What are the conditions and procedures for building houses in rural areas?

Sign temporary land use contracts with relevant natural resources authorities or rural collective economic organizations and villagers' committees, and pay compensation fees for temporary land use in accordance with the contract.

According to Article 57 of the Land Management Law, the temporary use of state-owned land or land collectively owned by farmers due to construction projects and geological exploration shall be approved by the competent department of natural resources of the people's government at or above the county level. Among them, the temporary use of land in a planned urban area shall be approved by the relevant urban planning administrative department before approval.

Land users shall sign temporary land use contracts with relevant natural resources departments or rural collective economic organizations and villagers' committees according to land ownership, and pay compensation fees for temporary land use according to the contract. Users of temporary land shall use the land according to the purposes agreed in the temporary land use contract, and shall not build permanent buildings.

Extended data:

The relevant requirements for building houses stipulate that:

1. Buildings and structures that have been built before the formulation of the overall land use planning and do not meet the requirements of the overall land use planning shall not be rebuilt or expanded.

2. Users of collective construction land shall use land in strict accordance with the overall land use planning and urban and rural planning.

3. The right to use the collectively-operated construction land obtained by means of transfer may be transferred, exchanged, contributed, donated or mortgaged, except as otherwise provided by laws and administrative regulations or unless the land owner and the land use right holder sign a written contract.

China People's Congress Network-Land Management Law of the People's Republic of China