Pay attention to the "pain points" of people's livelihood and attract social capital to participate in-

Renovation of old communities ushered in policy outlets

  Recently, the General Office of the Henan Provincial Government issued the "Guiding Opinions on Promoting the Quality Improvement of Old Urban Communities". In fact, the popularity of policies for the transformation of old communities around the country has gradually increased nationwide.

  As early as October 17 last year, "two provinces and seven cities" were identified as a new round of pilot provinces and cities in the country's old urban area renovation. Soon after, Yichang and Ningbo launched a new round of pilot projects for the transformation of old urban communities. Areas that are not included in the pilot cities have also joined in. For example, Beijing has issued the "Comprehensive Renovation Work Plan for Old Communities (2018-2020)", which determines the priority of the implementation of the community and the transformation method. Renovation of old communities now ushered in policy outlets.

  According to the person in charge of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, there are plans to renovate 39,000 old urban communities in various places this year, involving nearly 7 million residents, a doubling of last year. "The new round of renovation of the old community is not just the work of painting the walls, adding elevators and other single equipment, but a systematic project from the surface to the inside, from hardware to software, from physical change to ecological construction. "This means that a new round of renovation of old communities pays more attention to the" pain points "of people's livelihood.

  Qiu Baoxing, former vice minister of the State Council, the former deputy minister of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, estimated that the market space for the renovation of old communities may reach 5 trillion yuan. China Merchants Securities estimates that if it is calculated based on the five-year transformation period, it is expected to contribute more than 1 trillion yuan in investment each year. The investment period of these renovation projects is very short, the marginal benefit is obvious, the capital turnover is fast, and it can be quickly converted into consumption capacity. "Renovation of old communities not only improves the living conditions of residents, but also expands domestic demand and increases steadily, stimulating the development of related industries.

  Huang Yan, deputy minister of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, said in an interpretation of the “what to change”, “how to change”, and “who will pay for” in the transformation of old communities, it is necessary to actively innovate the investment and financing mechanism for the transformation of old communities in the cities and towns to attract social forces to participate.

  The reporter's investigation found that, except for projects such as installing elevators and building parking lots, most of the old house renovations are difficult to obtain direct economic benefits, and social capital participation still faces multiple dilemmas.

  "Older communities face greater sustainability issues in terms of software." An owner living in an old community told reporters that after the renovation of his old community was completed, due to lack of effective management, the time has come back for a long time. The previous state.

  Zhao Ke, a real estate industry analyst at China Merchants Securities Research and Development Center, said that compared with the shantytown renovation, it is more difficult to promote the renovation of old houses. "At present, the main source of funds for the renovation of old communities in our country is still financial funds, residents' willingness to contribute is low, and the effect of attracting social capital participation is not great."

  "These fields that seem to be blue oceans are actually hard to chew. Old residential properties often change hands frequently." A person in charge of a large property company in Beijing told reporters, "Many residents of old communities are used to lower-level property management. It is relatively difficult to collect property fees. It is difficult for a property to generate income and it cannot invest more resources to serve the owners, forming a vicious circle. "

  "If you want to attract social capital to participate in the renovation of old communities and property management, you have to make it profitable." Industry insiders pointed out that in accordance with the "who invests, who benefits" principle, establish a beneficiary payment mechanism and cultivate residents' awareness of payment.

  Zhao Jianying