The elderly have their own way of doing things. After finishing the meal, the old couple washed the pots and dishes, took a nap for a while, changed into clothes for going out, and first went to the house of Deputy Secretary Liu, who is Zhou Wen's father-in-law...
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Originally, my father was unwilling to come because he really didn't like Deputy Secretary Liu's personality, but my mother said that since she was retired, she would not mention the past, so she insisted on visiting, and the two of them bought some at a street stall.
I brought some fruits and knocked on Deputy Secretary Liu’s door.
It was Liu Xiaojing's mother who opened the door. When she saw someone coming to the door with a gift in her hand, she quickly turned around and shouted: "Old Liu, someone is here to see you." Deputy Secretary Liu walked out of the living room wearing glasses and holding a newspaper.
Seeing that it was a retired worker from the factory, he greeted him: "You're here to buy something. Seriously, come in and sit down."
After sitting down in the living room, I picked up the fruits and washed them. My father chatted for a while and talked about some things in the factory. Then he turned to the topic and asked: "Secretary Liu, I want to ask, what is this fitness room like?"
What are the requirements for applying?”
Deputy Secretary Liu raised his eyebrows and began to talk: "Affordable housing is a policy implemented by the Jiangbei Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government to protect the housing problems of low- and middle-income families. All qualified permanent residents of this city can apply, and the government will
Conducting reviews and evaluations to finally determine who can apply for the purchase. This process is very complicated. In fact, our family's conditions are not qualified. You know, my son-in-law is also at the county level now. It is that son who is not living up to expectations and does not do his job and is idle. This house is for
He applied for it.”
Dad asked: "Which department is specifically in charge of this matter?"
"That's more. The city has a special leadership group, including the Housing Reform Office and the Affordable Housing Development Center. They are responsible for the formulation and implementation of major policies. When we ordinary people apply, we go to the subdistrict office to fill out the form. By the way, your home
Didn't my son open a company and become the boss? Why hasn't he bought a house yet?" Deputy Secretary Liu said.
Dad shook his head: "Forget it, you don't make money by running a company. My son never pays money to the family, and often borrows money from the family. The property rights of the house our family lives in until now are not his own. Now
The price of this house is one per month, I really can’t afford it if I don’t buy it again.”
Deputy Secretary Liu said with deep emotion: "Just like my unsatisfactory son, he just knew how to open a company and defrauded our old couple of their hard-earned money. On the contrary, my son-in-law is very successful.
In just over a year, I reached the county level."
Liu Xiaojing's mother came over with washed grapes and said: "Don't listen to his nonsense, just to show off your son-in-law. No matter how good your son-in-law is, he is not your biological son. The one who will beat the flags in the future will not be your son."
The parents laughed and said: "For a son-in-law and half a son, Zhou Wen is really up to date. Among the boys in our factory, he is the most promising."
Deputy Secretary Liu became excited when he talked about his son-in-law, shook out his folding fan and said: "Zhou Wen has come to this day with the right time, place and people. The secretary of the Provincial Party Committee also values him very much..."
After listening to him talk endlessly about his son-in-law's great achievements, his parents asked some more details about applying for affordable housing. Deputy Secretary Liu talked about everything he knew and was very happy. Half an hour later, the old couple watched.
Seeing that he had understood almost everything, he stood up and said goodbye.
After they left, Liu Xiaojing's mother came over and complained: "Why are you saying everything? There is a quota for affordable housing. What if their family applies for it and misses our Xiaozheng's quota?"
Deputy Secretary Liu shook the folding fan in his hand and said: "My lady's opinion, do you think it is so easy to apply for this affordable housing? There are so many tricks in it..."
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After the Gaotupo demolition, the residents' committees were withdrawn and merged into the Binjiang Community Neighborhood Committee, and the superior organization of these neighborhood committees is the Jiajiang Subdistrict Office.
When the old couple came to the office, it was exactly three o'clock in the afternoon. They were supposed to start work at 2:30, but there was no one in the office. They had no choice but to wait. It took a full hour for there to be a few people.
When we arrived, my father quickly stepped forward and asked: "Comrade, I want to ask something, we want to apply for affordable housing, where can I get the form?"
A young man looked back at him and asked, "Are you from that neighborhood?"
"We used to live under the Gaotupo Neighborhood Committee, but now we rent a house outside."
"Gaotupo, it's not our responsibility." The young man opened the office and entered the house, and the door slammed shut.
Mom and dad looked at each other. They asked clearly just now. After Gaotupo was demolished, it would be under the management of Jiajiang Office. Why did they say they would not return now? This matter still needs to be clarified, so they knocked again.
He walked in and asked the young man just now: "Comrade, I need to trouble you to find out which office is responsible for the residents of Gaotupo."
The young man arranged the documents on the table and said without raising his head: "Binhe Office."
"Thank you." The old couple came out of the Jiajiang office and looked at their watches. It was already four o'clock. Worried that they would not have enough time to get off work, they took a taxi and went straight to the Binhe office for the first time. They arrived half an hour later and knocked on the door.
When an office asked about affordable housing again, they were told that the original residents of Gaotupo were not under the management of the Binhe Office, but the Jiajiang Office.
This time my father was anxious and said that he had just come out of the Jiajiang office and that he had been told that it was under the control of here.
The comrades from the Binhe Office were very nice and took out a document to show him. It stated that the residents in the original Gaotupo area were now under the management of the Jiajiang Office. Only then did Dad realize that there was a mistake there, so he quickly read it again.
Turning back, when we arrived at the Jiajiang office, the building was already empty. Dad sighed and said, "It's so difficult to get things done."
But my mother said: "Good things are hard to come by. If it could be done easily, I wouldn't worry about it."
Early the next morning, the old couple went to the Jiajiang office downstairs at 7:30 to wait. After waiting for an hour, someone finally came to work. This time they did not look for the unreliable young man yesterday, but found him directly.
Office Director.
The director of the office, surnamed Li, was sitting behind his desk making tea. After hearing the purpose of his visit, he said: "Xiao Shen from the housing management department is responsible for applying for affordable housing. Just go to him and get the form."
Mom and Dad said thank you and came to the housing management department, only to find the door was closed. After knocking for a long time, no one answered. When I asked the people next door, I was told that Section Chief Shen had gone to the district for a meeting and might not be back until the afternoon.
I had no choice but to go home for dinner first. My father sighed along the way and said why it was so difficult to do things. My mother was speechless. She went home and made a pot of noodles and ate them hastily. She didn’t dare to take a nap anymore, so she came to the office early.
Downstairs, I waited under the shade of a tree. After going to work at two o'clock, I went straight to the door of the Housing Management Department and stood there, vowing not to give up until Section Chief Shen.
After standing there for more than half an hour, when the people in the next office came out to use the toilet, they looked at them suspiciously and asked, "Are you looking for Section Chief Shen?"
"Yes, he should come back, right?"
"Oh, Lao Shen went to the provincial capital to study. It may take half a month to come back."
Dad wondered: "Didn't you say you were going to the district for a meeting this morning?"
The man said: "Going to the district for a meeting is to mobilize people to go to the provincial capital to study. Don't wait any longer. Go back."
Dad didn’t give up and continued to ask: “Then if we want to apply for affordable housing, who should we approach?”
The man shook his head and said, "I don't know. Ask someone else." After that, he left.
My parents had no choice but to go out and leave. At the door, they met an old acquaintance who was the family planning committee member of the Gaotupo Neighborhood Committee. This warm-hearted woman in her fifties asked in a loud voice: "Why are you here free?" Is the office here?"
My mother complained: "Sister Ma, we wanted to apply for affordable housing, but after two days of searching we couldn't even find the person in charge."
Sister Ma slapped her chest and said, "Go directly to the director. Come with me." After that, she took the old couple directly to the director's office and said straight to the point: "Director Li, I want to do something with you. I need to get a form for the affordable housing. Application form.”
Director Li said with a smile: "Sister Ma, your family is not a low-income family."
Sister Ma said: "It wasn't me who applied, but these two. Their son is a deputy to the People's Congress of our district. By the way, he is also a classmate of County Magistrate Zhou."
Upon hearing this, Director Li's reaction was different. He took out a blank form from the drawer and said: "Oh, luckily I left a few forms here, otherwise it would be really troublesome. This period of declaration work has ended. , please hurry up and fill it out and send it over, no later than tomorrow afternoon."
My parents received the form and thanked them profusely. When they left the office, their mood was different, as if they had received the keys to a new house instead of an application form.
"With this, our house is not far away." Dad said.
My mother curled her lips: "This is the first step in the long march. Besides, our family's conditions are not the worst."
Dad said: "Our family has enough conditions. I retired, you were laid off, and the retirement salary is not high. Now we don't even have a house, and my son doesn't have a formal job. If our family doesn't meet the conditions, then there will be no one who meets the conditions." .”
The two left the office laughing and joking, and went home to fill out the form, but the father couldn't put down the pen. He thought for a long time and said: "I think this form should be given to others. You are right, our family's conditions are not The worst part is that although my son won’t make money now by starting a company, he can’t afford to make a lot of money in the future. Besides, in the house we live in now, Li Wan doesn’t charge a penny in rent and even comes to visit during the holidays. In fact, this house is It’s like giving us a place to live, so our conditions are really not that bad.”
Mom asked: "What do you want to do?"
"I've thought about it, let's give it to someone else. Deng Yunfeng's family's conditions are worse than ours, their children are still in school, and his wife's salary is not high."
My mother said: "Forget it, Xiao Deng is now the workshop director and is more prestigious than you. My son is a top student in No. 1 Middle School and will definitely go to a prestigious university in the future. In terms of poor conditions, it is still Lao Wen."
Dad said: "Yes, why did I forget about him? He is the real homeless person. He rents a shabby house on the top floor. He is very exposed to the sun in the summer. Not to mention his low salary and poor health. He also has a
My daughter is in college, and her college tuition is extremely high, so this affordable apartment should be given to him."
As soon as they said they were going to do it, the old couple took the application form and went to the house where Lao Wen was renting. When they came to talk about the matter, Lao Wen refused directly.
"You should keep this form. Haha, with my condition, I can't even afford affordable housing, so I can only live in low-rent housing." Lao Wen said.
"Then have you applied?" Dad asked.
Lao Wen said: "Low-rent housing, public rental housing, these projects have not started yet. I heard that they will start next month. I will go back and apply then. Thank you. It is always troublesome. I am really sorry. Xiaoxue will be on summer vacation soon."