Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Construction has issued a directive to enhance management of construction order and fire safety for multi-family housing and high-density rental accommodations in the city.
Ho Chi Minh City is home to numerous mini-apartments.
The directive emphasizes strict adherence to legal regulations regarding design appraisal and issuance of construction permits for projects requiring fire protection design review. It also underscores the need to tightly control the conditions for granting construction permits for multi-family housing and high-density rental accommodations.
Additionally, the directive calls for strengthened leadership and rigorous inspection and monitoring of compliance with laws related to planning, construction, fire safety, and construction quality management.
The city has dozens of private residential buildings offering “sleepbox” beds and rooms for rent (PHOTO: ANH VU)
The Inspectorate of the Department of Construction is tasked with intensifying inspections and monitoring of compliance with construction order regulations, promptly detecting, preventing, and strictly handling cases of construction permit violations. These violations include issuing permits for single-family homes that are subsequently sold or rented as multi-story, multi-unit dwellings.
The directive emphasizes the need for forceful action to address lingering violations, stating, “Absolutely no violations of construction order should be left unaddressed, as they may cause public dissatisfaction and affect the safety and well-being of the people.”
Furthermore, the directive urges proactive planning of inspections based on the operational status of multi-family housing and high-density rental accommodations to timely detect, prevent, and strictly handle any violations of construction order.
Previously, the Department of Construction reported on the business registration activities of mini-apartments and collective housing. Accordingly, the department, in collaboration with relevant authorities, inspected 11 projects (3 apartments and 8 detached houses) in districts 1, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11, Tan Phu, Binh Thanh, Go Vap, Nha Be, and Thu Duc City.
The inspections revealed that 9 out of 11 projects were in violation of construction order regulations. These violations included partitioning rooms for rent, changing the function of detached houses to rental accommodations, increasing the number of rooms, expanding the building area, adding mezzanine floors, and dividing them into rental bedrooms.
The prevalence of “sleepbox” structures
In District 1, there are 8 detached houses offering a total of 257 beds for rent, while District 3 has 3 such houses with 86 beds. District 5 has 3 structures with 180 beds, and District 8 boasts a single apartment with 10 beds. District 10 has 9 buildings with 440 beds, while Phu Nhuan District has 9 structures with 335 beds. Binh Thanh District is home to 6 buildings with 243 beds, and Tan Phu District has 4 structures with 140 beds. Notably, Go Vap District has the highest number of these structures, with 15 buildings offering a total of 474 beds for rent.
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