According to PV on October 28, 4 buildings in the Student Housing Area in Phap Van - Tu Hiep urban area are being painted with exterior paint and installed with corrugated iron roofs on the roofs of the blocks. The interior of the apartments has not been repaired.
According to a worker at the project, the construction has been underway for nearly 2 weeks now. After completing the exterior painting, the interior of the apartments such as walls, door systems, electricity, water and other technical items will be repaired and installed.
The project is invested by the Hanoi City Civil Works Construction Investment Project Management Board in units A2, A3, A4 in plot III.13.1 (20% land fund) of Phap Van - Tu Hiep New Urban Area.
It is expected that the renovation and upgrading of buildings A2 and A3 will be completed in 2026, and the investment and construction of building A4 will be completed no later than 2027.
The Phap Van - Tu Hiep student housing project started in 2009, invested by Hanoi City from the state budget, on a land area of over 40,000m2. The total investment capital is 1,900 billion VND.
The project consists of 6 19-storey buildings, with more than 1,400 rooms, providing housing needs for nearly 22,000 students of universities in the south of the city. In January 2015, 3 buildings A1, A5 and A6 were put into use but few people lived there.
By 2024, after nearly a decade of ineffective projects, Hanoi City has decided to convert the function of Phap Van - Tu Hiep dormitory into a social housing area (NOXH) for rent. Hanoi City will invest more than 220 billion VND to renovate buildings A2, A3 and complete building A4 to serve the housing needs of the people.
Phap Van - Tu Hiep student housing area is located right next to Phap Van - Cau Gie expressway, the bustling traffic gateway of Hanoi. The completion of many blocks of houses and abandonment has made many people regret.
Ms. Hoang Thi Le (Phu Tho) passes through this area every day to work, seeing a series of high-rise buildings exposed to the sun and rain without anyone for a decade and feeling heartbroken
"My wife and I have been working as workers in Hanoi for 7 years but still rent a house, not enough money to buy a house. Now this house has been converted into a low-cost social housing for workers and low-income workers to rent, it is very good to buy", said Ms. Le.
Setting abandoned housing projects for many years in sensitive locations for exploitation and use will contribute positively, helping to improve urban landscape and improve efficiency in exploitation and use, increasing housing supply.
According to Mr. Nguyen Hoang Nam - General Director of G-Home Joint Stock Company (a company specializing in developing social housing) - while the current demand for buying and renting social housing in Hanoi is increasing, converting Phap Van - Tu Hiep housing area into social housing is necessary, helping to increase the supply of housing for the market.
