Subjects renting public housing in localities subject to the arrangement of provincial-level administrative units

Đối tượng thuê nhà ở công vụ tại các địa phương thuộc diện sắp xếp đơn vị hành chính cấp tỉnh- Ảnh 1. — Civil servants and public employees in localities subject to the arrangement of provincial-level administrative units are arranged to rent apartments.

This Decision regulates the subjects of renting public housing and the standards of public housing for cadres, civil servants and public employees in localities subject to the arrangement of provincial-level administrative units.

Subjects renting public housing

According to reports from localities, the total public housing fund for officials and civil servants is about 260,667 ^m2 , including 07 public villas with an area of 1,890 ^m2 , 3,462 townhouses with an area of 166,421 ^m2 , 1,688 apartments with an area of 92,356 ^m2 , serving about 4,500 officials and civil servants.

According to reports from 23 localities subject to provincial administrative unit arrangement, the need for public housing for officials, civil servants and public employees is about 45,000 people.

According to regulations, the subjects renting public housing include:

- The subjects renting public housing under Point g, Clause 1, Article 45 of the 2023 Housing Law are cadres, civil servants, and public employees who have to move their workplace to a new political -administrative center in localities subject to the arrangement of provincial-level administrative units.

- The subjects specified above must be in the case of not having a house of their own or having a house (including social housing) with the shortest road traffic distance from their house to the workplace (including: main office, branch or representative office of the agency, organization) of 10 km or more in mountainous areas, remote areas with difficult economic conditions, border areas, islands and 30 km or more in the remaining areas.

Interior equipment for official residences up to 120 million VND

Regarding the standards for area and interior equipment of official residences, Decision No. 45/2025/QD-TTg stipulates that Department Heads, Deputy Department Heads of Departments and equivalent, civil servants and public employees in localities subject to the arrangement of provincial-level administrative units are arranged to rent one of two types of official residences, including:

- An apartment with a usable area from 45 ^m2 to under 60 ^m2 is designed as a closed living space, with one or more different functional spaces such as: Living room, bedrooms, dining room, kitchen, toilet, balcony or loggia;

- The house has a usable area from 48 ^m2 to under 60 ^m2 , built in a 1-storey style with many houses close together, each house has a closed auxiliary structure.

The maximum budget for interior equipment for the above-mentioned official residence is 120 million VND.

The Decision clearly states that the Ministry of Construction is responsible for guiding, inspecting and urging localities across the country to implement this Decision.

The People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities are responsible for allocating capital from local budgets to invest in construction, renovation, repair, and purchase of interior equipment for public housing according to regulations; directing the development, management, and arrangement of public housing for rent, and converting the function of surplus housing funds into public housing in the locality according to the provisions of the law on housing and in accordance with the actual conditions of the locality.

There needs to be a public housing policy to create conditions for officials to stabilize their lives and work with peace of mind.

* The 2023 Housing Law has been passed by the National Assembly and takes effect from July 1, 2024, in which Point b, Clause 1, Article 45 stipulates the subjects of renting public housing as follows: “b) Cadres and civil servants of agencies of the Party, State, socio-political organizations... are mobilized, rotated, seconded from central agencies to work in localities or from one locality to another to hold the position of Deputy Director of Department and equivalent or higher;”

However, after the merger of provincial administrative units, many civil servants and public employees with positions equivalent to department-level leaders and equivalent or lower had to move their workplaces from the old locality to the new political-administrative center, making it difficult to stabilize their residence to work with peace of mind, wasting time and incurring many costs.

According to the provisions of the Housing Law 2023, officials must be transferred, rotated, or seconded from one locality to another to be eligible to rent public housing. However, after the merger and consolidation of a number of provinces, the new political-administrative center of the province will change, therefore, officials of departments and branches will have to work at the new political-administrative center and will reorganize their positions in the same locality, not being transferred, rotated, or seconded to another locality.

Thus, according to the provisions of the law on housing, cadres and civil servants with the title of Deputy Director of Department and equivalent or higher who are mobilized, rotated, or seconded from central agencies to work in localities or from one locality to another are entitled to enjoy the public housing policy; while cadres, civil servants, and public employees in provinces subject to administrative unit arrangement are not eligible to rent public housing.

Therefore, it is necessary to have a policy on public housing to create conditions for officials to stabilize their lives and work with peace of mind.

Subjects renting public housing

Interior equipment for official residences up to 120 million VND

There needs to be a public housing policy to create conditions for officials to stabilize their lives and work with peace of mind.

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