Pursuant to Clause 4, Article 13 of Decree 192/2025/ND-CP, it is stipulated as follows:
Article 13. Determining the selling price and rental price of social housing
2. Within 180 days from the date of acceptance of the completion of the construction work and putting it into use, the investor is responsible for conducting a state audit or independent audit, settling construction investment costs according to the provisions of the law on housing, construction law, and other relevant laws and sending a set of audit and settlement documents to the Department of Construction at the provincial level where the project is located to check the selling price and rental price of social housing.
3. Within 30 days from the date of receipt of the investor's dossier, the provincial Department of Construction shall base on the audit and settlement documents on construction investment costs to give written opinions on the selling price and rental price of social housing.
The opinion document of the Department of Construction and the results of determining the selling price and rental price of social housing of the investor after receiving the opinion of the Department of Construction must be made public on the electronic information portal of the Provincial People's Committee and the Electronic Information page of the Department of Construction.
4. In case the selling price and rental price of social housing according to the audit, settlement and inspection results of the Department of Construction are higher than the selling price and rental price signed by the investor, the investor will not be allowed to collect the additional difference from the buyer or lessee for social housing; in case of lower, the investor must return the difference to the buyer or lessee for social housing. Investors are not allowed to collect money exceeding 95% of the contract value before home buyers are granted a Certificate of land use rights, ownership of assets attached to land and complete the refund of the difference (if any).
Accordingly, when the selling price of social housing according to the settlement and inspection results of the Department of Construction is lower, the investor must return the difference to the buyer of social housing.
Thus, buyers of social housing will be refunded the difference when the investor collects more than the settlement price compared to the price signed in the contract.
Note, investors are not allowed to collect money exceeding 95% of the contract value until the home buyer is granted a Certificate of land use rights, ownership of assets attached to land and completes the refund of the difference (if any).
