Tomorrow, the Prime Minister will have a 'hot' meeting to direct the removal of difficulties and obstacles, promoting the development of social housing.

As planned, the conference will be held on March 6 in Hanoi , online to 63 locations in localities across the country.

The conference aims to remove difficulties and obstacles, promote the development of social housing and effectively implement the Project "Investing in the construction of at least 1 million social housing units for low-income people and industrial park workers in the 2021-2030 period".

In a report sent to the Prime Minister ahead of the national conference on social housing, the Ministry of Construction said that from 2021 to present, localities across the country have completed investment in 103 social housing projects, with a construction scale of 66,755 apartments.

Tomorrow, the Prime Minister will have a 'hot' meeting to direct the removal of difficulties and obstacles, and promote the development of social housing. (Photo: ST)

In 2024 alone, the whole country will complete construction of 28 projects with a construction scale of 21,874 apartments, an increase of 58% compared to 2023.

Localities with a number of completed social housing units higher than the target in the Government's Project to build 1 million apartments by early 2025 include: Khanh Hoa 3,364 units, An Giang 1,809 units, Binh Dinh 4,427 units, Hanoi 11,334 units, Bac Ninh 7,020 units.

Notably, some localities have completed social housing numbers much lower than the target in the project such as: Ho Chi Minh City 2,745 units, Binh Phuoc 350 units, Binh Duong 2,045 units, Quang Ninh 412 units.

Mr. Le Hoang Chau, Chairman, President of Ho Chi Minh City Real Estate Association (HoREA) also recently discussed 10 proposals to remove difficulties and obstacles, promoting housing development.

One of the major proposals mentioned by Mr. Chau is a number of issues related to preferential capital.

Specifically, HoREA proposed that the Ministry of Construction submit to the Prime Minister for consideration to abolish Clause 3, Article 77 of Decree 100/2024/ND-CP, to allow the Social Policy Bank to provide preferential loans to investors of social housing projects, housing for the people's armed forces, and individuals building or renovating and repairing houses for rent, to ensure consistency, uniformity and no longer have conflicts of law.

HoREA also requested the Vietnam Development Bank to announce loan conditions, loan amount, loan term, loan interest rate, loan guarantee and other relevant contents for loans at the Vietnam Development Bank according to current regulations of the law on State investment credit, so that social housing project investors can borrow preferential loans at the Vietnam Development Bank.

The Association proposed that the State Bank issue a document guiding 9 commercial banks to implement a reasonable commercial loan interest rate mechanism according to the preferential interest rate mechanism of 1.5-2% lower during the preferential period to promote the effectiveness of the VND 145,000 billion credit program.

Ngoc Tu