Selling social housing in violation of regulations will be fined up to 120 million VND

Legal Consulting Department of Lao Dong Newspaper answers:

Clause 2, Article 64, Decree 339/2026/ND-CP stipulates penalties for administrative violations in the fields of construction, management of technical infrastructure works, management, housing development, and real estate business (effective from August 26, 2026), stipulating fines from 80 million VND to 120 million VND for one of the following acts:

a) The lessee or lease-purchaser of social housing does not use the housing for residential purposes for themselves and family members during the lease or lease-purchase period;

b) The buyer or lease-purchaser of social housing resells the house not in accordance with regulations;

c) Collecting advance money from social housing buyers not in accordance with regulations;

d) The lessee of worker accommodation in the industrial park subleases or transfers the lease contract in violation of regulations.

Clause 4, Article 5, Decree 339/2026/ND-CP stipulates:

a) The penalty level for administrative violations specified in this Decree is the penalty level applied to organizations, except for the cases specified in point b of this clause. For the same administrative violation, the penalty level applied to individuals is equal to half of the penalty level applied to organizations;

b) The fine level for administrative violations specified in Clause 1, Article 10; Clause 1, Article 13; Clause 1, Clause 2, Clause 3, Article 54; Clause 1, Clause 2, Article 57; Clause 1, Article 58; Clause 1, Article 61; Clause 1, Clause 2, Clause 3, Article 62; Point a, Point b, Point d Clause 2, Article 64; Clause 1, Article 73; Clause 1, Article 74 of this Decree is the penalty level applied to individuals.

Thus, from August 26, 2026, people who buy or rent social housing and resell housing not in accordance with regulations will be fined up to 120 million VND.