Xie Longjie calls for a marriage and childcare house with a total price starting from 3.75 million, and 10,000 households will be built in 4 years

"You give birth to a child, and I will provide a house!" KMT Tainan mayor candidate Hsieh Long-chie held a policy conference today (21st) evening, proposing a marriage and childcare home policy, advocating that housing be provided at a construction cost of NT$150,000 per square meter, with a total price starting from NT$3.75 million. Different housing types are provided according to the number of children. The first child will live in two rooms, the second child will live in 3 rooms, and the third child will live in 4 rooms. It will also focus on planning high-tech marriage and childcare homes around Nanke. The target is to launch 6,000 to 10,000 households within 4 years to reduce the burden of young people starting a family and raising children.

Xie Longjie said that the number of births in Tainan continues to decline, and the population has naturally decreased by more than 10,000 people. Young people are afraid to get married and have children, and rising housing prices are important pressures. Faced with housing prices ranging from 350,000 to 700,000 yuan per square meter, even engineers working in Nanke may not be able to easily buy a house. The government must come up with specific solutions to let young people see the hope of starting a family.

According to the plan, the first child will be provided with a two-bedroom house with a title of 25 square meters, with a total price of 3.75 million yuan; the second child can be exchanged for a three-bedroom house with a title of 35 square meters, with a total price of 5.25 million yuan; and the third child will be exchanged for a four-bedroom house with a title of 45 square meters, with a total price of 6.5 million yuan, allowing the living space to be adjusted as the family size increases.

Xie Longjie pointed out that the marriage and childcare homes will adopt a land ownership model, eliminating land premiums and lowering the threshold for home purchase with construction costs. He also plans to assist young people with loans through the city government's credit guarantee, strive to eliminate down payments, and reduce the financial pressure in the early stages of starting a family.

He said that in order to prevent the residence from becoming a tool for real estate speculation, the marital home can be inherited but cannot be freely resold. If the residents want to sell it, they must sell it back to the city at the approved cost price and then transfer it to other qualified families. The sources of land include land rezoning, urban renewal and housing replacement, existing land revitalization and central allocation. The first phase will start from the transformation of social welfare land in Annan District and the Greater Nanke area, and will take the new city, improvement and stability as the planning direction, in parallel with social housing that is only for rent but not for sale.

In response to questions about the feasibility of the policy, Xie Longjie stressed that he was absolutely "serious" about this policy and welcomed his opponents to debate it openly. Distinguished Professor Chen Yanzhong from the Department of Urban Planning of Chengdu University, Gao Sibo, the head of the advisory group, Taoyuan Legislator Niu Xuting, as well as the two chairmen of the campaign headquarters, former Minister of Education Wu Qingji and Lin Jinwang, the former chairman of the Nancheng Party Committee, were all present to support the campaign.