This year, the number of fresh graduates from colleges and universities across the country is expected to reach 10.76 million, with the number exceeding 10 million for the first time, an increase of 1.67 million year-on-year, and both scale and increase hitting record highs.

On June 28, Beijing’s first batch of affordable rental housing projects for newly graduated college students issued a registration announcement, stating that applications for registration will be open starting from June 29.

This year, the number of fresh graduates from colleges and universities across the country is expected to reach 10.76 million, with the number exceeding 10 million for the first time, an increase of 1.67 million people year-on-year, and both scale and increase hitting record highs.

It’s graduation season again, and the rental market is getting hotter. Problems such as high rent and limited housing supply have made renting a "hobble" for graduates to enter the society. The Beijing News Shell Finance sorted out the policies related to renting houses for graduates in many places to see how the rental problem has encountered the "largest scale" graduation season in history. How can the government and enterprises help graduates achieve a stable home?

Beijing launches affordable "youth apartments" for fresh graduates

Many places have introduced policies to solve the problem of renting apartments for graduates

According to the "2022 Graduate Rental Report" released by 58 Anjuke, 83% of the graduates surveyed plan to rent housing between May and August. Officially renting a house. In order to solve the housing problem for recent college graduates, Beijing, Xi'an, Wuhan and other places have issued policies to provide graduates with convenient access to affordable housing rentals such as youth apartments.

In April this year, Beijing launched a pilot project for youth apartments in affordable rental housing in Chaoyang, Haidian, Changping, and Fangshan districts, providing 653 units and nearly 1,000 rooms for fresh college graduates in 2022. The houses are all fully decorated new houses, equipped with furniture and appliances, and graduates can move in with just their bags. The prices are lower than the rental levels of rental housing in the surrounding markets of the same location and quality, with most of them ranging from 2,000 yuan to 3,000 yuan.

In Xi'an, college students are exempted from qualification review when applying for public rental housing. New graduates from ordinary universities enjoy a one-year rental transition period, and new graduates from double-first-class universities enjoy a two-year transition period. In addition, Anhui, Hubei and Wuhan and other five places have reduced or reduced the rent of public rental housing or talent apartments to varying degrees. Anhui province can provide free talent apartments or state-owned leasing company housing for three years to graduates working in key industries.

Twenty cities provide rental subsidies

The maximum amount is 30,000 yuan a year

For graduates who have not enjoyed preferential housing policies such as public rental housing and affordable rental housing, the Beijing News Shell Finance reporter combed through the data and found that the same situation in many places Launch a rental subsidy policy.

In Dalian, Liaoning, Shenyang and Changsha, Hunan, doctoral students who meet the application requirements can receive a rental subsidy of 30,000 yuan a year. Graduates from Wenzhou, Zhejiang, can receive a rental subsidy of no more than 5 months in total, and can receive a total of more than 140,000 yuan. Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, has extended the subsidy period for international students who graduated from prestigious overseas universities by one year.

It is worth mentioning that in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, Jinhua, Taizhou, Jiangsu, Baoding, Henan, Kunming, Yunnan and Nanning, Guangxi, the applicable population of rental subsidies has been expanded to college students.

No deposit, Reduced rent, help with moving ...

Beijing20 companies have raised 90,000 houses for graduates to choose from

In recent years, some rental agencies have launched graduation season rental activities, and launched free-of-charge rentals for graduates. Preferential policies such as deposit and rent reduction. Currently, renting a room requires "a deposit of one and three plus service fees", which is a considerable expense for graduates with little savings.

Beijing News Shell Finance reporter found out that this year Ziroom, Rubik's Cube, I Love My Home, and apartments all launched deposit-free activities for graduates to sign up. In addition, there are opportunities to reduce service fees or rent commissions. Some platforms also provide moving coupons and housekeeping service coupons to reduce the moving costs of graduates and help them move into their own "home" smoothly.

html On June 22, Beijing Real Estate Agency Industry Association organized members to issue an initiative to the entire industry, calling on the city’s housing rental agencies to provide suitable rental housing and preferential rental services for the new graduates. There are not only discounts such as “deposit commissions can be reduced” and “free cleaning and moving”, but also eight major initiatives including “selecting a house without leaving school” and “selecting and renting a real house” to effectively protect the interests of graduates.20 representative companies have taken the lead in responding to the initiative and have raised approximately 90,000 housing units for college graduates to choose from.

In addition, this year’s Beijing “Graduation Season Rental Service Enters Campus” series of activities has opened an online service column, where graduates can select housing online and enjoy rental discounts.