First, build rental housing mainly of small and medium-sized units. It is required that all localities, in light of the housing supply and demand situation, incorporate new rental housing into housing development plans, reasonably determine the scale of rental housing construction, and carry out rental housing construction in an orderly manner. It is necessary to consider both the total amount and scale of supply and the proportion of unit structure to better meet the consumption demand for rental.
Second, commercial buildings are allowed to be converted into rental housing in accordance with regulations.
At present, due to the influence of factors such as the adjustment of business models, some cities have vacated some commercial buildings, and some commercial buildings are idle or semi-idle. There are also some commercial housing projects under construction that have poor market prospects.
In particular, these commercial buildings are often in good locations, with good supporting facilities and convenient transportation. Therefore, converting these houses into rental residences can meet the demand for rental housing.
It can not only increase the effective supply of housing rental, but also make the best use of resources and avoid waste of resources. For commercial housing projects where the land use is adjusted to residential land, in order to reduce the use costs of tenants, the prices of water, electricity and gas are implemented according to the standards of residents. Local governments should study and formulate specific operational measures for the conversion of commercial buildings into rental housing based on actual conditions.
Third, it is allowed to rent out existing housing by room after renovation in accordance with the requirements of safety, comfort and convenience, but the original fire partitions, safe evacuation and fire separation facilities must not be changed, and fire protection facilities must be ensured to be intact and effective.
We require local governments to effectively strengthen supervision of such behavior, study and formulate conditions for renting out existing housing by room after renovation, standards for per capita living area, and the maximum number of people living in a single room to ensure housing safety.
There are some explorations at the local level. For example, Shanghai issued a policy last year that allows eligible living rooms to be converted into a room for separate rental use, which is usually called "N+1" in the industry. From the perspective of local practice, doing so, first, increases the effective supply of small and medium-sized rental housing. Second, it can appropriately reduce the rent burden of tenants. Third, it is conducive to regulating the behavior of privately renovating housing for rental.