On the morning of December 11, the Steering Committee for Eliminating Temporary and Dilapidated Houses in Soc Trang province held a launching ceremony and started construction of houses for meritorious people, poor households, near-poor households and ethnic minorities in the province.
Speaking at the ceremony, Mr. Dang Thanh Quang - Director of the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs of Soc Trang province - said that through preliminary synthesis, the whole province plans to support the elimination of temporary and dilapidated houses for about 8,433 households. Of which, housing for meritorious people is 927 households. Housing for poor and near-poor households is 6,712 households. Housing under the National Target Program for Socio-Economic Development in Ethnic Minority Areas is 479 households. The total implementation cost is nearly 444 billion VND.
Soc Trang province strives to complete the goal of eliminating temporary and dilapidated houses in the area before September 30, 2025.
Immediately after the launching ceremony, localities in Soc Trang province simultaneously started to build and remove temporary and dilapidated houses with a spirit of urgency and seriousness.
Mr. Lam Tien Thach - Secretary of Long Phu District Party Committee - said that after reviewing the area, there are still nearly 500 households of meritorious people, poor households, near-poor households and ethnic minorities who do not have safe housing. The district will be determined to complete the goal of eliminating temporary and dilapidated houses in the area according to the set schedule. At the same time, solutions will be implemented to support people with jobs and livelihoods; strive for meritorious people to have a standard of living equal to or higher than the average in their place of residence; for poor and near-poor households, not only will they escape poverty but also move towards a more prosperous and fulfilling life.
Mr. Vo Minh Tri in Long Phu district (Soc Trang province) said that his family is poor, his wife and 3 children are all sick. All income depends on his job as a motorbike taxi driver. Currently, the house is degraded, patched together from leaves and corrugated iron sheets, leaking from the rain and wind, but there are no conditions to repair or rebuild.
"The local government's support to build a new house makes my family very happy. It is a motivation to help us feel secure in production and overcome difficulties to improve our lives," Mr. Tri said emotionally.
