The Government issued Resolution No. 66. 15/2026/NQ-CP on a number of mechanisms to handle difficulties and obstacles caused by legal regulations on social housing development.
According to the Resolution, the handling of difficulties and obstacles in planning for social housing and housing for people's armed forces investment projects is implemented as follows:
- Regulations on handling difficulties and obstacles in the new development, adjustment and approval of zoning planning for urban area formed when implementing the arrangement of administrative units at all levels and local government organizations at 2 levels are implemented in accordance with the law on urban and rural planning.
- Detailed plans are newly established and adjusted simultaneously with the process of establishing and adjusting sub-area plans or general plans in cases where sub-area planning is not required and are approved after the general plan and sub-area plan are approved;
- The approval of the investment policy and simultaneous assignment of the investor for cases where the location of the land plot is not available or not in accordance with urban and rural planning is implemented in accordance with the provisions of law on piloting a number of specific mechanisms and policies for social housing development.
The Resolution also clearly states that in cities and areas within the administrative boundaries of wards under the province, social housing and housing for people's armed forces are apartment buildings.
For the remaining areas, the Provincial People's Council is responsible for deciding on the type of social housing and housing for the people's armed forces to ensure compliance with the provisions of law and meet the local situation.
Notably, Resolution No. 66. 15/2026/NQ-CP stipulates that households and individuals in cases where the State recovers land and houses for national defense and security purposes, for socio-economic development for national and public interests according to the provisions of law that have not been compensated by the State with houses and residential land are entitled to buy or lease social housing without drawing lots and without meeting housing conditions or income conditions as prescribed.
Subjects of unspecified-term contract workers receiving salaries from the state budget working in police units are allowed to buy, lease, buy, and rent houses for the people's armed forces.
Housing conditions and income conditions to enjoy housing support policies for this subject are applied as for subjects specified in Clause 5, Article 76 of the Housing Law.
This Resolution takes effect from February 13, 2026 and is implemented until the end of February 28, 2027.
In case laws, resolutions of the National Assembly, ordinances, resolutions of the National Assembly Standing Committee are amended, supplemented or newly promulgated and take effect after the date this Resolution is passed and before February 28, 2027, the corresponding regulations promulgated in this Resolution cease to be effective.
