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For young people entering the workplace, renting a house is a headache. During the process of renting a house, they may encounter various problems: the intermediary violates the contract at will, the house is rented out at will, and charges are arbitrarily charged in disguise. What chaos do young people encounter when renting a house? How to regulate the rental market?
A few days ago, the China Youth Daily Social Survey Center and the Questionnaire Network conducted a survey among 2,002 young people (18-35 years old) who are currently renting a house. It showed that 82.1% of the young people surveyed frankly admitted that they rented a house to themselves. It brings great economic pressure. 20.7% of the young people surveyed said that monthly rent accounts for half or more of their monthly income. The intermediary or Second landlord increases prices arbitrarily (53.4%), difficulty in maintaining housing facilities (44.1%) and online The difficulty in distinguishing the authenticity of rental information (41.0%) was considered by the young people surveyed to be one of the three major chaos in the rental market. 93.3% of the young people surveyed hope that the threshold for public rental housing will be lowered so that more young people can benefit, and 57.9% of the young people surveyed hope that the government will take the lead in building a rental platform.
Among the young people surveyed who participated in this survey, 34.1% worked in first-tier cities, 47.3% in second-tier cities, 16.2% in third- and fourth-tier cities, 2.3% in towns or counties, and 2.3% in rural areas. 0.2%.
20.7% of the young people surveyed said that monthly rent accounts for half or more of their income
Chen Peizhen (pseudonym), a 24-year-old coffee trainer in Nanjing, rents an apartment, and the rent costs 1/4 of his monthly income. “As a ‘new first-tier city’, Nanjing’s rents are relatively high, and some companies do not pay provident funds for their employees. This has led to greater pressure on renting for young people.” Chen Peizhen told reporters that because rent consumes too much of their income, many young people around him who have just started working are unable to invest in themselves in other areas.
Ruan Jun (pseudonym), an employee of a public institution in Beijing, has been sharing a two-bedroom apartment with her friends, and the monthly rent accounts for almost half of her income. “The rent has increased rapidly in the past two years, exceeding the increase in wages.” Ruan Yun said that in 2015, it cost her 2,300 yuan to rent a bedroom, and now it has risen to 3,500 yuan. “I’m flatYou also have to spend money on socializing, food and clothing, and you basically don’t have much money left in a month, so you are undoubtedly a ‘moonlight clan’.”
The survey shows that 20.7% of the young people surveyed said that monthly rent accounts for half or more of their monthly income, of which 16.3% accounted for 1/2, and 4.1% accounted for 2/3 or more. 0.3% of the young people surveyed said that the rent exceeds their monthly income. The monthly rent of 55.5% of the young people surveyed accounted for 1/3 of their monthly income, and the monthly rent of 23.8% of the young people surveyed accounted for 1/4 or less of their monthly income.
In the survey, 82.1% of the young people surveyed admitted that rent brought great financial pressure to them, and 22.2% of the young people surveyed said that it was very great.
Liu Xiang (pseudonym), who works in marketing in Shenzhen, told reporters that renting out the entire property is often more expensive, but many people around her are unwilling to share apartments, making it difficult to find a satisfactory house. “A friend of mine was asked to move out on short notice, and was very angry when agents and landlords increased prices at will.”
“I once used a ‘black agency’ to find a house. It was said that there was no agency fee, but fees kept coming in various names. Even if the facilities in the house were broken, they were never repaired.” Ruan Yun said that one of her classmates once encountered Regarding the situation where the agent raised the price from the ground up, “as soon as the other party heard that she had decided to rent, they immediately raised the monthly rent by 300 yuan on the grounds that someone else had decided to rent it first, saying it was to ‘convenience the acquisition of housing’.”
What problems do young people encounter when renting a house? The survey shows that intermediaries or second landlords add money indiscriminately (53.4%), it is difficult to maintain housing facilities (44.1%), and it is difficult to distinguish the authenticity of online rental information (41.0%). The young people interviewed believe that there are three major chaos in the rental market. Other problems include: high rent (34.9%), unknown information about co-tenants (31.4%), high time and economic cost of finding a house (27.3%), poor decoration of houses, which is harmful to health. (25.2%), rogue intermediaries are rampant, housing is not guaranteed (24.7%), short-term rental tenants are unfriendly (22.0%), and intermediaries or landlords do not abide by the contract and temporarily require them to move out (17.0%).
Hu Zhigang, vice president of the China Real Estate Association, said that since this year, the national real estate market is facing a transformation. “The report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China emphasized that ‘houses are for living in, not for speculation’, and local governments are also vigorously developing the rental market.” Hu Zhigang said that the current laws and regulations on house leasing are not perfect, which makes the legitimate rights and interests of lessees Sometimes there is no guarantee, and there is no sense of stability when living in a house.
93.3% of the young people surveyed hope to lower the threshold for public rental housing so that more young people can benefit
How to reduce the rental pressure of young people? In the survey, 93.3% of the young people surveyed hope to lower the threshold for public rental housing so that more young people can benefit.
“Nowadays, public rental housing is being promoted all over the country. We hope that the thresholds for public rental housing in terms of age, income, etc. can be appropriately lowered, while the certification materials and application process can be simplified, and the review process can be accelerated.The approval process provides convenience for newly graduated college students, low-income groups, and migrant workers with stable employment. “Ruan Yun said.
To reduce the pressure of renting a house among young people, 57.9% of the young people surveyed hope that the government will take the lead in building a rental platform, and 53.0% of the young people surveyed hope to increase the housing provident fund’s support for renting. Lan Mu was stunned for a moment. He never expected to hear this. answer. “For what?” She frowned. In terms of strength, 51.7% of the young people surveyed hope to strengthen supervision of the rental market and crack down on illegal intermediaries and severely punish them. Others include: appropriately increasing employee rental subsidies (45.7%), improving relevant laws and regulations (36.7%), and setting up convenient rental reporting and rights protection. “Sister Hua, what’s wrong with you?” Xi Shixun quickly calmed down and turned to an emotional strategy. . Channels and timely processing (24.0%).
Hu Zhigang believes that the revision of laws and regulations on house leasing should be accelerated to clarify some of the rights and interests of lessees during the rental period, so that young people living in rented houses are as secure as living in purchased houses.
He also pointed out that the current housing rental market seems to have insufficient housing supply, but in fact there are a large number of existing houses and vacant houses. The government should introduce policies, such as reducing or exempting rental taxes, to mobilize people’s enthusiasm for renting out houses and provide the market with more Many rental properties. “There are not many vacant houses in some third- and fourth-tier cities, so the government needs to increase investment in rental housing. In terms of land supply, it must also consciously tilt towards leasing and allocate land to build rental housing. In order to reduce costs, I think it can Select some collective land with convenient transportation around the city to build houses. The government’s financial resources, finance, insurance and other related policies should also be tilted towards the rental market.”