To date, the Provincial People's Committee has approved investment in 9 social housing projects that have been and are under construction. Of these, 4 independent social housing projects have been completed, on an area of 4.11 hectares of land, with 1,773 apartments. All projects have sold and handed over 1,764 apartments. However, the demand for social housing is still very high.
The results achieved compared to the Housing Development Program of Thua Thien Hue province to 2020 and vision to 2030 (2016-2020 period), up to now, about 128,336 m2 of social housing has been developed compared to the approved Program and plan for housing development of the province in the 2016-2020 period (332,632 m2), reaching a rate of 36%.
Thua Thien Hue is a locality that pays much attention to the development of social housing and workers' housing. According to the Housing Development Program of Thua Thien Hue province to 2020 and vision to 2030, the province will allocate 372.37 hectares of land to develop social housing projects by 2025 and 400.4 hectares by 2030.
According to the Government's Project "Investing in the construction of at least 1 million social housing apartments for low-income earners and industrial park workers in the period of 2021 - 2030", Thua Thien Hue has proposed to contribute 10,280 apartments. This is also a great condition and opportunity for real estate businesses to take advantage of policies to create momentum to restore business investment, while creating a source of social housing supply for the market.
Recently, Cotana Capital Real Estate Investment and Development Joint Stock Company held a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the social housing area at Thuy Van Complex Phase 2, in Area B of the new urban area of An Van Duong (Ecogarden), Thuy Van Ward, Hue City. The social housing area at the Ecogarden project was invested and built by Cotana Capital Company with a scale of more than 1,000 apartments on an area of 3.5 hectares on 2 plots of land with the symbols OXH1 and OXH2.
In which, OXH1 area has an area of about 1.49ha, invested in building 4 high-rise social apartments, including 1 basement and 15 floors with 723 apartments; OXH2 area has an area of about 2.03ha, invested in building low-rise apartments, 6 blocks from 4 to 8 floors with 362 apartments. The apartments are arranged from 1 to 3 bedrooms with an area from 32m2 to 74.9m2 with full functions, meeting the needs of diverse customers.
Mr. Dao Ngoc Thanh, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Cotana Capital Real Estate Investment and Development Joint Stock Company, assessed that the social housing area built on a 20% land fund (land fund for social housing construction in commercial investment projects) of the Ecogarden project is one of the social housing projects to realize the Government's project "Investing in the construction of at least 1 million social housing apartments for low-income people and industrial park workers in the period of 2021 - 2030". The upcoming use of nearly 1,000 social housing apartments will help increase the supply of social housing in the province, thereby opening up many expectations, meeting the housing needs of low-income people.
According to the Department of Construction, currently, the social housing development policy still has some contents that do not meet practical needs, and is being supplemented and amended to be completed effectively. For example, the subjects registering to buy or rent social housing according to the provisions of Article 49 of the 2014 Housing Law on subjects eligible for social housing support policies (including 10 subjects) are very broad, most subjects can buy social housing if they meet the conditions prescribed by the Housing Law, so it is very difficult for investors to consider and select subjects registering to buy social housing.
The Department of Construction also recommends that localities adjust the 1/500 detailed planning, or establish a 1/500 detailed planning for social housing projects. Allocate 20% of the total residential land area in social housing investment projects to invest in commercial housing construction before organizing bidding to select investors. Regularly review social housing projects that have been and are being implemented to promptly resolve difficulties and legal problems of the projects. |
The bidding procedures for selecting social housing investors according to the provisions of the bidding law and the requirement to have detailed planning when selecting social housing investors have prolonged the time for selecting social housing investors according to the provisions of Circular No. 09/2021/TT-BXD dated August 16, 2021 of the Ministry of Construction. Therefore, projects are currently adjusting detailed planning to arrange 20% commercial land fund to continue bidding. The investor selection process is still overlapping and inconsistent with the provisions of the law on investment, bidding, and land, leading to overlapping and inconsistent selection of investors, prolonging the time for implementing construction investment procedures and slowing down the progress of calling for investment and project implementation.
Incentive policies for investors of social housing projects are not attractive enough, not close to reality, not strong enough to attract and encourage investors to reduce selling prices for low-income people, especially preferential credit loan policies for project investors and customers buying and renting social housing.
Current reality shows that the land fund for developing social housing projects for workers in industrial parks is mainly concentrated in industrial parks and is invested and built by enterprises operating in industrial parks to accommodate workers, limiting the rights of investors. Therefore, investors are still hesitant and not interested in investing in social housing for workers in industrial parks, greatly affecting the development targets of social housing for workers according to the housing development program and plan set forth by the province.
Currently, the State has issued many preferential policies on social housing investment for low-income people in the form of preferential loans for investors to invest in housing construction; loans for home buyers to buy houses at policy banks and many other preferential policies.
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