Measures for the Administration of Homestead in Hebei Province 1992

The term "rural homestead" as mentioned in these Measures refers to the collectively owned land legally used by rural villagers or approved for building houses (including attached houses and courtyards, the same below). These Measures shall apply to the management of rural homestead within the administrative area of this county. County land administrative departments shall be responsible for the management and supervision of rural homestead within their respective administrative areas. The township (town) people's government is responsible for the management and supervision of rural homestead within its administrative area. Rural villagers' building must conform to the overall land use planning and urban and rural planning of townships (towns). Encourage natural villages to move to the central village, move down the mountain and gather in poor communities, encourage unified construction, joint construction and allocation of apartments, and control independent houses. Strictly control the scale of land use, and the per capita construction land index conforms to relevant regulations. Strictly control the areas prone to geological disasters and use hillside to build houses. If it is really unavoidable, we should try to meet the safety requirements before construction. Rural villagers' housing construction should be combined with the transformation of old villages, land consolidation and homestead reclamation, make full use of the original homestead, rural land and hilly slopes around the village, strictly control the occupation of cultivated land by housing construction, and not build houses in basic farmland protection areas. Rural villagers building (including new construction, expansion, relocation and demolition) shall go through the formalities for examination and approval of land use according to law. Involving the occupation of agricultural land, the examination and approval procedures for the conversion of agricultural land shall be handled according to law, and the permission or consent of the relevant departments shall be obtained for transportation, forest land and water conservancy land respectively. The ownership of rural villagers' homestead belongs to the collective, and individuals only have the right to use it. No one may transfer or lease it without approval. If it is necessary to adjust the homestead for the transformation of old villages and old cities due to the implementation of town planning, the users of the original homestead shall obey.

The Measures for the Administration of Rural Homestead is a management method based on the Land Administration Law of the People's Republic of China, the Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC) and other relevant laws, regulations and policies, and combined with the actual situation of the county, aiming at the collective land legally used by rural villagers or legally approved for building houses.

Legal basis: Chapter I General Provisions of Measures for the Administration of Rural Homestead Article 1 In order to standardize and strengthen the management of rural homestead, make rational use of land resources and effectively protect cultivated land, these measures are formulated in accordance with the Land Administration Law of the People's Republic of China, the Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC), the Urban and Rural Planning Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) and other laws, regulations and policies, combined with the actual situation of this county.