A low-income earner working in Dong Anh district, Hanoi, wants to apply for social housing. According to their understanding, the eligible beneficiaries of housing support, as per Clause 5, Article 76 of the 2023 Housing Law, include “low-income earners in urban areas.”
The citizen has a query regarding the current regulations: Are the communes in Hanoi, including Dong Anh, considered urban areas?
In another case, an individual living and working in a town belonging to a province adjacent to Hanoi has a similar concern. After the merger, the town became a commune. So, is this merged commune still considered an urban area?
Are there any specific regulations to help people determine whether an area is urban or rural after a merger, in line with the “low-income earners in urban areas” policy?
A social housing project in Hanoi. Photo: Hong Khanh |
In response to the above queries, the Department of Housing and Real Estate Market Management (Ministry of Construction) cited the regulations in Clause 1, Article 13 of Resolution No. 76/2025 of the National Assembly Standing Committee on administrative unit arrangement in 2025.
It clearly states: “People, cadres, civil servants, public employees, employees, and those receiving salaries in the armed forces in the administrative unit after arrangement shall continue to enjoy special mechanisms and policies applied according to regions, areas, or administrative units as before the arrangement until there is a decision. otherwise by a competent authority.”
According to Clauses 4 and 5, Article 26 of Decree No. 178/2025/ND-CP of the Government detailing a number of articles of the Law on Urban and Rural Planning: For areas of towns or new urban areas that have been approved for urban planning before this Decree takes effect and now belong to communes, continue to be managed and implemented according to the approved urban planning. When formulating and approving the general planning of the commune after the arrangement, the content of this urban planning must be inherited.”
Also, according to the Department of Housing and Real Estate Market Management, decisions on urban classification made by competent authorities before July 1, 2025, based on the results of urban quality assessment on the basis of approved urban and rural planning, continue to take effect until they are replaced, amended, or annulled.”
“Based on the above regulations, people in administrative units after the arrangement continue to enjoy mechanisms and policies applied according to administrative units as before the arrangement until there is a decision. otherwise by a competent authority,” the department said.
Hong Khanh
– 08:00 19/08/2025
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