More than 8,400 households in Nghe An receive housing support

This information was given at the conference to review 1 year of implementing the campaign to support the construction and repair of houses for the poor and people with housing difficulties in Nghe An province in the period of 2023-2025 (Steering Committee 1838), taking place on April 19.

After reviewing and evaluating, Nghe An province has approved 16,110 subjects in need of housing improvement. This locality has established a steering committee from the province to the hamlet level to carry out this "campaign".

By the end of March, through the implementation of Program 1838 and national target programs on sustainable poverty reduction and socio -economic development in ethnic minority areas, Nghe An province has built 8,440 houses, with a total resource of more than 606 billion VND, equal to 153% of the 2023 plan, reaching 52.3% of the entire 2023-2025 period.

Hơn 8.400 hộ dân ở Nghệ An được hỗ trợ nhà ở - 1 — Conference to review 1 year of implementing the program to mobilize support for building and repairing houses for the poor and people with housing difficulties in Nghe An province (Photo: Canh Xuan).

Of which, the 1838 program alone, with a total converted budget of more than 596 billion VND, has supported 6,023 houses for poor households and households with housing difficulties in the province, including 3,580 prefabricated houses, 2,086 newly built houses and 357 repaired houses. There are 2,417 houses (1,711 newly built houses, 706 repaired houses) implemented from support sources of national target programs.

At the conference, sectors and localities specifically analyzed the advantages, difficulties, and lessons learned in mobilizing the implementation of housing support programs for poor households in the area.

Concluding the conference, Mr. Thai Thanh Quy, Secretary of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee - Head of Provincial Steering Committee 1838, affirmed that this is one of the largest, most humane and largest-scale programs ever launched and implemented by the province.

According to the Secretary of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee, after more than 1 year of implementation, the result is 8,440 houses for poor and disadvantaged households have been supported to be newly built or repaired; equivalent to 10 years ago combined, showing that this is one of the province's social security programs that is bringing high efficiency, with very convincing numbers.

Hơn 8.400 hộ dân ở Nghệ An được hỗ trợ nhà ở - 2 — Houses that are well-sealed above and sound below, sturdy enough, are gradually replacing temporary houses and thatched houses in the border districts of Nghe An (Photo: Hoang Lam).

The head of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee expressed his gratitude and acknowledged the generosity of the business community, organizations and individuals who have turned to the poor to contribute to the successful implementation of the program.

In particular, in addition to contributions from organizations, businesses, units..., brothers, relatives, villages, and residential communities where poor households and households with housing difficulties live have supported the equivalent of nearly 200 billion VND, accounting for more than 35% of the program's implementation costs.

Through review, in the whole province there are still more than 7,600 households needing support to build new or repair houses.

The Head of Steering Committee 1883 of Nghe An province has proposed solutions corresponding to each group of localities, and at the same time assigned responsibilities to each individual and unit, determined to basically complete the program in 2024, no later than the second quarter of 2025, before the 20th Provincial Party Congress, term 2025-2030.

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