With the continuous progress of urbanization, China's rural areas are in the process of large-scale demolition and reconstruction. In 2022 alone, more than 1 million natural villages across the country started demolition and relocation work. Demolition and relocation are of great significance to promoting rural revitalization, but they are also related to the vital interests of thousands of farmers. As the target of demolition, what are the key points that farmers need to pay attention to in order to strive for the maximum protection of their rights and interests in the demolition?
**10,000 Fans Incentive PlanThe timing of the assessment directly affects the compensation standard
The focus of rural demolition and relocation is mainly concentrated in two stages, one is the stage of proposed expropriation, the assessment and pricing of the first house, and the other is the formal expropriation and demolition stage. At the stage of proposed expropriation, the selected assessment point will directly affect the standard of expropriation compensation.
Compensation for the expropriation of rural houses in China is generally determined according to the standard of land transfer in the current year, and the standard of land transfer fee varies greatly from year to year. If the assessment time point is not the most recent year, it is likely to lead to a low standard of subsidy for farmers. Taking the demolition of a village in Hebei Province in October 2022 as an example, if the calculation is calculated with reference to the land transfer fee of 128 square meters in 2020, the actual compensation received by farmers will be nearly 20% less than the standard of 345 square meters in 2022.
Therefore, farmers need to pay attention to the timing choice when evaluating pricing. The relevant departments are required to select the land transfer fee or the total price of the house in the region in the most recent year as the compensation standard, and cannot choose outdated data. This will have a direct impact on the vital interests of farmers.
Only those who have built a house legally can be compensated
In rural demolitions, not all houses are compensated accordingly. Some self-built houses that violate construction management regulations, such as occupying agricultural land to build houses, adding more than the standard two-story building, and building without approval, may be "demolished without compensation" in the process of demolition and relocation. This is directly related to the strict control and disorderly construction in rural areas in recent years.
Taking the demolition and relocation of Wu'an County in Hebei Province in 2022 as an example, villager Liu did not receive any compensation for the two-story brick and concrete house built without approval. Similar cases are common in rural demolitions. In recent years, the regulations on rural housing construction have been tightened, restricting the height of land, area, floors, etc., which has put forward higher requirements for legal housing construction. If it does not comply with the regulations, no compensation will be made at the time of expropriation.
Therefore, in the face of demolition, farmers should not only pay attention to the compensation standard of the expropriation itself, but also pay attention to whether the built houses comply with the relevant regulations. If necessary, the irregular buildings can be demolished before expropriation to avoid the situation that they cannot be compensated.
Large-scale rural planning will continue to be promoted
In addition to the common small-scale demolition and relocation within villages in the past, it is also imperative to carry out a wider range of layout adjustments in rural areas in the context of demographic changes in the future. This is clearly reflected in the wording of Document I.
Document No. 1 of 2022 proposes to promote the merger of villages according to local conditions, focusing on supporting the implementation of large-scale layout adjustment in areas with obvious net population outflow. Document No. 1 of 2023 further stated that future rural construction should adapt to the trend of demographic changes and achieve a more optimized village layout through demolition and merger construction.
In other words, in the future, not only will more small villages be merged into large villages, but there will also be more cases of rural relocation and merger of multiple village-level units. Farmers need to be prepared to adapt to this larger-scale layout adjustment, and they are faced not only with the demolition itself, but also with the restructuring of collective economic organizations and villagers' autonomy.
Farmers can prepare in advance, but they need to avoid blindly rushing to build
In the face of large-scale rural demolition and reconstruction, farmers can indeed make certain preparations in advance, but they also need to pay attention to avoid blind rush to build. Reasonable advance preparation can help farmers reduce losses in demolition and relocation, but blindly rushing to build is not only illegal, but often outweighs the losses.
Advance preparation can be carried out from the following aspects: cleaning up the property rights of the house, collecting legal documents such as building planning permits, and taking necessary measures for buildings that may be objectioned; put forward reasonable suggestions for the relocation plan and strive to select suitable resettlement sites; Keep the relevant bills and documents that may be involved in the calculation of compensation for demolition.
Blind rush to build should be avoided. Some farmers are worried that they will not be able to build new buildings in time after the demolition plan is announced in advance, and they choose to illegally add the land in order to seek higher compensation, which often outweighs the losses. In recent years, many localities have made it clear that no compensation will be given for demolition and relocation of farmhouses built ahead of schedule. Farmers need to look at it rationally and not make unnecessary plans.
Pay attention to rights protection and ensure that rights and interests are not harmed
It is also important to pay attention to rights protection in the process of rural demolition and relocation. This is mainly carried out from two aspects: first, pay attention to the formulation and implementation of the assessment compensation standard, and actively reflect those who have objections to the compensation plan, and apply for hearings, collective bargaining and other systems when necessary; The second is to closely track the progress of demolition and resettlement, and promptly report problems in relocation and resettlement to the competent departments at higher levels and strive to solve them.
A typical example of this can be seen in the demolition dispute that occurred in Zhuguantun Village, Pingyuan County, Shandong Province last year. After the villagers had objections to the compensation plan and repeatedly reported to the relevant departments to no avail, the collective organization successfully held a hearing, which eventually increased the compensation standard by nearly 10%. This reflects the importance of farmers to ensure their own rights and interests on the basis of paying attention to the best of the best.