Can workers' accommodation be sublet?

Lawyer Nguyen Thi Hoai Anh, YouMe Law Company Limited replied:

Article 100 of the Housing Law 2023 (effective from August 1, 2024) regulates the principles of leasing and managing and operating worker accommodation in industrial parks as follows:

1. Principles for renting worker accommodation in industrial parks include:

a) An individual who is a worker in an industrial park is only allowed to rent 01 worker accommodation house in the industrial park at the same time and is not allowed to sublease or transfer the lease contract;

b) After terminating the labor contract, the tenant must hand over the worker accommodation in the industrial park to the lessor;

c) Enterprises, cooperatives, and unions of production cooperatives in industrial zones are only allowed to rent worker accommodation in industrial zones for individuals who are workers of enterprises, cooperatives, and unions of production unions. The cooperative I rented.

2. The lessor of worker accommodation in the industrial park is responsible for renting to the right individuals who are workers in the industrial park.

3. The management and operation of worker accommodation in industrial parks is carried out according to the provisions of Point a, Clause 2, Article 90 of this Law.

4. The Government regulates in detail the rental, management and use of worker accommodation in industrial parks.

Thus, people working in industrial zones who rent worker accommodation houses are not allowed to sublease that house according to the above regulations.