By Lu Ren
A few days ago, the first additional lift installation project of multi-storey buildings 6, 7 and 9 of Huahongyuan, a public rental housing community in Hongkou District, was officially completed and put into use.
Huahongyuan is the largest public rental housing project in the district at present. It consists of 2 high-rise buildings and 5 multi-storey buildings whose population structure of residents is mainly family type. Before the installation of lifts, residents can only enter and exit their flats through stairs. Besides the elderly living in over 100 households in the multi-storey buildings, many young people need lifts very much.
In the past, the installation of lifts was mainly demanded in commercial housing communities and after-sales public housing communities. It is a new attempt to install lifts in public rental housing communities. Since last year, the district has intensified the pilot of installing lifts in public rental housing communities. They overcame the impact of the pandemic on construction, and steadily promoted the installation of lifts in public rental housing communities on the premise of ensuring safety and quality, so that the installation of lifts in Huahongyuan has been successfully completed.
"When I saw that lifts were installed in other communities, I wondered when they would be installed in our public rental housing community. Last year, the Hongkou District Housing Administration and the public rental housing company decided to carry out the pilot work of installing lifts in the multi-storey residential buildings of our community after visiting and listening to our residents' opinions. The residents were very happy", Mr. Weng said.
Upon hearing the news of the lift installation, Ms. Wu, who lives on the sixth floor, said excitedly: "In the past, it was very difficult to move the baby carriage up and down. Now it is really much easier by lift!"
An official of the Hongkou District Housing Management Bureau said that the lift installation project is not only a little matter in the people's life, but also a major event of the people's livelihood related to the people's well-being. Next, the district will focus on improving the living quality, continue to do a good job in the operation and management of public rental housing, actively promote the high-quality development of public rental housing in the district, and provide support for gathering more outstanding talents to develop in Hongkou.