Many old apartment buildings cracked and tilted after storm Yagi

Currently, the country has about 2,500 old apartment buildings built before 1994, mainly concentrated in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. Many of them have seriously degraded and after storm No. 3, the situation is even more dangerous.

In official dispatch 5297/BXD-QLN, the Ministry of Construction said that recently, many northern provinces and cities of Vietnam have been greatly affected by super typhoon Yagi (typhoon No. 3), causing floods in some localities and huge losses in human lives and property.

In some places, many old apartment buildings that are being renovated and rebuilt have cracks and tilts, making them unsafe for continued use. Due to the impact of the storm, some localities have had to evacuate residents from their apartment buildings to ensure safety.

“According to statistics, the whole country has about 2,500 old apartment buildings built before 1994, mainly concentrated in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. Among them, many apartment buildings, according to inspection results, are in need of renovation and reconstruction,” the Ministry of Construction stated.

To ensure the safety of life and property of people living in old apartment buildings before the 2024 storm season, and at the same time promote projects to renovate and rebuild apartment buildings in the area, the Ministry of Construction requests the People's Committees of provinces and cities to urgently perform the assigned tasks prescribed in the Housing Law 2023, Decree No. 98/2024/ND-CP.

Accordingly, the Ministry of Construction requested localities to immediately implement solutions to relocate people from old, dangerous, degraded apartment buildings that must be demolished according to regulations, and arrange temporary accommodation for households that must be relocated.

In addition, the locality needs to urgently organize the establishment and approval of a 1/500 scale plan for areas with apartment buildings that need to be renovated and rebuilt, so that investors have a basis to participate in developing investment plans, compensation, support and resettlement plans when registering to be project investors.

In addition, the People's Committees of provinces and cities also need to determine the coefficient K for apartment area compensation applicable to each area and location with apartment buildings that need to be renovated or rebuilt, built before 1994. This will be the basis for project owners and investors to agree on the area to be compensated to include in the compensation and resettlement plan.

In Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, old apartment buildings that need to be renovated and rebuilt, especially projects implemented before the 2023 Housing Law takes effect, have not yet completed the procedures in the project preparation phase. The Ministry of Construction recommends that the procedures be completed promptly based on current legal regulations.

Source: https://baodautu.vn/batdongsan/bo-xay-dung-nhieu-chung-cu-cu-nut-nghieng-sau-bao-yagi-d225329.html