Warranty Period for Housing under the Housing Law 2023: What is the Duration? What Does the Housing Warranty Include?
What is the warranty period for housing according to the Housing Law 2023?
Based on the provisions of Article 129 of the Housing Law 2023, organizations and individuals constructing housing must warranty the housing according to the provisions of the construction law; organizations and individuals providing housing equipment must warranty the equipment according to the period prescribed by the manufacturer.
In the case of investment in housing construction for sale or lease purchase, the seller or lessor is responsible for housing warranty according to the following warranty periods:
- For apartment buildings, the minimum period is 60 months from the completion of construction and acceptance for use;- For individual houses, the minimum period is 24 months from the completion of construction and acceptance for use.
What is the warranty period for housing according to the Housing Law 2023? What does housing warranty content include?
What policies does the State have in the development, management, and use of housing according to the Housing Law 2023?
Based on the provisions of Article 4 of the Housing Law 2023, there are 07 policies for the development, management, and use of housing.
To be specific, as follows:
- The State has policies to develop housing, creating conditions for everyone to have accommodation through the promotion of diverse types of housing, including housing for sale, lease purchase, or lease, suitable to the needs and financial abilities of individuals and families, support for financing the renovation, and reconstruction of housing; The State invests in building social housing using part or all of public investment capital for lease or lease purchase.- The State is responsible for creating a homestead land fund through the approval of land use planning, land use plans, construction planning, urban planning, and the planning of functional areas.- The State issues mechanisms and policies on planning, land, finance, credit, research, the application of science and technology, new building materials to encourage economic sectors to participate in housing investment and development, and encourages organizations and individuals to participate in housing development for sale, lease purchase, and lease according to market mechanisms.- The State issues financial incentive mechanisms and policies on land, long-term credit with preferential interest rates, other financial incentives, and support from State funds to implement policies on social housing, renovation, and reconstruction of apartment buildings.- The State has policies to encourage the research and issuance of standard designs and typical designs for each type of housing appropriate to each region and area; has policies to encourage the development of energy-saving housing.- The Provincial-level People's Committee (hereinafter referred to as Provincial People's Committee) is responsible for planning, allocating land areas, and investing in the construction of social housing according to this Law and other relevant legal provisions.- The State has policies to manage and use housing effectively, safely, and for the correct purpose and function of the housing.
What does the housing warranty content include according to the Housing Law 2023?
Based on the provisions of clause 3, Article 129 of the Housing Law 2023 as follows:
Housing Warranty
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3. The housing warranty content includes repair, rectification of damage to the frame, columns, beams, floors, walls, ceilings, roofs, terraces, stairs, finishing materials, the system providing fuels, daily electricity supply system, lighting electricity supply, water tanks and water supply system, septic tanks, and waste water and waste disposal systems. It remedies cases of tilting, sinking, cracking, subsidence of housing and other contents as agreed in the housing purchase or lease-purchase contract. For other equipment attached to the house, the seller or lessor shall perform warranty repair and replacement according to the manufacturer's prescribed warranty period.
Thus, the housing warranty content includes the aforementioned items.
When does the Housing Law 2023 take effect?
Based on the provisions of Article 197 of the Housing Law 2023 as follows:
Effectiveness
1. This Law takes effect from January 01, 2025.
2. The Housing Law No. 65/2014/QH13, which has been amended and supplemented by certain articles under Laws No. 40/2019/QH14, No. 61/2020/QH14, No. 62/2020/QH14, No. 64/2020/QH14, and Law No. 03/2022/QH15, expires when this Law comes into effect, except as stipulated in point b of clause 1, points a, c, d, e, and g of clause 2, clause 3, points a, b, c, d, e of clause 5, Article 198 of this Law.
3. Housing owned by the state as regulated by legal documents on housing issued before this Law takes effect is considered public property.
The Housing Law 2023 takes effect from January 01, 2025.
From January 01, 2025, the Housing Law 2014 officially expires, except for cases at point b of clause 1, points a, c, d, e, and g of clause 2, clause 3, points a, b, c, d, e of clause 5, Article 198 of the Housing Law 2023.
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