Vietnam’s regulations on use of social housing as relocation housing

Specifically, according to Clause 3 Article 28 of Decree No. 99/2015/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government, in case social housing is used as relocation housing as prescribed in Clause 1 and Clause 2 Article 35 of the Law on Housing:

- Any relocated person who wishes to purchase, lease, or lease-purchase social housing shall submit an application to the People’s Committee of the district where he/she resides;

- The People’s Committee of the province shall verify the fact the such person has not received any compensation from the State in the form of housing or residential land, compile a list of persons in need of relocation enclosed with their applications, and send the list to Departments of Construction for examination;

- After examining, the Department of Construction shall compile a list of households and individuals eligible to purchase, lease, lease-purchase social housing, and send it to the People’s Committee of the province for approval. In consideration of local social housing supply and demand for social housing of relocated people, the People’s Committee of the province shall decide whether to approve the list;

- The Department of Construction shall send the list approved by the People’s Committee of the province to the People’s Committees of districts in order to notify relevant households and individuals; request the investors social housing construction projects, in writing, to conclude housing purchase, lease, lease-purchase contracts with the households and individuals on the list.

The contract conclusion and transfer of commercial housing or social housing to serve relocation shall comply with Article 31 of this Decree.

View more details at Decree No. 99/2015/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from December 10, 2015.

Thu Ba

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