Vietnam: Are poor households and near-poor households only added to the list of requests for housing support when more than 50% of the members in the village meeting agree?
- What are the prioritized cases for housing support in Vietnam - National Targeted Programs for Sustainable Poverty Reduction in the period of 2021-2025?
- Are poor households and near-poor households only added to the list of requests for housing support in Vietnam when more than 50% of the members in the village meeting agree?
- What is the approval process for housing support for poor and near-poor households in Vietnam?
What are the prioritized cases for housing support in Vietnam - National Targeted Programs for Sustainable Poverty Reduction in the period of 2021-2025?
Pursuant to Article 5 of Circular 01/2022/TT-BXD stipulating the order of priority for housing support as follows:
“Article 5: Order of priority for housing support
1. Prioritize support for objects in the following order:
a) Poor ethnic minority households;
b) Poor households whose members are people with meritorious services to the revolution;
c) Poor households, near-poor households with members subject to social protection;
d) Poor households, near-poor households with extremely difficult circumstances (elderly people, lonely people, disabled people);
dd) Poor households, near-poor households in areas frequently affected by natural disasters;
e) The remaining poor and near-poor households.
2. For poor and near-poor households with the same priority level, the support is provided in the following order:
a) Poor households, near-poor households have damaged or dilapidated houses (made of fast-failing and low-quality materials) that are in danger of collapse or unsafe;
b) Poor households, near-poor households without housing (are poor households, near-poor households without their own houses, currently living with their parents but separated, living in other people's houses, renting houses - except for school). in case of renting state-owned houses);
c) Poor households and near-poor households have a large number of people.”
Accordingly, the priority order of housing support for poor and near-poor households in Vietnam - National Targeted Programs for Sustainable Poverty Reduction in the period of 2021-2025 is implemented in accordance with the above regulations.
In case the poor and near-poor households all have the same priority level, priority will be given to housing support for households whose houses are damaged, dilapidated, at risk of collapse or unsafe. Next is the household without a house and finally the household with a large number of people according to the above regulations.
Vietnam: Are poor households and near-poor households only added to the list of requests for housing support when more than 50% of the members in the village meeting agree?
Are poor households and near-poor households only added to the list of requests for housing support in Vietnam when more than 50% of the members in the village meeting agree?
Pursuant to Clause 1, Article 6 of Circular 01/2022/TT-BXD stipulates as follows:
“Article 6: Sequence for building the Housing Support Scheme
1. At village level and equivalent (abbreviated as village level)
a) Officials assigned the task of poverty reduction at the commune level in coordination with the village school to organize a meeting to disseminate the contents of housing support policies for poor and near-poor households according to the provisions of Decision No. 90/ Decision-TTg dated January 18, 2022 of the Prime Minister approving the National Target Program for Sustainable Poverty Reduction in the 2021-2025 period and this Circular to households; make a list of poor and near-poor households that need assistance in building or repairing houses;
b) On the basis of the list of poor households and near-poor households that need assistance in building new or repairing houses, commenting and proposing a list of poor households and near-poor households receiving housing support (according to form in Appendix I to this Circular) sent to the commune-level People's Committee for consideration and review. The meeting included a Steering Committee to review poor and near-poor households at commune level, officials assigned to work on poverty reduction at commune level, village head (chairing the meeting), secretary of village cell, sub-union Union. women, Farmers' Association, Veterans Association, Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and representatives of poor and near-poor households in the village; invite representatives of the Vietnam Fatherland Front at commune level to supervise;
c) Households included in the list of requests for support must be approved by more than 50% of the people attending the meeting (in the form of a show of hands or secret ballot).”
Accordingly, the order of formulating a housing support scheme for poor and near-poor households in Vietnam - National Targeted Programs for Sustainable Poverty Reduction at the rural areas is carried out in accordance with the above regulations.
Poor households and near-poor households are only included in the list of requests for housing support when more than 50% of the people attending the meeting at the village level agree.
What is the approval process for housing support for poor and near-poor households in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Clauses 2, 3, 4, and 5, Article 6 of Circular 01/2022/TT-BXD stipulates as follows:
“Article 6: Sequence for building the Housing Support
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2. At commune level
a) The commune-level People's Committees shall publicly post up the list of poor households and near-poor households that are proposed to support the construction or repair of houses at cultural houses or village community houses and the headquarters of the commune-level People's Committee; announce via commune-level radio station (if any) within 03 days;
b) At the end of the time limit for public listing, the commune-level People's Committees shall review, appraise, summarize and send to the district-level People's Committees a list of poor households and near-poor households eligible for new construction or repair.
3. After 03 working days from the time of receiving the report of the People's Committee of the commune, the People's Committee of the district shall summarize and approve the list of reports to the People's Committee of the province. In case the list has to be readjusted, it must be re-approved and immediately reported to the Provincial-level People's Committee.
4. Provincial-level People's Committees shall organize the formulation and approval of housing support schemes for poor and near-poor households in the area (using the form in Appendix VII to this Circular); send the Scheme to the Ministry of Construction, the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, the Ministry of Planning and Investment, and the Ministry of Finance to summarize and report to the Prime Minister.
5. In case complaints and denunciations arise during the approval process of the list of poor households and near-poor households eligible for housing support, complaints and denunciations and settlement of complaints and denunciations shall comply with regulations of the Law on Complaints and the Law on Denunciations.”
Thus, the process of approving housing support schemes for poor and near-poor households is carried out in accordance with the above regulations.
Circular 01/2022/TT-BXD will take effect from August 15, 2022.
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