Legislator Chiu Hsien-chih (left) of Times Power (left) held a press conference today (15th) with Peng Yangkai (right), secretary-general of OURs Urban Reform Organization, "The progress of social housing is lagging behind, and state-owned landmarks rent aid and speculate real estate?", criticizing the government as Taiwan's biggest leader A man who speculates on house prices.

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[Reporter Yang Chengyu/Taipei Report] The former Army Maintenance Plant of the Ministry of National Defense is located near Taipei 101 and in an elite area next to Taipei Medical University. It covers an area of ​​about 5.01 hectares and is divided into 5 blocks. Among them, social housing is being built in Areas A and B, and 1.59 area is reserved by the Ministry of National Defense. Hectare area C belongs to the third type of residential area.

The National Production Administration of the Ministry of Finance called for tenders in mid-December last year, and the base price of the superficial rights case in Area C was 7.39 billion yuan, which was the third highest in the history of state-owned superficial rights cases.

Times Power Legislator Chiu Hsien-chi criticized today (15th) that the government should give priority to using state-owned land for social housing, instead of driving up housing prices with builders in order to earn royalties for the state treasury.

Qiu Xianzhi said that the property rights of the base in Area C are pure. If social housing is built according to the specifications of Areas A and B, about 790 households can be built.

However, the government did not intend to use it to build communal housing or right-of-use housing, but instead used it to tender for the right of land to be built by builders.

Qiu criticized that the tendering of land rights is called the activation of assets. In fact, the government is short-sighted and short-sighted. It not only ignores the risk of housing policy delays and the housing problems of young people, but even takes advantage of the scalper housing market to make a lot of money. The people "fell into trouble".

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Qiu Xianzhi presented information from the State-owned Property Administration of the Ministry of Finance and pointed out that from 2020 to 2022, there were 71 bids for superficial rights, with an area of ​​about 31 hectares, and a total of 59.52333 billion yuan in awarding royalties. , with a total area of ​​about 20.12 hectares, accounting for 65% of the total. He bluntly said, "It's just for money."

In the case of limited state-owned land, regardless of whether it is a residence with superficial rights or a residence with the right to use the right, a 30 to 70-year bidding period will make the land occupied by a small number of people for a long time; Construction resources for communal houses that are behind schedule.

Qiu Xianzhi questioned Premier Chen Jianren, whether it is right-of-use housing or social housing, land resources are needed, and the government easily invites bids for superficial rights. "May I ask what the government plans to use to build houses?"

Peng Yangkai, secretary-general of the OURs urban reform organization, also criticized that housing prices have soared in recent years, and the government's leadership in land speculation is indispensable.

The government's thinking on state-owned land remains on the "currency value", indirectly becoming the murderer of Taiwan's real estate and land speculation.

The government releases the land in urban elite areas or new development areas for manufacturers to bid in the market, and the highest bidder wins.

In this way, if you buy expensive, you will sell expensive, and the price will rise all the way; on the other hand, it will also raise the price of surrounding land.

Peng Yangkai bluntly said that the role of the government is now confused. On the one hand, it has to spend a lot of effort to build communal houses and provide various subsidies to solve the housing problem for young people;

He believes that the government should redefine the public nature of public land, actively link urban land development with affordable housing, and social mix, and shift the consideration of "monetary asset" income to "social value" creation to reduce excessive overdevelopment.

Finally, Qiu Xianzhi emphasized that state-owned land is not the treasury of the government and construction companies. He called on Chen Jianren's cabinet to make three commitments if it wants to respond to the youth housing problem.

First of all, the state-owned and public lands, including the C-base of the Army Maintenance Plant, should be given priority to social housing and other public welfare policies to increase the stock of social housing.

Secondly, give priority to solving the problem of the black market for renting houses, and improve the bargaining power of lessees and socially disadvantaged in the rental market.

Finally, state-owned land should cooperate with national policies and actively cooperate with the construction of communal housing or other public construction, instead of earning royalties for the state treasury and indirectly driving up housing prices through a large number of tenders for superficial rights.