Proposing a special mechanism to handle difficulties and obstacles in developing social housing

Đề xuất cơ chế đặc biệt xử lý khó khăn, vướng mắc phát triển nhà ở xã hội- Ảnh 1. — Ministry of Construction proposes special mechanism to handle difficulties and obstacles in developing social housing

The Ministry of Construction said that the development of social housing for the people has been identified by the Party and the State as a political determination, an important task of the Party and the entire ruling system, demonstrating the characteristics and good nature of our regime; is one of the key tasks that need to be prioritized in the socio-economic development of the country. This is both a social security issue and a driving force for socio-economic development, contributing to increased investment and consumption, ensuring social progress and equity.

In recent times, the Government and the Prime Minister have resolutely directed and implemented many tasks to remove difficulties and promote the development of social housing. Under the resolute direction of the Government and the Prime Minister, the participation of ministries, branches and local authorities, the development of social housing has had many changes. Many legal documents to accelerate the progress of investment and construction, reform administrative procedures have been issued, localities have initially paid attention to and promoted the development of social housing in the area, many working groups have been organized to remove difficulties and obstacles in implementation...

As a result, in the first 9 months of 2025, we have completed 50,687/100,275 units (reaching 50.5%), it is expected that by the end of 2025, we will complete another 38,600 units (totaling 89,007/100,275 units, reaching 89%). Accumulated to date, implementing the Project to invest in the construction of at least 1 million social housing units in the period of 2021-2030, the whole country has 696 social housing projects being implemented with a scale of 637,048 units, reaching 60% of the set target, of which: 165 projects have been completed, with a scale of 116,342 units; 151 projects have started construction, are being implemented with a scale of 132,616 units; 380 projects have been approved for investment policy, with a scale of 116,342 units; 388,090 units.

Although the development of social housing has made progress in recent times, to achieve the goals of the entire 2021-2030 period, the task is still very heavy with a large amount of work. Therefore, it is necessary to research and develop a Government Resolution on promulgating a special mechanism to handle difficulties and obstacles due to legal regulations and breakthrough indicators for social housing development in order to increase the supply of social housing in 2026 and the following years, meeting the huge housing demand today, especially in large cities and many industrial parks.

Special mechanism to handle difficulties and obstacles in developing social housing

In the draft, the Ministry of Construction proposed a special mechanism to handle difficulties and obstacles in developing social housing specifically as follows:

1. In case the investor proposes a project at a land location that does not have or is not suitable for urban and rural planning, and does not have a housing development program or plan, the Provincial People's Committee shall assign the Department of Construction to preside over and coordinate with the Department of Finance, the Department of Agriculture and Environment, the Department of Planning and Architecture (if any), and the People's Committee of the commune where the project is located to consider submitting to the Provincial People's Committee for decision on land use planning indicators, requirements on spatial organization, architecture, and landscape of the land identified for social housing development to decide on approval of the investment policy and at the same time assign the investor.

After the decision to approve the investment policy and assign the investor, the investor is responsible for organizing the preparation, submission for appraisal and approval of the detailed planning at a scale of 1/500 to serve as a basis for the preparation, appraisal and approval of the feasibility study report on construction investment or the economic-technical report on construction investment and implementation of the next steps of the project. The contents of the detailed planning at a scale of 1/500 approved by the competent authority must be updated in the types and levels of urban and rural planning and the local housing development program and plan.

2. In case the investor of a social housing construction investment project allocates a maximum of 20% of the total residential land area within the project scope that has invested in building technical infrastructure systems to invest in building commercial housing, he/she must pay land use fees for the area of commercial housing construction according to the land price list issued by the Provincial People's Committee applicable at the time the competent state agency allocates land, leases land, or permits the change of land use purpose.

In case the social housing construction investment project does not allocate a separate land fund to build business, service, commercial and commercial housing facilities within the project scope, the project investor is allowed to reserve a floor area with a service and commercial business ratio not exceeding 20% of the total housing floor area of the project, not including the area arranged to serve the common living needs of households within the project scope (community living areas, medical stations, kindergartens and other essential infrastructure works serving the lives of building residents) and the area for parking according to the provisions of the National Technical Regulations on apartment buildings.

The investor is allocated the entire floor area for business services and commerce of each block of buildings in the project (including the arrangement of independent business services and commerce facilities in one or several blocks) ensuring that it does not exceed 20% of the total residential floor area of the project.

3. In the ward areas of provinces and centrally run cities, investors of social housing construction investment projects must build social housing for sale, lease-purchase, or rent in the form of apartments. For the remaining areas, the Provincial People's Committee shall, based on local conditions, determine the areas where investors of social housing construction investment projects must build apartments or individual houses in accordance with the detailed construction planning approved by competent state agencies. In the case of individual houses, they must be designed and constructed in accordance with construction standards, regulations, and social housing area standards.

4. Subjects who are arranged for resettlement in the form of purchasing or hire-purchasing social housing or households and individuals who are eligible for compensation, support, and resettlement when the State reclaims land or agrees to transfer land use rights to project investors for social housing development shall be given priority to purchase or hire-purchasing social housing without having to meet housing and income conditions, except in cases where they have purchased or hire-purchasing social housing according to regulations.

5. Project investors are allowed to choose to apply the provisions in Clause 1 and Clause 2, Article 7 of Resolution No. 201/2025/QH15 dated May 29, 2025 of the National Assembly on piloting a number of specific mechanisms and policies for social housing development (Resolution No. 201/2025/QH15) to issue construction permits or apply the provisions in Point h, Clause 2, Article 89 of the 2014 Construction Law, as amended and supplemented by the Railway Law No. 95/2025/QH15, to be exempted from construction permits.

Priority criteria for assigning investors to social housing projects

According to the draft, priority will be given to assigning enterprises with financial capacity, experience in implementing housing projects and commitment and responsibility to society to be the investors of social housing construction investment projects. Selected enterprises and investors must ensure the following criteria:

Political commitment and social responsibility: Enterprises demonstrate determination, social responsibility and spirit of accompanying the Government in implementing the goal of housing security, are willing to devote investment resources to social housing and have a commitment to complete the project as quickly as possible and not exceeding 03 years from the date of land allocation, land lease, and permission to change land use purpose by the State to implement the social housing construction investment project.

Financial capacity and project implementation experience: The enterprise has sufficient financial capacity; has experience in implementing housing projects; has a commitment to the fastest project completion schedule according to the above regulations; has a commitment to guarantee housing quality and reasonable prices.

The Ministry of Construction is soliciting comments on this draft on the Ministry's Electronic Information Portal./.

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