Buying social housing: Can elderly mothers authorize their children to submit applications?

KHÁNH AN |

Readers ask about whether mothers can authorize their children to submit applications to buy social housing?

Sending a question to the Hanoi City Electronic Information Portal, Mr. T.L. H said that in the notice of receiving applications for social housing, the applicant is required to directly submit the application and sign the wish to buy according to the apartment area. Mr. H's mother is entitled to social housing policies, but is now old and has great difficulty moving.

So please ask if my mother authorized me to submit the application and sign the wish to buy (the authorization certificate has confirmation from the Commune People's Committee)" - Mr. H asked.

Hanoi City Center for Communication, Data and Digital Technology answers:

Regarding this question, please refer to the following regulations:

Points a, b, c, Clause 1, Article 38 of Decree 100/2024/ND-CP stipulate:

Article 38. Order and procedures for selling, leasing, buying, and leasing social housing invested in construction according to projects and not using public investment capital, trade union financial sources

1. Order and procedures for selling social housing are implemented as follows:

a) After 30 days from the start of the project, the investor of the social housing construction investment project is responsible for providing information related to the project (project name; project investor; project construction location; contact address, registration address; project implementation progress; project scale; number of apartments (including: Number of apartments for sale; apartment area; selling price (temporary) for each type of apartment; start and end time of receiving applications and other related contents) to publicly announce on the Electronic Information Page of the Department of Construction, District People's Committee in the locality where the project is located; post at least once in the newspaper as the mouthpiece of the local government and announce at the Real Estate Exchange of the investor (if any) for people to know, prepare dossiers to register to buy social housing and carry out monitoring and supervision;

b) Before carrying out the sale, the investor of the social housing construction investment project is responsible for reporting in writing the total number of apartments expected to be sold and the expected time of starting to receive applications and start selling for the Department of Construction to know, inspect and publicly announce on the Electronic Information Page of the Department of Construction in the locality where the project is located within a minimum of 30 days from the time of starting to receive applications to buy houses at the project;

c) Based on information about social housing projects in the area that has been announced in accordance with the provisions of Clause 1 of this Article; households and individuals who need to submit dossiers to buy social housing directly to the project investor. The dossier includes a social housing purchase form according to Form No. 01 specified in Appendix II of this Decree and documents proving the subjects and conditions eligible for social housing support policies.

Subjects specified in Clause 5, Article 76 of the Housing Law, in case there is no labor contract, must have confirmation of the subject from the People's Committee of the commune level according to the guidance form of the Minister of Construction. Subjects specified in Clause 10, Article 76 of the Housing Law must have confirmation of the subject from the People's Committee of the district where land is recovered and houses must be cleared and demolished according to the guidance form of the Minister of Construction.

People should study and refer to the above regulations and follow the information announced by the investor on the website of the Department of Construction or the investor's website to know and comply with regulations.

KHÁNH AN
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