arrive 1 day in advance to draw the order to submit the application
In recent months, information about the CT3 social housing project (Tien Loc commune, Hanoi City) preparing to open documents has received special attention from many worker couples working in Thang Long Industrial Park.
Ms. Do Thi Nguyet said that twenty years of working as a worker is also the time she has to rent a house. As the children grew up, the couple's desire to have a house grew.
"But housing and land prices are getting higher and higher, beyond our reach. The couple's income is used to cover family expenses and raise 2 children, so they cannot save much," said Ms. Nguyet.
She took 2-3 months to prepare documents and documents to wait for the time to submit to the investor. The most time-consuming thing is to get documents proving housing conditions - for this item alone, she said she had to wait 2 months.
When she heard the information on the morning of November 17, the investor of CT3 social housing area organized a lottery with the correct number, she had to come since the morning of November 16. It took her a lot of effort to get the order number, and the application was scheduled to be submitted by November 20.
Although she had prepared all the documents, Ms. Nguyet was still worried. Her labor contract was signed 20 years ago and has been lost many times. When preparing her application for a social housing purchase, she asked for a photocopy of the labor contract from the company, but was informed that the investor did not accept the photocopy and required notarization. However, when she asked the company to lend the original to notarize, she did not agree. Currently, she only has a photocopy and an notarized contract appendix, worried about whether the investor will accept it or not.
Ms. Nguyet is still concerned about the signature on the documents. Previously, she signed, but recently she only recorded her name, so she did not know whether her application would be accepted or not.
After many years of working, the couple saved 400 million VND; if they were able to buy a social housing, they would have to borrow an additional 800 million VND.
Ms. Nguyet hopes to buy a 64m2 apartment at a price of 18.4 million/m2, but there are still many difficult steps ahead for her to fulfill her dream.
Unable to own a house after nearly 20 years of renting
Mr. Nguyen Van Thang (renting a room in CT1A workers' housing area, Thien Loc commune) is also one of those who are eager to have a social housing apartment after nearly 20 years of renting a room.
Mr. Thang said that in 2021, CT4 social housing area began to open for sale. At that time, he wanted to buy a 3-bedroom social housing apartment, but it was only for commercial housing; moreover, at that time, there was a COVID-19 epidemic, he was worried that if his job was stable, he would not be able to repay the house purchase debt. Therefore, he decided not to buy.
After a few years, the opportunity to buy social housing in this area has become more difficult, and the price is also higher than before. This time, he is determined to buy a house. Mr. Thang took more than 1 month to complete the application for social housing.
Before the investor held a draw (November 17), he and his son had to take turns staying up all night to keep their seats. It was not until 10:00 a.m. the same day that he had the order number taken out and submitted the application on November 18. Mr. Thang said that the documents were prepared very carefully by him and in accordance with regulations, so the investor had accepted them, without needing to supplement or amend them.
"After submitting the application, I just had to wait. My journey from before to now has been very difficult, but what I'm worried about is that after so much hardship, owning a social housing apartment is still uncertain," Mr. Thang shared.
