The "mini-apartment" housing trend has boomed in recent years, considered suitable for middle-income earners due to its reasonable price and compact size. These are small-scale projects where owners invest in and build multi-story buildings on relatively small plots of land for business purposes. Many young families also choose to rent them, with rents costing just a few million dong per month.
According to the national standard TCVN 9411:2012, terraced houses must not exceed 6 stories in any case. In alleys (lanes) with a width of less than 6 meters, terraced houses must not exceed 4 stories .
The 2014 Housing Law allows households and individuals in urban areas to build houses with two or more floors, where each floor is designed and constructed with two or more self-contained apartments meeting the minimum floor area standards for each apartment according to construction regulations and standards. In such cases, the State recognizes ownership rights for each apartment in the house. In reality, obtaining construction permits and operating these houses under the 2014 Housing Law requires compliance with many strict regulations. Because of this, many people have circumvented the law by building houses exceeding the permitted number of floors, calling them "mini-apartments" for rent.
Within a 2km radius of the tragic mini-apartment building fire that claimed over 30 lives, numerous similar buildings have sprung up in narrow alleys and small streets. These buildings, typically small in size with 6 to 11 floors, are interspersed within residential areas. They are privately owned and initially intended as residential housing, but later converted for rental or sale, resulting in high population density, inadequate fire safety conditions, and significant fire and explosion risks.
Although it may not be in line with current regulations, in this article we will temporarily refer to these as mini-apartments , as is commonly known by the public today.
The mini apartment building at 166-168 Khuong Dinh Street, Thanh Xuan District, is a 10-story building divided into hundreds of apartments ranging in size from 20 to 50 square meters.
Not far from there, a mini-apartment building, developed by Golden Real Estate Joint Stock Company, is located at 26-28, alley 29/6 Khuong Ha, and has 11 floors. To access this building, we had to go through a narrow alley, with a road width of about 3 meters in front of the entrance.
Next, a mini-apartment building at 7 Alley 125 Bui Xuong Trach Street, built to 11 stories high, shows many signs of serious deterioration.
Not far from there, another mini-apartment building is located at 29 Alley 125, Bui Xuong Trach Street.
Right at alley 29/70 Khuong Ha Street, in the early morning of September 13th, a 6-story mini-apartment building was also under construction.
A 7-story mini apartment building is available for rent at alley 78, lane 29, Khuong Ha.
7-story apartment building at 26 Alley 853 Vu Tong Phan
The 7-story apartment building is located at 611 Vu Tong Phan Street.
A guest mini-apartment building at number 11, alley 29/28 Khuong Ha.
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