Blue-collar apartments in Tianjin Binhai New Area have been formally included in the management of public rental housing.

The reporter learned from the New District Planning and Land Resources Administration yesterday that the Measures for the Administration of Planning and Construction of Blue-collar Apartments in Binhai New Area (hereinafter referred to as the Measures) was recently released and implemented. In the future, the blue-and-white-collar apartments in the new district will be formally incorporated into the management of public rental housing, into the overall planning of the new district and the special housing planning of various functional areas, and a scientific and inclusive housing system will be constructed and improved to meet the needs of migrant workers for renting collective apartments. Blue-collar apartment refers to the collective apartment housing provided by the government, organized by the management Committee, with limited rent and construction standards, and has been employed in the new district. As one of the policy housing in the reform of the affordable housing system in the new district, blue-collar apartments are included in the management of public rental housing and enjoy various preferential policies such as public rental housing tax, administrative fees and supporting fees in Tianjin. The "Measures" propose to implement unified planning and planning management for the construction of blue-collar apartments, and incorporate them into the overall planning of the new district, the zoning planning of various functional areas and the special housing planning to ensure reasonable layout and regional supply and demand balance. In terms of construction and public rental housing management, the CMC should determine the scale of blue-collar and white-collar apartments according to a certain proportion, choose a suitable living environment, and determine the layout of the group and supporting facilities according to a reasonable service radius. The planned land is industrial supporting service facilities and residential land (blue-collar apartment). The Measures clarify and guide the construction standards. Among them, the per capita construction area of blue-collar apartment is more than 6 square meters and less than 8 square meters; The per capita construction area of white-collar apartments shall be controlled within 30 square meters, and the unit apartment area shall not exceed 60 square meters. At the same time, in order to meet the needs of more employees, blue-collar apartments are only rented and not sold. The rent standard shall be formulated by the functional area price public rental housing management department in combination with the actual situation of the functional area, with reference to the guidance of the municipal government, and reported to the district competent department and the price department for the record. The charges for water, heating, gas and electricity in blue-collar and white-collar apartments are based on residents' standards. The CMC set up a professional public rental housing management department, which is responsible for the operation, use, safety and community management of blue-collar apartments. Property management shall be implemented with reference to the relevant provisions of Tianjin property management. Workers who work in the new district and sign labor contracts with enterprises and institutions in their functional areas can apply for blue-and-white-collar apartments. Applicants apply to their enterprises and units, and enterprises and units determine the demand for blue-collar apartments according to the situation of employees, and submit applications to the management department of blue-collar public rental housing in functional areas in a unified manner. Upon examination, the blue-collar apartment management department of the functional area signed a lease agreement with the enterprise and went through the check-in formalities. Up to now, more than 2 million square meters of blue-collar apartments have been built in the new district, meeting the housing needs of more than 200,000 employees. This year, the new district will intensify the construction of blue-collar apartments, building 920,000 square meters of blue-collar apartments to meet the housing needs of about 654.38 million migrant workers.