In the May 9 press briefing on socio-economic issues, Mr. Dinh Thien Tan, Head of the Management Department of Ho Chi Minh City’s Construction Department, provided information on state-owned resettlement apartments in the area.
According to statistics from the Department of Construction, Ho Chi Minh City currently has 8,948 unoccupied state-owned resettlement apartments across 85 apartment buildings and complexes in the city. The Ho Chi Minh City Center for Housing Management and Construction Inspection has taken over and managed 8,461 apartments and is preparing to receive the remaining 487 apartments from Thu Duc City and other districts’ People’s Committees.
Mr. Dinh Thien Tan, Head of the Management Department of Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Construction, answers questions at the press conference on May 9. Photo: Thanh Nhan
Mr. Tan further informed that the Management Boards, Management Companies, and Public Service Companies of 39 out of the 85 aforementioned apartment buildings and complexes have submitted documents requesting payment of management and operation fees for the vacant apartments, totaling over VND 81 billion.
As per the decision of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee, the Center for Housing Management and Construction Inspection has not been authorized to participate in apartment building conferences and management boards. Therefore, the center cannot attend and vote in the role of the owner in electing the management board, or in deciding on management and operation fees.
Additionally, the center has not been assigned the policy of paying management and operation fees. They have compiled and reported the issue to the Department of Construction, which will advise the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee to propose authorizing the center to attend the apartment building conferences, participate in the management boards, and pay the management and operation fees for the vacant apartments.
“After the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City approves the policy, the center will coordinate with the units to agree on the management and operation fees to be paid and the payment method,” said Mr. Tan.
