The Government has just issued Resolution No. 278/NQ-CP dated September 18, 2026, specialized meeting on law-making in September 2026 and some key tasks for socio-economic development in the coming time.
Regarding the draft Law on Housing (amended), the Resolution clearly states:
Regarding the term of use of apartment buildings: The Government requests the Ministry of Construction to clearly stipulate the term of use of apartment buildings according to the construction year of the project to ensure compliance and consistency with the term of use of the project according to the law on construction.
Specifying the handling of apartment buildings that have expired, in which clarifying the rights and obligations of apartment building owners (such as the right to continue using land use rights to rebuild apartment buildings, the right to contribute financial obligations to build new apartment buildings when the term expires...).
Supplementing the framework criteria (urban type, population density, area ratio) as prescribed by the Ministry of Construction, as a basis for the Provincial People's Committees to specifically decide on limiting land subdivision and sale, and stipulate measures to minimize speculative activities for policy profiteering.
Improve regulations on rental housing; clearly stipulate types of rental housing, commercial housing, public housing, policy housing according to ownership models, management and operation; study regulations on financial mechanisms (taxes, fees, land use fees, credit) to control and manage rental housing prices to ensure they are consistent with the scope of regulation and subjects of application of the Housing Law.
Clearly stipulate the criteria, subjects and scope of preferential treatment for rental housing; simplify investment procedures for development and access to housing, meeting the stable and long-term housing needs of people; stipulate principles, criteria, and limits for the obligation to reserve rental housing in commercial housing projects, ensuring a full legal basis for provincial-level People's Committees to decide within the scope of the Law.
Regulating measures to minimize speculation and profiteering from social housing and rental housing policies and corresponding sanctions; reporting to the National Assembly on the proposal to pilot the mechanism for the State to buy back commercial housing projects of investors who are no longer capable of implementation or cannot be transferred.
Regarding the draft Law on Real Estate Business (amended): The Government requests the Ministry of Construction to review and ensure synchronization with the Investment Law on the authority to approve investment policies when delegating authority to the Provincial People's Committee to decide on allowing the transfer of real estate projects.
Research and supplement amendments to relevant laws, ensuring the unity and synchronization of the legal system; improve the mechanism to make the real estate market a channel for public, transparent, healthy, stable and sustainable land allocation.
Completing the regulations in the draft Law to ensure: transparent market management, anti-spéculation, market manipulation; mechanism to ensure the remaining value of house purchase and sale contracts, lease-purchase contracts formed in the future through collateral accounts and the selection of bank guarantees; mechanism to delegate authority to provincial-level People's Committees (the authority to allow project transfer).
