According to the compilation of reports from localities, the Ministry of Construction has stated that although some key localities have a high demand for social housing, the investment in social housing is still limited compared to the target of the Project by 2025.
Specifically, Hanoi only has 3 projects, with 1,700 units meeting 9%; Ho Chi Minh City has 7 projects, with 4,996 units meeting 19%; Da Nang has 05 projects, with 2,750 units meeting 43%;…
In particular, some localities have not started any social housing projects from 2021 to now, such as Vinh Phuc, Ninh Binh, Nam Dinh, Long An, Quang Ngai,…
According to the Ministry of Construction, 1,249 land plots with a scale of 8,390 hectares have been planned in the whole country for social housing, so compared to the report in 2020 (3,359 hectares), the area of land for social housing development has increased by an additional 5,031 hectares.
Some localities that are concerned with the planning of social housing land reserves include: Dong Nai with 1,063 hectares, Ho Chi Minh City with 608 hectares, Long An with 577 hectares, Hai Phong with 471 hectares, and Hanoi with 412 hectares.
The Ministry of Construction names many localities that do not have social housing projects in recent years. (Photo: Chinhphu.vn).
However, there are still some localities that have not planned and arranged social housing land reserves, such as Ninh Binh, Lai Chau, Nghe An, Ninh Thuan, Dong Thap.
Regarding the results of implementing social housing projects from 2021 to the end of 2023, currently there have been 71 completed projects with a scale of 37,868 units; 127 projects with a scale of 107,896 units have started construction. At the same time, there are 301 projects with a scale of 265,486 units.
The Ministry of Construction also revealed that in recent times, many localities have promoted the commencement of construction of social housing such as Bac Ninh province with 15 projects, 6,000 units; Bac Giang with 05 projects, 12,475 units; Hai Phong with 07 projects, 11,678 units; Binh Duong with 07 projects, 6,557 units; Dong Nai with 08 projects, 9,074 units; Binh Duong with 07 projects, 6,557 units; Thanh Hoa with 09 projects, 4,948 units,…
At the Conference on the implementation of the Project “Investing in building at least 1 million social housing apartments for low-income people, workers in industrial zones in the period of 2021-2030” held on the morning of February 22nd, Mr. Nguyen Thanh Nghi, Minister of Construction pointed out 3 obstacles that need to be resolved to develop social housing.
First, there are still many localities that have implemented slowly compared to the registered plan in the Project, including some localities that have not started any new social housing projects yet.
Second, the disbursement of the preferential credit package of VND 120,000 billion is still slow compared to the desire and actual demand of enterprises investing in social housing, housing for workers.
Third, there are still obstacles and difficulties faced by enterprises investing in social housing, housing for workers in accessing land, investment and construction procedures, credit, preferential policies,…
Therefore, Minister of Construction Nguyen Thanh Nghị believes that in 2024, efforts should be made to complete about 130,000 apartments.
Minister of Construction Nguyen Thanh Nghị identifies that this is also a very high requirement and target, requiring Ministries and localities to closely follow and strictly implement the tasks set out in the Project, especially reviewing planning, land reserves, administrative procedure reforms… for social housing projects.
“ In addition, it is necessary to review the implementation of the VND 120,000 billion preferential credit package to have solutions to remove obstacles and promote access, disbursement of this credit package ”, Mr. Nguyen Thanh Nghi said.
