Ho Chi Minh City will implement 47 social housing projects and 6 housing projects for workers

At the meeting with voters in Nha Be and District 7, many voters who are workers in export processing zones and industrial zones said that with a salary of less than 10 million VND/month, buying a house is completely unfeasible. . Therefore, voters want and propose the HCMC government to win land funds to build social housing with affordable apartments for workers and employees with regimes such as sale and payment. contribute preferential prices, cheap rentals, expand the beneficiaries of preferential loans…

“With a worker’s salary of about 7.5 million/month, after paying 2 million dong for house and living expenses, you have to be very frugal to have enough to spend. Therefore, buying is very difficult.” , Ms. Gia Linh, a worker working in District 7 said.

Regarding housing for workers and workers, Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Phan Van Mai said that Ho Chi Minh City will focus on building many social housing and accommodation for workers in the coming time. for people to settle down and settle down.

In the 2021-2025 period, Ho Chi Minh City plans to implement 47 social housing projects with 35,000 apartments and 6 housing projects with 6,500 rooms, equivalent to 28,000 accommodation for workers. (Photo: Le Thanh)

“Currently, the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City, the Department of Construction of Ho Chi Minh City have consulted with the leaders of the Ministry of Construction, which is expected to implement not only 18 housing projects in 2022 but possibly more, especially houses. accommodation for workers,” said Mr. Mai.

In Ho Chi Minh City, there are many workers, cadres and civil servants who do not have a need to buy a house but have a need to rent a house depending on their income. Therefore, the Ho Chi Minh City government needs to flexibly deploy housing projects and rental houses. At the same time, the city also needs to study and propose a mechanism to support loan interest for some subjects who need to borrow to buy or repair houses.

“It’s too difficult to buy a house at the moment because it’s far beyond income. Therefore, most workers and employees want to buy or rent-purchase social housing at a cheap price,” Thao said. In the coming time, Ho Chi Minh City will deploy to build apartments with suitable area and price so that the majority of low-income people can access.

Also at the meeting with voters, Deputy Director of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Construction Dang Phu Thanh said that in the 2021-2025 period, Ho Chi Minh City will implement 47 social housing projects, with about 35,000 apartments. With worker accommodation, the city implemented 6 housing projects, with a scale of 10 hectares, with 6,500 rooms, equivalent to 28,000 accommodation.

“In April this year, Ho Chi Minh City Department of Construction coordinated with investors to start construction of 5 social housing projects, worker accommodation. In 2022, we will strive to start 12 projects”, he said. Thanh shared.

In addition to issues related to housing for workers and workers, many voters believe that the Ho Chi Minh City government needs to take measures to correct the complicated situation of the real estate market. Because, at present, there is a situation that many giants and storks use all tricks to create “bubbles” of real estate, provide false information, disturb the market, and push land prices to abnormally high levels, causing for land acquisition, implementation of socio-economic projects facing difficulties.

According to Vu Pham