How should foreigners renting a house be informed?

Lawyer Nguyen Thi Thuy, YouMe Law Company Limited replied:

Point a, Clause 2, Article 21 of the Housing Law 2023 stipulates the obligations of housing owners who are foreign organizations and individuals, accordingly as follows:

a) For owners who are foreign individuals, they are allowed to lease the house for purposes not prohibited by law, but before renting the house, the owner must have a written notice of the rental. housing with the housing management agency of the district, district, town, provincial city, centrally run city (hereinafter referred to as district level) where the housing is located according to the regulations of the Minister of Build and pay taxes from this housing rental activity according to the provisions of law.

Article 3 of Circular No. 05/2024/TT-BXD details a number of articles of the Housing Law regulating notification of housing rental by foreign individuals owning housing in Vietnam as follows:

1. Before signing a lease contract for a house owned by them, a foreign individual who owns a house in Vietnam must send a written notice of the house lease to the district-level housing management agency where they live. have houses for rent. The content of the written notice includes the owner's name, address of the rental housing, rental period, symbol number and date, month, and year of issuance of the certificate of ownership for the rental housing, and purpose of the rental housing. purpose of using the rental housing and attach a copy of the certificate of ownership for that housing.

2. Within a maximum period of 15 days from the date of termination of the housing lease contract, the foreign individual must send a written notice of termination of the housing lease contract to the housing management agency. The district where the rental housing is located knows how to monitor and manage it.

3. The district-level housing management agency is responsible for reporting to the provincial housing management agency periodically every 06 months, 01 year and upon unexpected request on the housing rental situation of foreign individuals in the country. areas for synthesis and reporting to the People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities (hereinafter referred to as Provincial People's Committees) and the Ministry of Construction.

Thus, foreigners renting houses need to carry out notification procedures according to the above regulations.