Direction and resolution of difficulties and obstacles to accelerate the implementation of social housing projects in Vietnam

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On December 10, 2024, the Prime Minister of the Government of Vietnam issued Official Telegram 130/CD-TTg urging to focus on directing and promptly resolving difficulties to promote the implementation of social housing projects in Vietnam.

Direction and resolution of difficulties and obstacles to accelerate the implementation of social housing projects in Vietnam

The Prime Minister of the Government of Vietnam requires:

- Ministers, heads of agencies equivalent to ministries, agencies under the Government of Vietnam, Secretaries of Provincial and Municipal Party Committees, Chairpersons of the People's Committees of provinces and cities directly under the Central Government:

+ Continue to focus on leading, directing, and organizing more effectively the tasks and solutions outlined in Resolution 33/NQ-CP dated March 11, 2023, and other resolutions of the Government of Vietnam, and Prime Minister's directives. Urgently develop plans to effectively implement the tasks and solutions assigned by Directive No. 34-CT/TW of the Secretariat and Decision 927/QD-TTg dated September 30, 2024, by the Prime Minister of Vietnam promulgating the Implementation Plan of Directive No. 34-CT/TW of the Secretariat, to be completed in 2024.

+ Continue to effectively implement key solutions and tasks to enhance decentralization, delegation, reform, and maximum reduction of administrative procedures to facilitate businesses' participation in social housing development; and enable beneficiaries to access social housing. Implement administrative procedures for land allocation, site clearance, investment construction, and selection of social housing project investors in a concise, quick, convenient, open, and transparent manner.

- Chairpersons of People's Committees of provinces and cities directly under the Central Government:

+ Urgently issue by authority or propose to the People's Councils of the same level to promulgate documents regulating certain content assigned in the Land Law, the Law on Real Estate Business; review documents to amend, supplement, replace, annul or issue new ones ensuring conformity with the provisions of the Land Law, the Housing Law, and the Law on Real Estate Business. Complete in 2024.

+ Regarding urban planning, allocating land funds for developing social housing, and workers' housing:

++  Review,  supplement  urban  planning,  industrial  park  planning,  ensuring  sufficient  land  fund  for  developing  social  housing,  including  workers'  dormitory  and  housing  for  the  people's  armed  forces.

++  Strictly  follow  the  regulation  of  allocating  land  funds  for  workers'  dormitory  within  industrial  parks  and  20%  of  technical  infrastructure  homestead  land  in  commercial  housing  projects,  urban  areas,  for  investment  in  social  housing  development  according  to  housing  laws.

+ Regarding social housing project construction investment

++  Focus  on  implementing  the  Scheme  "Investing  in  constructing  at  least  1  million  social  housing  units  for  low-income  earners  and  industrial  park  workers  in  the  2021-2030  period";  complete  the  social  housing  construction  targets  assigned  for  2024;  incorporate  social  housing  development  targets  into  the  five-year  socio-economic  development  target  system  and  annually.

++  Proactively  allocate  funding  for  site  clearance  and  organize  clean  site  clearance  to  have  clean  land  funds  for  social  housing.  Organize  auctions,  bidding  to  select  investors  with  financial  capacity  and  experience  in  transparent  public  disclosure.

++  For  projects  already  commenced,  regularly  urge  early  project  completion,  organize  acceptance,  and  soon  put  into  use.

++  For  projects  already  approved  for  investment  policy,  urgently  carry  out  procedures  for  investor  selection;  land  allocation,  issuance  of  land  use  right  certificates;  formulation,  appraisal  of  basic  design,  technical  design;  construction  licensing;...  to  commence  and  build  as  soon  as  possible.

++  For  social  housing  land  funds  whose  investment  policy  has  not  yet  been  approved,  urgently  plan;  appraise  the  pre-feasibility  report;  update  the  project  into  local  program  plans...  to  complete  investment  policy  approval  procedures,  select  investors  to  implement  the  project.

+ Regarding preferential capital sources for social housing development: continue to review and check legal procedures, list projects on social housing construction, worker housing, renovation, and reconstruction of old apartments eligible for borrowing a fund of VND 120,000 billion, publicly announce on the provincial People's Committee's electronic portal to provide a basis for Banks to lend under the program and send documents to the State Bank of Vietnam and the Ministry of Construction for monitoring and compiling. Balance and allocate local budget capital to entrust to the Social Policy Bank for lending to buy, lease-purchase social housing; construct, renovate, and repair houses.

- Minister of Construction of Vietnam shall:

+ Enhance organizing training, propaganda, and dissemination of the contents of the Housing Law, the Law on Real Estate Business and detailed regulations, guidance of these laws.

+ Urge localities to review, supplement planning, allocate land funds to develop urban area social housing, worker housing according to legal regulations; strictly comply with regulations on allocating 20% of land funds for social housing in housing projects, urban areas, and ensure social housing development needs in the locality.

+ Strengthen inspection, examination, and handling of violations in implementing laws on social housing development.

- Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam shall:

+ Enhance organizing training, propaganda, and dissemination of the contents of the Land Law and detailed regulations, guidance of the Law.

+ Coordinate with the Ministry of Construction to guide localities in developing land use planning, ensuring land funds to implement social housing construction projects, industrial worker housing.

- Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam to cooperate with relevant ministries and central authorities to decisively promote the disbursement of the 120 trillion VND credit program for social housing and worker housing loans.

- Assign Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of Vietnam Tran Hong Ha to directly direct, inspect, urge, resolve within authority, and report beyond authority to the Prime Minister of Vietnam.

Refer to detailed content at Official Telegram 130/CD-TTg dated December 10, 2024.

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