Currently, the common support level in Quang Nam for building new houses for poor and near-poor households is from 50 to 60 million VND, and for repairing houses is 20 to 30 million VND per house. Although resources are coordinated from the state budget and socialized, this rate is still too modest compared to the ever-increasing prices of materials and labor.
Most of the people who received support were disadvantaged families who could not afford to pay additional funds. Many of the houses they built after the support, although they had roofs and were more presentable than before, were still not truly solid. The foundations, pillars, roofs, etc. were only enough to “avoid the sun and rain” but were not strong enough to withstand increasingly unusual and severe natural disasters.
At the end of April, a strong storm swept through the communes of Tra Doc, Tra Tan, Tra Kot, Tra Giac, and Tra Son in Bac Tra My district. More than a dozen houses had their roofs blown off or collapsed completely. Once again, people quietly rebuilt their warped metal roofs and rickety walls. Among the damaged houses, there was still a house that had been labeled “temporary house demolition”.
In mountainous areas with difficult terrain, transportation costs, construction materials and labor costs are higher. The poor – mainly ethnic minorities – can only rely on limited support. When many new houses are fragile, the story of removing temporary houses becomes a problem without a complete solution.
It is time to think more thoroughly about support policies. Not only stopping at a rigid quota level, it is necessary to expand more flexible mechanisms: increase the level of support for mountainous areas, integrate preferential credit programs, create conditions for people to access home construction loans with simple procedures, low interest rates, and long repayment periods. At the same time, the relevant agencies need to strengthen technical guidance on safe home construction, suitable for the characteristics of natural disaster areas...
A house – more than a shelter – is also a belief for the poor to feel secure in their land and forests, to raise their children, and to make a living. Removing temporary houses is not just about dismantling an old roof, but also about giving the poor strength to rebuild their lives, to stand firm against the vicissitudes of nature and the uncertainties of fate.
Source: https://baoquangnam.vn/dac-thu-xoa-nha-tam-o-mien-nui-quang-nam-3157481.html
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