Qinghe Sample of Installing Elevators in Old Buildings Renovated for Aging in Old Residential Areas in Beijing

2017 Qinghe sample of Beijing’s aging-friendly renovation of old buildings with elevators

At present, the city is vigorously promoting the aging-friendly renovation of old communities, and installing elevators in old buildings is a recent trend. focus. According to statistics, this alone involves 4 million households in about 250,000 units in 80,000 old buildings. Different from the past, the launch of this livelihood project not only requires strong support from government departments, but also requires the unified opinions of residents in every building.

Qinghe’s example of retrofitting old buildings with elevators in old neighborhoods in Beijing

How to reach a common understanding among residents with different demands and bring the government to the forefront Are the policies to benefit the people implemented? Recently, reporters visited Maofang North Community, Qinghe Street, Haidian District, which is under pilot testing, and conducted an investigation.

Why do residents oppose the installation of elevators?

Li Enping, 71, lives on the 6th floor, the top floor of Unit 9, Building 11, Maofang North Community. He was born in the military and was in good health. He had no problem climbing up and down, but his wife was in a terrible situation. She had a knee surgery. Every time she went upstairs, she had to pull on the railing to move a little bit, so she rarely went downstairs.

There are many elderly people like this who rarely go downstairs. "Li Dayuan was in poor health and there was no elevator, so he simply rented a house elsewhere and left." Li Enping said.

Maofangbei Community was built in 1992. There are 54 units in 8 buildings without elevators. There are 20 people over 60 years old in the community. At the beginning of this year, Maofangbei Community was included in the city's nine new-stage old community renovation pilots.

The community sent an “intention questionnaire” to every household. As a result, 50 or 60 households filled out "disagree" with the installation of elevators alone.

The demand is obvious, so why are there so many people who disagree? Xie Yuhua, secretary of the community party committee, picked up the phone and visited door to door. "There are four situations. The first is those who have multiple houses and don't care. The second is those who are worried about technical issues, such as shading, noise, exposure to privacy, etc. The third is that they think the fee should not be charged. The fourth is that they are opposed to it because they refuse to give reasons." Xie Yuhua said.

Build a platform to introduce intelligence to the streets and promote communication

When encountering resistance, the streets have predictions. Before the start of the project, Qinghe Subdistrict did one thing: establish a joint party branch.

Who to join forces with? The main body of project construction, Haidian District Housing and Urban-Rural Development Committee, the main body of project implementation, Haidian District Real Estate Investment Co., Ltd., the project intellectual support Tsinghua University's "Qinghe Experiment" research group, Maofangbei Community Property, community party committee and neighborhood committee, etc. .

“This is a communication platform between technology and public opinion.” Mi Jia, secretary of the street party working committee, said that every decision made by the technical side is required to be discussed at the branch meeting to ensure that residents are satisfied.

How to effectively reflect public opinion? Under the guidance of the "Qinghe Experiment" research team, the street organized the Maofang North Community to elect and establish a "Residents' Discussion Committee", including 17 discussion members and 10 supervisory committee members. Most of them are old party members, building managers, etc., and they are evenly distributed in each building. In order to expand representation, two young owners were also recruited to join.

"I am a member of the discussion committee. If anything happens, we will hold a meeting first. Some will talk about policy, some will explain technology, and some will talk about construction. We will be the first to know about any new developments." Said Xu Yueming, 65-year-old member of the discussion committee. In the past, some neighbors could not talk to each other, but since she was elected as a council member, everyone has taken the initiative to ask her about her when they meet and tell her if they have any ideas. "What arrangements were made from above and what the residents really think are all clear after we communicated from top to bottom."

There were twists and turns, and I suddenly regretted it when I heard the amount of charges

Soon Before that, the project held a briefing meeting and announced that Building 4 was a pilot project. Because of the intention investigation stage, Building 4 has the strongest desire to install an elevator. Among them, the approval rate for units 1 and 3 reached 100.

The charging standard was also announced for the first time at the meeting: a minimum fee of 1,800 yuan per month for a building door.

Residents on the first floor do not need to pay the fee if they do not use it. The money must be shared among the residents on the 2nd to 6th floors. Most residents expressed understanding. However, 3 of the 12 households in unit 1 have undergone changes. "One family went abroad and couldn't find anyone; one family said her son lived here and asked her son to go; one family directly regretted it, saying it was too expensive and disagreed." Xie Yuhua said.

Every household has its own Xiaojiujiu, how to reach an agreement?

At the beginning of the project, the community party committee and neighborhood committee spent four months to conduct a survey and ranking of all households. There are nearly 200 tenants in the area, and some houses have been sold several times. You can imagine how difficult it is to sort out. But the community was stunned to find every owner's phone number that could be reached. In the directory, the contact information of some people has been changed again and again, and many names have three or four phone numbers after them.

There was a resident in Building 6 who didn’t give any reason but just disagreed. What should I do about this person who doesn't usually interact with others? Wu Kuiying, a 69-year-old veteran party member, volunteered: My father knew her father, and I gave her old clothes to wear when her mother passed away. I will do her work!

"I am an employee of the old woolen mill. Many residents have watched me grow up. Many old masters call me their daughter and tell me anything they cannot talk to their children. Just because of this relationship, I will definitely We must lead everyone to complete the transformation. Such a good policy to benefit the people must not be missed," Xie Yuhua said emotionally.

Initial success, but there is still a long way to go in the future.

Last month, Building 4 began to sign consent letters. Unit 3 was signed in only two and a half days. By the 27th, Unit 1 and Unit 2 had also been signed. Very fast.

Most of the residents who finally signed still had objections to the fees. What should they do? "It touches people with emotion. After all, many old neighbors have decades of colleagues and neighborliness." Xie Yuhua said, the most difficult thing is The deal is for buying second-hand houses, new owners with few acquaintances.

There is a young owner of Unit 4 who is reluctant to sign the consent form. Xie Yuhua took the trouble to communicate with him on the phone and through text messages during and after work. "Young man, you came to Beijing from other places and bought a house here just because you want to live a good life here. This is inseparable from harmonious neighborly relations. You will also need to install the elevator. It is not a waste of time. In the future, the neighbors will meet each other. What do you think of you? Besides, you also have elderly people in your family, so I would like to express my feelings." In the end, the young owner also signed.

As of now, there is still one owner in Building 4 who has not signed. The remaining 50 units in the seven buildings have not yet entered the signing stage. There are still many problems in the future that need to be overcome step by step. ;