On March 6, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a national online conference on removing difficulties and obstacles, promoting the development of social housing. Vice Chairman of the PPC Vo Phien chaired the conference at the Quang Ngai bridge point.
The conference at the Quang Ngai bridge point
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 period of 2021-2030".
According to the Ministry of Construction, more than 1,300 locations have been planned nationwide, with a scale of 9,737 hectares of land for social housing.
In the period from 2021 to present, 655 social housing projects have been implemented nationwide, with a scale of 593,428 houses.
Among them, 103 projects have been completed, with a scale of 66,755 houses; 137 projects have started construction, with a scale of 114,618 houses; and 415 projects have been approved for investment, with a scale of 412,055 houses.
Vice Chairman of the PPC Vo Phien chairs the conference at the Quang Ngai bridge point
Concluding the conference, PM Pham Minh Chinh affirmed that the demand for social housing nationwide is very high. He therefore requested the Ministry of Construction to preside over and coordinate with relevant ministries and sectors to review the regulations, procedures and create favorable conditions for social housing projects to be implemented as soon as possible.
The Ministry of Finance was assigned to urgently propose the establishment of a national fund for social housing.
Commercial banks and the Bank for Social Policies need to expand preferential credit packages to support individuals and households to borrow capital to purchase or lease-purchase houses, PM stressed.
The PM also assigned the Government Office to coordinate with ministries and sectors to cut 30 per cent of related administrative procedures, creating favorable conditions for people and businesses when participating in social housing.
Minh Thien
