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Implementation plan for renovation of dilapidated houses in villages and towns

* * Town rural dilapidated adobe house renovation work implementation plan

In order to thoroughly implement the spirit of "Several Opinions of the State Council on Supporting the Revitalization and Development of the Former Central Soviet Area such as Gannan", solidly and effectively promote the transformation of dilapidated adobe houses in rural areas, effectively improve the living conditions of farmers in the whole town, and create a good urban and rural environment for promoting the development of the same city, speeding up the green catch-up and building a livable and suitable business. According to the spirit of the documents of the General Office of the Municipal Party Committee and the General Office of the Municipal Government "Guiding Opinions on Promoting the Reconstruction of Rural Dangerous Old Adobe Houses (Trial)" and "Implementation Plan for the Reconstruction of Rural Dangerous Old Adobe Houses in Shangyou County", combined with the actual situation of this town, this implementation plan is formulated.

I. General requirements

(1) guiding ideology. Under the guidance of Deng Xiaoping Theory and Theory of Three Represents, we should thoroughly implement Scientific Outlook on Development, focus on solving people's livelihood problems, promote the renovation of dilapidated houses in rural areas, improve the housing conditions of poor people in rural areas, comprehensively improve the village environment, build a rich and harmonious beautiful countryside, and accelerate the revitalization and development of Gannan Soviet Area.

(2) the overall goal. By 20 15, the task of rebuilding adobe houses in rural dangerous houses will be completed in an all-round way, and adobe houses in dangerous houses will be phased out gradually, which will obviously improve the living standards of farmers and the living environment in rural areas.

(3) Basic principles

1. Plan scientifically according to local conditions. Adhere to planning first, adjust measures to local conditions, and combine natural conditions such as mountains, water, fields, gardens and roads in rural areas, scientifically plan site selection, prepare village planning, and guide reconstruction and construction.

2. Government-led, farmers as the main body. The government plays a leading role in the renovation of dilapidated houses in rural areas, respects the wishes of the masses, gives full play to the main role of farmers, and mobilizes their initiative, enthusiasm and creativity.

3. One household, one house, saving land. Implement "one household, one house", control land occupation and construction area, and reflect regional characteristics. Make full use of homestead, idle homestead, old homestead and unused land for construction, and strictly control the occupation of cultivated land. Encourage and guide farmers to build apartments, buy houses in towns and save land.

4. Advance in batches as a whole. Give priority to solving the housing problems of people with the most dangerous and difficult living conditions. Demonstration-driven, classification and batch implementation of transformation, overall planning to promote the comprehensive improvement of village environment.

5. Standardize procedures and operate in sunshine. Adhere to the principles of openness, fairness and justice, establish a ledger for the renovation of dilapidated houses according to the requirements of "one household, one volume", strictly implement the "three-level audit and three-list publicity" of villages, townships (towns) and counties, and make the "supporting policies, renovation targets, subsidy standards and examination and approval results" four public, and accept the supervision of farmers and society.

Second, the scope and object of transformation

Adobe houses in rural dilapidated buildings that have been transformed refer to adobe houses that have been identified as C-class dilapidated buildings (some load-bearing structures can't meet the requirements of normal use, and some are in danger, which constitutes a local dangerous building) or D-class dilapidated buildings (load-bearing structures can't meet the requirements of normal use, and the whole house is in danger, which may lose its stability and bearing capacity at any time, which constitutes a whole dangerous building).

1. Reconstruction scope. The scope of renovation is the dilapidated adobe houses on the collective land of the town, and the renovation of dilapidated adobe houses on the collective land within the scope of urban planning and construction land must meet the requirements of the overall urban planning.

2. Transform the object. Farmers who still live in dilapidated adobe houses on collective land (except adobe houses that have been included in the scope of land acquisition and demolition). The identification of the transformation object must meet the following conditions at the same time: (1) It conforms to the urban and rural construction plan. (2) The house belongs to Class C or Class D adobe house. (3) Meet the requirements of one household and one house.

Third, the relevant standards

1. Building standard

(1) Residential land occupied by building: in principle, the area of each household's residential land is less than 90 square meters.

(2) Apartment-style multi-family building: each household has a construction area of about 60 square meters.

(3) Unified housing in towns and villages: the construction area of each household shall not exceed 50 square meters.

2. Subsidy standards

(1) new housing subsidy standard:

(1) The renovation of veterans of the Red Army, separated Red Army personnel (hereinafter referred to as "Red Army" personnel) and the widows of revolutionary martyrs who retired in rural areas will be subsidized by 40,000 yuan per household. (Defined and publicized by the local township civil affairs department)

(2) Decentralized support for five-guarantee households, low-guarantee households, poor disabled people, all disaster-stricken households, "two red" personnel and children of revolutionary martyrs, with a subsidy of 20,000 yuan per household. (Defined and publicized by local township and civil affairs and disabled persons' Federation departments)

(3) For other D-grade dilapidated adobe houses included in the scope of renovation, each household will receive a subsidy of 6.5438+0.5 million yuan. (Defined and publicized by the local township construction department)

(2) Maintenance and reinforcement housing subsidy standard: 3,000 yuan per household. (Specifically defined and publicized by the township and urban construction departments)

Migration in mountainous areas and reservoir areas, geological disasters and ecological migration, renovation of dilapidated houses in rural areas and renovation of dilapidated houses can only enjoy one of them, and cannot be enjoyed repeatedly.

Four, the subsidy time and the number of households identified

1. Definition of subsidy time

(1) The dilapidated adobe houses demolished outside the county planning area after 20 1 2 years1month1day have been included in the reconstruction of rural dilapidated houses in Jiangxi Province, and the reconstruction policy of dilapidated houses in Jiangxi Province can be continued and included in the reconstruction of rural dilapidated adobe houses.

(2) After the "Several Opinions of the State Council on Supporting the Revitalization and Development of the Former Central Soviet Area, such as Gannan" was issued on June 28th, 20 12, those under construction or newly started construction that meet the conditions for the renovation of dilapidated houses can be included in the renovation of dilapidated houses in rural areas.

2. Determine the number of subsidized families

In principle, the number of subsidized households is determined as follows:

(1) Newly built single-family houses, each with one household;

(2) if a joint household builds a new apartment building, each apartment is one household, and each household only receives a subsidy;

(3) Non-apartment buildings are jointly built, and each house is one household according to the actual number of apartments;

(4) If it belongs to' renovation and reinforcement', each building is regarded as one household, and each household is only subsidized once.

The change of construction method of verb (abbreviation of verb)

In principle, the dilapidated adobe houses to be rebuilt in rural areas belong to the overall dangerous buildings (Grade D) and should be demolished and rebuilt, while the local dangerous buildings (Grade C) should be repaired and reinforced. It is necessary to combine new urbanization, new rural construction and urban-rural overall planning, promote the relocation of immigrants in deep mountain areas, reservoir areas and areas prone to geological disasters as a whole, and simultaneously coordinate the construction of rural drinking water, power grids, roads and other infrastructure and public service facilities such as culture, education and health. Combined with the industrial layout, encourage the development of characteristic agriculture based on the "two teas and one seedling" industry, and support entrepreneurship and employment nearby.

(1) tear down the old and build a new one. Actively guide the circulation and replacement of homestead within the collective, encourage centralized contiguous demolition and new construction, and orderly guide the rural population to gather from natural villages to larger villages, remote villages to villages with convenient transportation and ordinary villages to central villages and towns to accelerate the process of urbanization. It is necessary to adhere to centralized housing construction, minimize sporadic housing construction, and relatively concentrate on decentralized housing construction, reaching 5 to 10 households in principle.

1. Centralized new construction: within the scope of urban construction planning land, under the premise of conforming to urban construction planning, rebuilt households can jointly build new apartment buildings, and the nature of their collective land remains unchanged.

Outside the scope of urban planning and construction land, encourage new construction in different places or in situ according to the requirements of village construction planning.

2. Decentralized construction: scattered dilapidated adobe houses in rural areas other than urban planning and construction land can be built in a decentralized manner if they do not have the conditions for centralized construction, but in principle they should be relatively concentrated.

3. Unified rural construction: On the premise of voluntarily demolishing the original dilapidated adobe houses, towns and villages can build on their behalf to help them solve the housing problem, and their housing subsidy funds will be used for the unified construction of towns and villages. Decentralized five-guarantee households with no housing capacity are encouraged to provide centralized support to nursing homes nearby. Under the premise of voluntarily dismantling the original dilapidated adobe houses and returning the homestead to the collective organization, you can enjoy policy subsidies.

4. Revitalize the replacement: for the five-guarantee households and the poor households who support separately, the existing old school buildings, old factory (field) houses, old office buildings and other idle non-dangerous old houses and non-adobe houses can be repaired and transformed, and the following procedures are met: First, with the consent of the original property owner, a replacement agreement can be signed; Second, it is declared by the town and approved by the office of the leading group for the transformation of adobe houses in rural dangerous houses in the county; The third is to improve the procedures and do a good job in the registration and certification of the right after the replacement.

Encourage people with poor economic strength to buy houses with good quality within the collective scope for replacement. For the housing replacement between farmers, a replacement agreement must be signed and notarized by a notary office. The party with poor replacement of non-adobe houses in existing houses enjoys the subsidy funds for repair and reinforcement, and the party with good quality of non-adobe houses can declare the demolition of old houses and the construction of new houses according to procedures after replacing them with dangerous old adobe houses.

(2) Repair and reinforcement

1. Appraised by the cultural department, the dilapidated houses with certain historical, cultural, scientific and artistic values, especially those with cultural relics that record the red cultural history and highlight the style of Hakka dwellings, should be repaired and protected according to the principle of "repairing the old as the old". And encourage the development of rural tourism industry in the form of purchase and repair.

2. If it is identified as a C-class adobe house, and the resident farmers have no intention to tear down the old and build a new one, the original house can be repaired and strengthened.

(3) encourage the demolition of the old. Through the guidance of the government and the operation of the Council, abandoned, vacant and idle adobe houses with no protection value will be demolished. For the demolition and reclamation of abandoned, vacant and idle dilapidated adobe houses (that is, uninhabited "hollow houses"), towns with conditions shall declare projects to the county land department according to procedures and be included in the scope of implementation of "increasing or decreasing hanging" of urban and rural construction land.

(4) Guide farmers into cities. Encourage farmers to enter cities or build apartment buildings in joint households, and those who are willing to become urban residents can be included in the housing security system for urban residents. At the same time, actively create good employment opportunities for farmers to enter the city and help them find jobs.

Six, operating procedures

1. For farmers who meet the conditions for the renovation of dilapidated adobe houses in rural areas, the head of the household voluntarily submits a written application to the local village committee, and provides the household registration certificate and the identity certificate of the subsidy object for the renovation of dilapidated houses.

2. Collective appraisal. After receiving the application from the farmers, the village committee will hold a meeting of villagers' representatives or a meeting of the village committee for democratic appraisal, decide whether it belongs to the subsidy object, and publicize it in the village affairs column and villagers' groups; After deliberation, if it meets the conditions of the subsidy object and there is no objection to the publicity, fill in the "Application Form for Reconstruction and Construction of Rural Dangerous Old Adobe Houses" and report it to the town government. If there is any objection to the evaluation or publicity, and it does not meet the conditions of the subsidy object after review, it shall promptly explain the reasons to the applicant.

3. Family audit. After receiving the application materials from the village committee, the town government will organize personnel to conduct household audit. Audited eligible, signed by the town government opinions submitted to the county rural dilapidated adobe house renovation work leading group. Do not meet the conditions, the town government will return the materials to the village Committee, and explain the reasons. The audit results of the town government are publicized in the open column of government affairs.

4. Approval and publicity. After receiving the materials submitted by the town, the office of the leading group for the reconstruction of rural dilapidated buildings in the county organizes relevant departments to conduct on-the-spot audit, and approves the subsidy methods and standards according to the expert opinions made by professional and technical personnel on the degree of housing danger. Do not meet the conditions of the subsidy object, shall not be approved, and explain the reasons. The examination and approval results should be published in the villagers' committees and villagers' groups. The publicity time is not less than 7 days, and the publicity contents include: the name of the head of household, family attributes, and transformation types. At the same time, the town people's government signed a subsidy agreement with the farmers who rebuilt the dilapidated adobe houses.

5. Completion acceptance. After the renovation of dilapidated adobe houses in rural areas is completed, the office of the leading group for the renovation of dilapidated adobe houses in cities and towns will organize relevant departments such as the Land Institute, Planning Institute, Finance Office and Civil Affairs Office to conduct comprehensive inspection and acceptance of the renovation, reinforcement, renewal, new construction and demolition of the original dilapidated adobe houses.

6. Data archiving. In accordance with the requirements of "one household for one file", towns and villages should sort out and file all the information in triplicate, such as the application form of farmers, the comparison photos before and after construction or renovation, the approval form, the fund distribution form, the renovation subsidy agreement, and the adoption of the new apartment agreement. County, township, village and relevant functional departments shall, in accordance with the principle of classification, organize and file the data in different years.

Seven. Implementation steps

1. Implementation preparation stage (before August 15). Take the village as the unit, organize elite troops to enter the village to register the renovation of dilapidated adobe houses, understand the real wishes of farmers, sort out and analyze data, establish work ledgers by classification, make the situation clear, make a clear base, make a thorough investigation and registration, and report to the office of the leading group for the renovation of dilapidated adobe houses in rural areas of the town for the record. Scientific planning, quickly organize the preparation of village layout planning and village construction planning, and modify the village construction planning that can no longer meet the current development requirements. It is necessary to vigorously carry out various forms of publicity, make the rural dilapidated housing renovation policy a household name, and fully mobilize the enthusiasm of farmers to actively participate.

2. Task decomposition implementation stage (before August 25th). Villages shall, according to the transformation plan and tasks of the office of the leading group for the transformation of dilapidated adobe houses in rural areas of the town, decompose them into villagers' groups, implement specific transformation objects, and report them to the office of the leading group for the transformation of dilapidated adobe houses in rural areas of the town for the record.

3. Realize the transformation stage (before 12 and before 15). Led by the town planning institute, in conjunction with relevant departments, on the basis of thorough investigation, in accordance with the "Technical Guidelines for the Identification of Rural Dangerous Houses (Trial)", organize professional and technical personnel to conduct technical appraisal of adobe houses in rural dangerous houses and determine the grade of dangerous houses. According to the procedures of application, collective appraisal, household audit, approval and publicity, the appraisal of dilapidated houses and the determination of subsidy objects must be completed before August 30, and construction will start in early September.

4. Inspection and acceptance stage. Adobe renovation of dilapidated houses in villages should be completed before 12 and 10, and a work summary and an overall acceptance application should be submitted to the office of the adobe renovation leading group for dilapidated houses in villages and towns. The leading group for the renovation of dilapidated houses in rural areas will organize relevant departments to inspect and accept the completion of the renovation of dilapidated houses in urban villages. And report to the county leading group for the renovation of dilapidated houses in rural areas, and accept the inspection and acceptance of higher organizations.

Eight. safeguard measure

(A) to strengthen organizational leadership

A leading group for the renovation of rural dilapidated buildings in this town was established, headed by Chen Yingting, secretary of the town party committee, and Xue Fei, deputy secretary of the town party committee, and Li Cunyi, deputy mayor. The heads of finance office, planning office, civil affairs office, land office, forest management station, power supply office, telecommunications office, mobile company and other departments are members. There is an office under the leading group, which is located in the town land, with Liao Zhen, the director of the land, as the director of the office, responsible for the organization and coordination, supervision and dispatch, service guidance and evaluation of the renovation of dilapidated houses in rural areas. The staff are transferred from the relevant units in the town, and the office expenses are fully guaranteed by the town finance.

(B) clear job responsibilities

The village is the main body responsible for the renovation of dilapidated adobe houses in rural areas, and the village party secretary is the first person responsible for the renovation of dilapidated adobe houses in rural areas. At the township and village levels, a letter of responsibility should be signed at different levels, and the principle of "farmers as the main body, village committees to assist, townships to be responsible, departmental services and county-level overall planning" should be implemented by the township (town). Villages should find out the number of dilapidated adobe houses for renovation, new construction, repair and reinforcement, and determine the construction objects and renovation methods in accordance with the principles of fairness, justice and openness. The basic information of the subsidy object and the results of each audit link should be "publicized on three lists", so as to resolutely prevent major unstable events caused by inaccurate object selection and other reasons, otherwise the relevant responsible personnel should be held accountable. Focus on key links such as object determination, homestead dispute mediation, craftsman training, transitional resettlement, subsidy standards, fund distribution, safety production, quality acceptance, and social stability.

The office of the leading group for the renovation of rural dilapidated adobe houses is responsible for organizing the implementation of the renovation of rural dilapidated adobe houses and taking the lead in organizing the overall planning, guidance and coordination, supervision and inspection, evaluation and acceptance of the renovation of rural dilapidated adobe houses.

The town planning institute pays special attention to the technical appraisal, project planning and site selection, village planning and new apartment promotion, quality and safety supervision of dilapidated adobe houses in rural areas.

The town civil affairs office is responsible for verifying the "two reds" personnel, survivors of revolutionary martyrs, five-guarantee households, households completely destroyed due to disasters, and low-guarantee households.

The town finance office is responsible for raising and allocating funds for the renovation of dilapidated adobe houses in rural areas, formulating a fund management system, ensuring work funds, and actively striving for financial subsidies from higher levels;

The Town Land Office is responsible for striving for new construction land planning indicators for the renovation of rural dilapidated adobe houses, guiding villages to do a good job in "linking up the increase and decrease" of urban and rural construction land, and handling land use procedures according to law.

The town forest management office is responsible for solving the wood index needed for the reconstruction of adobe houses in rural dangerous houses, and doing a good job in the evaluation of forest right mortgage without compensation.

The town power supply station, telecom station and mobile company are responsible for the planning, design and construction of power supply, cable TV and communication facilities in the reconstruction of rural dilapidated adobe houses, and solve the problem of pole line relocation involved in centralized construction sites free of charge.

Villages and member units should combine the responsibilities of their departments, carry out their duties, cooperate closely, form a joint effort, formulate special work plans, and refine work measures. The work plan should be submitted to the office of the leading group for the transformation of adobe houses in rural areas before August 15.

(C) to strengthen the supervision and management of funds

1. Integrate agriculture-related funds. In accordance with the principle of "orderly channels and overall arrangements", we will integrate departmental resources and agriculture-related funds to support the infrastructure construction of rural dilapidated houses.

2. Establish a working mechanism for allocating funds according to the construction progress.

(1) If the old building is demolished and newly built, on the premise of dismantling the original dilapidated adobe house, the geosphere beam will be poured and 50% of the subsidy funds will be allocated, and the remaining subsidy funds will be allocated in one lump sum after the completion and acceptance of the main project.

(2) Housing replacement: after completing the housing replacement procedures, farmers move into and demolish the original dilapidated adobe houses, and grant funds in one lump sum according to the information provided by the replacement agreement and the town certificate.

(3) Repair and reinforcement: After the repair work is completed, the one-time subsidy that has passed the acceptance is in place.

3. Increase credit assistance. For the needy people who still lack funds after enjoying housing subsidies, they can apply to the bank for a loan for the renovation of rural dilapidated adobe houses within 50,000 yuan through household guarantee, forest property mortgage and real estate mortgage, and the loan will be subsidized by the finance according to the benchmark interest rate for two years (40% for each city and county finance and 20% for the borrower).

(4) Strengthen the management of reconstruction and construction.

1. Strengthen planning. Planning funds are included in the county-level financial budget according to the standard of 3000 yuan per centralized construction site. Adhere to the principle of planning before construction, and speed up the preparation of village layout planning and village construction planning in combination with small town planning and overall land use planning. Led by the planning and construction department, with the participation of the departments of mine management, resettlement and poverty alleviation, civil affairs, water conservancy, earthquake prevention and disaster reduction, we will organize qualified professional planning teams to carry out planning, carry out geological disaster risk assessment, avoid dangerous areas such as earthquake fault zones, landslides and mudslides and areas prone to secondary geological disasters, reasonably determine the centralized construction sites for the renovation of adobe houses in dilapidated houses in rural areas, and scientifically guide the renovation of adobe houses in dilapidated houses in rural areas. Steadily promote the adjustment of village layout and build a new rural community. Pay attention to the protection of ancient villages, ancient buildings and ancient and famous trees.

2. Strictly implement the regulations of one household and one house. When choosing a building in another place, it must conform to the urban planning. On the premise of demolishing the original dilapidated adobe house, returning the old house base to the collective economic organization, transferring it to others according to law or reclamation, the reformed households can enjoy subsidies for the renovation of dilapidated adobe houses, discount loans and the occupation of new houses by homesteads.

3. Vigorously promote new huxing. Newly-built houses should choose the units recommended in "Atlas of Design of Newly-built Units for Rebuilding Dangerous Old Adobe Houses in Southern Jiangxi" or "Atlas of Promotion of Newly-built Units in Rural Shangyou County", highlight the characteristics of houses in southern Jiangxi and Shangyou, and build a new type of rural houses that are economical, practical, safe, beautiful and fully functional, so as to realize "new houses, new villages and new looks". In line with the spirit of the document "Implementation Plan on Improving the Planning and Construction Level of Villages and Towns and Accelerating the Construction of New Houses" (Shangban Zi [2065 438+02] 129), farmers can apply for the renovation of dilapidated adobe houses in rural areas, and they can enjoy the subsidy policy stipulated in this document separately if they are approved by the county, township and relevant departments.

4. Establish a green channel for approval. Land, planning and construction, civil affairs, finance and other relevant departments should open up examination and approval channels for the renovation of dilapidated houses in rural areas, simplify examination and approval procedures, clarify the time limit for examination and approval, and waive examination and approval fees and production costs.

(5) Strengthen land security.

1. Make good use of the living place policy. The Town Land Institute should actively strive for policies such as special indicators for the renovation of dilapidated houses, turnover indicators linked to the increase or decrease of urban and rural construction land, farmers' housing indicators, and post-disaster reconstruction indicators, give priority to the renovation indicators of dilapidated adobe houses in rural areas, give priority to ensuring the renovation needs of dilapidated adobe houses in rural areas, and effectively guarantee the renovation and construction land of dilapidated adobe houses in rural areas in the town.

2. Explore the new path of homestead circulation. Villages should give full play to the role of the Council, actively explore new ideas of land circulation, and steadily and orderly promote the homestead circulation and the demolition of old houses in the reconstruction and construction of dangerous old houses through government guidance and Council operation.

(6) Establish an efficient working mechanism.

1. Establish a hanging point assistance mechanism. Take the way that the town leaders protect the village and the town directly protects the village, and regularly coordinate and guide the renovation of dilapidated adobe houses in the village. Strengthen the combination with the "three delivery" work, and incorporate the renovation of dilapidated houses in rural areas into the important content of the "three delivery" work. The "three delivery" hanging units should be responsible for assisting the transformation of rural adobe houses in the village, especially the centralized building sites. The implementation of the "three delivery" cadres to contact the rural dilapidated adobe house renovation package households "publicity, application for approval, building assistance, information entry" full coverage mechanism, especially responsible for the filling and entry of pictures and related declaration forms before, during and after construction. The renovation of adobe houses in rural dilapidated buildings will be an important basis for the evaluation of "three deliveries" (the specific plan will be provided separately by the town's "three deliveries" office). Cadres and workers at all levels, such as towns and rural party member, should vigorously support the renovation of dilapidated adobe houses in rural areas, play a leading and exemplary role, and mobilize relatives and friends to carry out the renovation of dilapidated adobe houses in rural areas. It is necessary to give full play to the organizing and guiding role of villagers' committees in promoting the renovation of dilapidated houses in rural areas.

2. Establish an inspection and evaluation mechanism. The implementation of the target responsibility system, to promote the transformation of rural dilapidated adobe houses into the township annual target assessment content, and as an important part of the assessment of township leadership. Establish a supervision mechanism of "semi-monthly notification, January supervision, quarterly scheduling, semi-annual appraisal and year-end assessment". At the beginning of each month, the office of the leading group for the renovation of rural dilapidated buildings in the town will organize special supervision of the renovation of rural dilapidated buildings with the "three deliveries" inspection team in the town.

3. Reward and punishment mechanism. At the end of the year, the office of the leading group for the renovation of rural dilapidated adobe houses in this town will conduct acceptance assessment on the completion of tasks in each village, and commend and reward village committees and village cadres who have made outstanding achievements in the renovation of rural dilapidated adobe houses in that year; Village committees and town-level (town-level) units with poor annual work cancel the qualification of annual pingxian pingyou.

(7) Strengthen publicity and guidance.

Through the "Voice of * *" broadcast, blackboard newspaper, slogans and other conditions, actively publicize the rural dilapidated adobe house renovation policy, listen carefully to the opinions and suggestions of the masses, and timely study and solve the difficulties and problems reflected by the masses.