How many arrangement for housing serving the relocation in Vietnam?

1. How many forms of arrangement for housing serving the relocation in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 36 of the 2014 Housing Law as amended by Point a, Clause 6, Article 99 of the Law on public-private partnership in 2020, arrangement for housing serving the relocation in Vietnam is as follows:

1. Buying project-based commercial housing to lease, lease and sell, sell to the people subject to relocation.

2. Using project-based social housing to lease, lease and sell, sell to the people subject to relocation.

3. The State directly invests in housing construction by government budget, government bonds, Official Development Assistance, concessional loans from sponsors, credit capital of the State or invests in housing construction serving the relocation to lease, lease and sell, sell to the people subject to relocation according to type of Build-Transfer contracts on the proper land as prescribed.

4. The households or individuals shall be paid money to buy, rent, or rent and buy commercial housing in the administrative divisions as housing serving the relocation or allocated residential land plots by the State to build housing themselves according to the approved planning.

According to this Article, there are four arrangement for housing serving the relocation in Vietnam: buying project-based commercial housing to lease, using project-based social housing to lease, lease and sell, sell to the people subject to relocation. The final form is the state paying money or allocating land to relocation people.

2. What are rules for development of housing serving the relocation in Vietnam? 

Article 35 of the Law on Housing 2014 stipulates rules for development of housing serving the relocation as follows:

1. Before implementing the plan for land withdrawal or land clearance to build other constructions in a special, class 1, or class 2 urban area, the State shall prepare housing sources according to project-based commercial housing or social housing serving the relocation, except for cases prescribed in Clause 4 Article 36 of this Law.

2. If the plan for land withdrawal or land clearance to build other constructions is implemented in the area other than areas prescribed in Clause 1 of this Article, but that area has project-based commercial housing or social housing serving the relocation, the State shall use that housing to serve the relocation; if that area has not any commercial housing or social housing, the State shall invest in housing construction serving the relocation before implementing the plan, except for cases prescribed in Clause 4 Article 36 of this Law.

3. If the plan for land withdrawal and land clearance is implemented to run projects for commercial housing construction, but the people subject to the land clearance wish to relocate on the same location, the investor must priorly reserve commercial housing in that project to serve the relocation.

4. If the plan for land withdrawal and land clearance is implemented to run projects for industrial park infrastructure but the people subject to the land clearance wish to relocate, the investor must build housing serving the relocation in the same area conformable with housing construction for workers working in industrial parks or allocate other housing to them.

5. The investment in housing construction serving the relocation must conform to the project; regarding rural areas, the projects for housing construction serving the relocation must include the allocation of land resources to serve production to the people subject to relocation.

6. The housing serving the relocation must be equipped sufficient technical and social infrastructure according to the approved specific construction planning, or design documents and in accordance with Article 14 of this Law.

Thus, development of housing serving the relocation in Vietnam will be carried out according to the above principles.

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