized public housing for the long-term housing needs of migrant workers. Renting.” Wang Zicheng believes that in the process of promoting the urbanization of the floating population, it is necessary to accelerate the improvement of urban housing security policies to meet the increasing housing needs of the floating population and ensure that migrant workers have equal rights to obtain public rental housing.
Qu Xinyue