According to statistics from the Ministry of Construction, from 2021 until now, across the country, 619 social housing projects have been implemented with a scale of 561,816 units.
In the first 6 months of 2024, there are 8 social housing projects completed with a scale of 3,136 units. Along with that, 5 projects have been licensed and started construction, with a scale of 8,468 units, and 9 projects have investment policies, with a scale of 8,795 units.
Thus, if based on the number of completion compared to the target assigned by the Government, the "destination" of social housing is still very far away. In particular, many localities are slow and do not actively build social housing and housing for workers and industrial park workers.
Besides, there are still localities that are bright spots, leading the country in social housing development, such as Hai Phong, Bac Ninh, Binh Duong...
Speaking at the Workshop "Hai Phong - A bright spot for social housing development" organized by Tien Phong Newspaper on August 16, Deputy Minister of Construction Nguyen Van Sinh said that laws related to real estate such as Land, Effective housing and real estate business are a very important basis for promoting housing projects and the real estate market, including social housing.
Deputy Minister Nguyen Van Sinh stated that the development of social housing still has many difficulties, especially related to institutions, affecting the implementation progress of localities and investors. The legal system has recently had many new points and marked improvements.
That is, the Party and State's policies on housing, especially housing for low-income groups, have been institutionalized; The laws have overcome some overlapping and inconsistent conflicts; Strengthen decentralization in project implementation; Reforming administrative procedures in implementing and implementing projects...
Along with that, a number of policies on social housing development have been paid attention and revised to ensure clarity. In particular, local People's Committees have been assigned to reserve land funds to ensure sufficient land fund for social housing development based on needs. Flexibility in reserving land funds in commercial projects to develop social housing, can be exchanged and paid.
Deputy Minister of Construction said that the policy on incentives for investors creates more attractive conditions and clearer incentives for social housing. Investing in social housing projects is exempt from land use fees and does not have to carry out land price determination procedures, helping to shorten the procedure from 6 months - 1 year.
“Conditions for social housing buyers are simpler. The selling price and rental price of social housing have been calculated in the direction of correctly calculating and fully accounting for the construction costs of the business... These new points will be disseminated to businesses so that they can understand and continue implementing projects. fastest way" - Mr. Sinh said.
Deputy Minister Sinh emphasized that in recent times, many localities have actively participated in promoting real estate projects, including social housing projects. Hai Phong is a bright spot, highly appreciated for its direction, leadership and implementation.
Assessing Hai Phong's "bright spot" in developing social housing in recent times, Mr. Sinh said that the city has paid great attention to dedicating land funds to develop social housing; Interested in a very nice location in the inner city. The locations have been invested in technical and social infrastructure.
Giving his opinion at the conference, Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan - Chairman of Hai Phong City Labor Confederation - said that the selling price of some social housing projects in the area is currently still quite high, fluctuating from 16-19 million VND. /m2. Even if interior costs are included, the apartment value will reach more than 20 million VND/m2.
In addition, there is also a situation of speculation and profiteering from social housing to enjoy the difference with an average difference of 100-200 million VND/unit. This somewhat affects the confidence of workers and employees who want to buy social housing.
