Policies must be people-oriented, or people-centered in the development and implementation of social security policies - a major policy of our Party and State. In particular, building housing for disadvantaged groups is a very humane policy, both demonstrating the concern of the Party and State and arousing and promoting the spirit of "Mutual Love" in the community.
“Leave no one behind”
Nestled in a small alley, the house of Mr. Le Xuan Duc's family (street 11, Lam Son ward, Thanh Hoa city) has just been built. Although modest, it contains a lot of affection and responsibility from the whole community. The life of "patchwork" is due to the unstable income of both husband and wife, they have to do whatever they are hired to do, and their daughter is sick. Therefore, even though he is 66 years old, his family still has to live in a makeshift house. "The house was built in 1983, and has seriously degraded. If it rains heavily, there is no place to sleep, and we have to stay up all night to bail out water," Mr. Duc confided. Also because of the worries about food and clothing "holding us close to the ground", so the worries about the new house can only be a dream hidden deep in the heart of the man who is the pillar of the family.
But then his seemingly hopeless wish suddenly became a reality one day, when on March 30, 2024, the Standing Committee of Thanh Hoa Provincial Party Committee issued Directive No. 22-CT/TU, on "The Campaign to support housing construction for poor households, policy households, and households with housing difficulties in the province, in the 2 years 2024-2025" (abbreviated as the Campaign). The humane light from Directive No. 22-CT/TU quickly spread throughout the community and to many vulnerable groups like Mr. Duc's family. He recalled that when the ward officials came to survey and informed that his family was eligible for support to build a house, he was extremely moved. After only about 2 months of construction, his family was able to live in the new house. Although the interior was not remarkable, for Mr. Duc, that was already satisfactory. From here, joy quickly enveloped and replaced the suffocating atmosphere that had surrounded the family. And hopefully, the new house would be a good start for his family's future life.
In the context that the whole country is actively responding to the emulation movement "Joining hands to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses nationwide in 2025", launched by the Prime Minister, Directive No. 22-CT/TU was quickly issued and created a widespread influence in the whole province. All levels, sectors, localities and units have actively promoted the purpose, meaning and results of the Campaign; at the same time, they have been very responsible in mobilizing and persuading organizations, individuals and philanthropists to participate in supporting and assisting. Since then, Directive No. 22-CT/TU has been concretized through many practical actions, reflecting the sense of responsibility, sharing and noble gestures of organizations and individuals towards disadvantaged groups.
As a result, as of December 5, 2024, the total support fund received through the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee at 3 levels (province, district, commune) is over 226,529 billion VND. Of which, 11 mountainous districts are over 39.4 billion VND; 16 lowland districts are over 154,928 billion VND. More notably, in addition to the fund transferred to the Provincial Steering Committee according to regulations (over 19.19 billion VND), many lowland localities also directly support mountainous districts by address, with an amount of over 11 billion VND. Typically, Nong Cong district supports Lang Chanh district with 2 billion VND; Nga Son district supports Muong Lat district with 1.2 billion VND and Ba Thuoc district with 960 million VND; Thieu Hoa district supported Muong Lat district with 1 billion VND and Quan Son district with 1 billion VND... Also as of December 5, 2024, the total budget allocated at all levels was over 145.789 billion VND. Of which, the provincial steering committee allocated (2 phases) 55.82 billion VND, with a total of 1,420 households supported; the district steering committee (26/27 districts, towns, and cities) allocated over 89.969 billion VND.
With the allocated amount, up to now, the total number of houses that have started construction according to Directive No. 22-CT/TU and integrating national target programs, Project 4845 of the Provincial People's Committee (Project on arranging and stabilizing residents in areas at high risk of flash floods, landslides in mountainous districts of the province in the period of 2021-2025) is 3,697 houses (2,953 newly built, 744 repaired); currently 1,998 houses have been completed. Of which, the number of houses that have started construction and repair from the source of Directive No. 22-CT/TU (support level of 80 million VND/household) alone is 1,430 houses and currently 620 houses have been completed. Perhaps, living in a new house will be a good start for the lives of hundreds of poor households, policy households, and households with housing difficulties, who have received support from Directive No. 22-CT/TU in 2024. And only they themselves can feel more clearly what it means to live in a dream - a dream that is born from the love, sharing, empathy and responsibility of the Party Committee, government, organizations and individuals in the area.
There are many shortcomings
Inspired by a humane policy, thanks to which thousands of households have been and will be living in new houses, helping them "settle down and make a living". However, besides many localities that have actively mobilized and built houses for poor households, policy households, and households with housing difficulties in the area; there are still some localities that have not been able to put Directive No. 22-CT/TU into practice. In particular, the main problems are related to land, such as lack of land fund or land lacking legal documents according to the law.
For example, in Quan Son, Quan Hoa, Ba Thuoc, Lang Chanh and Thuong Xuan districts (implementing support for households under the "Project to arrange and stabilize residents in areas at high risk of flash floods, landslides in mountainous districts of Thanh Hoa province in the period of 2021-2025"), as of December 5, 2024, only 34/301 households have started construction. Of which, 9/301 households have received support funds from the Campaign; 292/301 households have not yet had funds disbursed to their households. The reason for the delay in disbursement of funds is that most households do not have land to move to. The rest are households that do not want to move; or due to some problems related to disbursement and settlement records.
Along with that, the work of allocating and disbursing funds from the Campaign to households is still very slow, with a low disbursement rate. Particularly, Muong Lat district has not yet allocated funds mobilized by the district-level steering committee. In addition, according to the feedback of localities, the implementation of settlement records and archiving (according to Instruction No. 5440/STC-TCĐT of the Department of Finance) is still inadequate compared to the actual situation. For example, according to Instruction No. 5440/STC-TCĐT, it is required to have a "Certificate of land use rights of the owner". However, in reality, in communes and districts, there are still households that have lived there for a long time and stably but do not have the financial conditions to carry out procedures for granting land use rights certificates (GCNQSDD). Not to mention, some households have been given or given land use rights by their parents, siblings, and relatives but have not yet carried out procedures for transferring land use rights. Therefore, many households are living on non-disputed land but do not have a certificate of land use rights of the owner.
Meanwhile, according to Notice No. 523/TB-VPCP, dated November 16, 2024 of the Government Office on the conclusion of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at the first meeting of the Central Steering Committee on the implementation of the elimination of temporary and dilapidated houses nationwide and Plan No. 05-KH/BCĐ, dated April 10, 2024 of the Provincial Steering Committee for the Campaign, only the People's Committees at all levels (district and commune levels) need to confirm that the land is "not in dispute", then they will receive financial support from the Prime Minister's directive and the directive of the Provincial Party Standing Committee.
Furthermore, according to Instruction No. 5440/STC-TCĐT, there is a requirement to have “Construction design or sample design of the Department of Construction, construction estimate certified by the Commune People's Committee”. This requirement is causing difficulties in procedures for poor households and near-poor households because they do not have the funds to hire construction design and construction estimate. At the same time, the requirement is also not suitable for reality, when housing for poor households needs to be simple, suitable for the conditions and circumstances of each family and the level of support mobilized from relatives, family and clan. Therefore, it is also not suitable for the design model of the Department of Construction, so the design model is only for reference.
In addition, Instruction No. 5440/STC-TCĐT also requires “attaching images of the current status of the house before construction or repair”. However, some households that are eligible for support of 40 million VND (according to the National Target Program for Poverty Reduction and Project 4845 of the Provincial People's Committee) have started construction before Instruction No. 5440/STC-TCĐT, so there are no images of the current status of the house before construction or repair. This is causing difficulties in completing the dossier...
Faced with the above shortcomings, at the working conference with the Standing Office of the Steering Committee "The Campaign to support housing construction for poor households, policy households, and households with housing difficulties in the province, in the 2 years 2024-2025", Comrade Lai The Nguyen, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation, requested the Party Committee of the Provincial People's Committee to lead the Provincial People's Committee to direct the Department of Natural Resources and Environment to urgently issue documents guiding land documents for households that have been approved for housing construction support according to regulations. At the same time, direct the Department of Finance to urgently review, adjust and amend a number of contents on settlement records and archives in Instruction No. 5440/STC-TCĐT "On the management, use, disbursement and settlement of support funds from mobilized sources". Thereby, simplifying procedures, in accordance with the actual situation, creating favorable conditions for households in carrying out procedures to receive financial support and settlement of support funds from the Campaign.
In addition, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development was directed to preside over and coordinate with relevant units to review and evaluate the implementation of housing support for households under Project 4845. At the same time, it was required to advise competent authorities on solutions to remove difficulties and obstacles, and promptly disburse the support funds allocated by the Provincial Steering Committee. In particular, the Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee also requested the Standing Committees of the districts, towns, and city Party Committees, directly the secretaries of the districts, towns, and city Party Committees and the chairmen of the People's Committees of the districts, towns, and cities, to focus on leading and directing the implementation of tasks under the responsibility of the locality. With determination, decisiveness, creativity, daring to think, daring to do, daring to take responsibility in implementation, thereby ensuring that 100% of households in the area on the support list approved by competent authorities will have new housing before the Lunar New Year 2025.
Khoi Nguyen
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