Add special mechanism to handle difficulties and problems related to social housing

nhà ở xã hội - Ảnh 1. — Social housing in District 8, Ho Chi Minh City - Photo: QUANG DINH

This is one of the solutions to promote the implementation and completion of the investment project to build at least 1 million social housing units in the 2021 - 2030 period.

Land use fee must be paid if 20% of the social housing project area is used to build commercial housing.

In the draft, the Ministry of Construction proposed a special mechanism to handle difficulties and obstacles in developing social housing in five specific cases:

One , 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, Department of Agriculture and Environment, 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 approving the investment policy is made, 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 the basis for the preparation, appraisal and approval of the investment construction feasibility study report or the construction investment economic -technical report, and implementation of the next steps of the project.

The detailed planning contents at a scale of 1/500 approved by competent authorities must be updated into the types and levels of urban and rural planning, housing development programs and plans of the locality.

Second, 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, 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 (community living areas, medical stations, kindergartens and other essential infrastructure facilities 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.

nhà ở xã hội - Ảnh 2. — Ecohome 3 social housing area in Hanoi - Photo: B.NGOC

Social housing for sale and rent is an apartment building.

Third , in 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 in social housing construction projects invest in the type of housing, whether it is an apartment building or an individual house, in accordance with the detailed construction plan approved by the competent state agency.

In the case of individual houses, they must be designed and constructed according to construction standards, regulations, and social housing area standards.

Fourth , in case the subject is a person arranged for resettlement in the form of purchasing or hire-purchasing social housing or a household or individual who is eligible for compensation, support, or resettlement when the State recovers land or agrees to transfer land use rights to the project investor to develop social housing, they will be given priority to purchase or hire-purchase social housing without having to meet housing and income conditions, except in cases where they have purchased or hire-purchased social housing according to regulations.

In 2025 , the project investor is allowed to choose to apply the provisions in Clause 1 and Clause 2, Article 7 of Resolution No. 201/2025/QH15 on piloting a number of specific mechanisms and policies for social housing development 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.

The Ministry of Construction stated that social housing development is a key priority in socio-economic development. 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.

Recently, with the participation of the Government, the Prime Minister, ministries, branches and local authorities, the situation of social housing development has changed a lot.

As a result, in the first 9 months of 2025, the whole country completed 50,687/100,275 units (reaching 50.5%). It is expected that by the end of 2025, an additional 38,600 units will be completed (total 89,007/100,275 units, reaching 89%).

Up to now, implementing the project to invest in building at least 1 million social housing units in the 2021 - 2030 period, 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 were completed with a scale of 116,342 units, 151 projects have started construction or are being implemented with a scale of 132,616 units, 380 projects have been approved for investment with a scale of 388,090 units.

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