Resettlement houses in Ho Chi Minh City are abandoned, owing more than 81 billion VND in management fees

Thousands of state-owned resettlement apartments in Ho Chi Minh City are in arrears on management fees and have been issued debt collection letters by operating units.

At a press conference providing information on socio -economic issues in Ho Chi Minh City held on the afternoon of May 9, Mr. Dinh Thien Tan, Head of the Operation Management Department (City Department of Construction) said that there are currently 8,948 state-owned resettlement apartments that have not been arranged for people in 85 apartment buildings/apartment clusters in the area.

The Center for Housing Management and Construction Inspection (under the Department of Construction) has received and managed 8,461 apartments. The Center is preparing to receive the remaining 487 apartments from the People's Committee of Thu Duc City and districts under the direction of the City People's Committee.

Thousands of apartments of the 38.4-hectare resettlement project in An Khanh ward, Thu Duc city have been abandoned for many years.

However, in recent times, many service companies have issued official dispatches demanding maintenance management fees but have not been paid. For example, from February 2023 to present, Era Town Apartment Maintenance and Management Service Joint Stock Company (District 7) has repeatedly sent official dispatches requesting the Housing Management and Construction Inspection Center to pay more than VND 500 million in management fees for 42 resettlement apartments at Phu My Apartment (Block B40).

The monthly management fee for the apartment is 6,000 VND/m2. However, from July 2021 to March 2024, the Center has not paid the management fee, affecting the financial resources and causing difficulties in operating the apartment building.

Mr. Dinh Thien Tan said that currently, there are 39 apartment projects with documents and notices (from the Management Board, Management Board, Public Service Company) requesting payment of management and operation costs for empty apartments managed by the Center with an amount of more than 81 billion VND.

The reason, Mr. Tan said, was that on July 13, 2023, the City People's Committee issued Decision No. 2880/QD-UBND on authorization to attend the Apartment Building Conference and exercise voting rights for State-owned apartments in the City.

Accordingly, the City authorizes apartment users in cases where they have been arranged for resettlement, temporary residence or signed contracts to rent, hire-purchase, or purchase in installments of State-owned apartments to represent the owner to attend and exercise voting rights at the Apartment Building Conference.

Currently, the Center is managing vacant apartments received according to the Decisions of the City People's Committee to serve resettlement arrangements.

However, according to Decision No. 2880/QD-UBND mentioned above, the Center has not been authorized by the City People's Committee to attend the Apartment Building Conference and participate in the Management Board, so the Center cannot attend as a representative of the Owner to vote for the Apartment Building Management Board and agree on the unit price for apartment building management and operation for vacant apartments in the apartment building managed by the Center.

Currently, the Center has compiled and reported to the Department of Construction to advise the City People's Committee, proposing that the City People's Committee authorize the Center to attend the Apartment Building Conference, participate in the Management Board, and pay the management and operation costs of empty apartments managed by the Center. After the City People's Committee approves the policy, the Center will coordinate with the units to agree on the management and operation fees to be paid and the payment method.

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