There are housing projects that have been in the works for 20 years but have not yet built schools.

Discussing the draft Housing Law in a group on June 5, Hanoi Secretary Dinh Tien Dung said that the implementation of the Housing Law in recent times has had many problems.

The Secretary of Hanoi proposed to add sanctions to commercial housing projects, according to which, investors must invest in economic and social infrastructure to ensure synchronization and progress. Many areas have finished selling houses but are lacking social infrastructure, schools, and hospitals; there are projects that have been in operation for 20 years but have not yet built schools, while people have moved in to live there. "This is the reality that Hanoi is focusing on solving. There is a serious lack of hospitals and parking lots," said Mr. Dung.

According to the Hanoi Secretary, the city is operating in the direction of recovering uninvested projects to continue investing with the budget or calling for other secondary investors.

“Many urban areas lack schools, while residents move in first. We talk about harmonizing the interests of the State, investors and residents, but in reality, it is very lacking. Hanoi even stipulates that infrastructure must be completed before residents move in,” Mr. Dung shared.

Hanoi Secretary Dinh Tien Dung speaks at the discussion session.

Mr. Dinh Tien Dung said that in reality, resettlement is "still too much and still too little". The reason is that recently, in a series of projects, people did not receive houses but received money. But there is a shortage because the Land Law requires that projects must have resettlement houses. Therefore, there should be a more open direction in the law, and the provincial level should be allowed to transfer from resettlement houses to social housing and vice versa.

“There is a surplus of resettlement areas, so should we introduce people from the west and south of Hanoi to Long Bien to receive resettlement houses? It is unreasonable, so there is still surplus, there is still shortage, there is a lot of congestion, especially in the implementation of traffic projects, key projects of the city” - Hanoi Secretary emphasized.

Regarding the renovation of old apartments, in large cities such as Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, according to Mr. Dung, it is absolutely necessary to link it with urban reconstruction. Because in reality, if it is not linked, "the urban area will still be in disrepair. Some intersections with three sides have been renovated, but the remaining side of the old apartment building is very bad, such as the intersection of Ton That Tung - Chua Boc".

The issue of renovating old apartments is closely related to the apartment's term. "I agree that there should be an apartment term. The actual term is related to the building's design, which can be before or after the term," the Hanoi Secretary emphasized.

Accordingly, there are several points in renovating old apartments that need to be considered, for example, is renovating old apartments with public investment capital in accordance with other laws? Because apartments are owned by the people, renovating with public investment is unreasonable because they are not objects of the budget.

Renovating old apartments associated with urban reconstruction.

Besides, the inspection fee that people are asked to pay is unnecessary. The State pays for it, or calls on society to pay for it, and the State pays for it.

“It is unreasonable to want to negotiate so that people can move happily but then force people to spend money. After the explosions and epidemics, have you seen how miserable these areas are? If we want to ensure the safety of the people, the State must be responsible to the people, the capital here must be generous, and the State must spend money,” Mr. Dung said.

Citing the actual story of re-inspecting old apartment buildings such as Trung Tu and Khuong Thuong (Dong Da District, Hanoi), the Secretary of Hanoi said that Hanoi cannot resettle residents in each building but must do it in each area.

For example, the old apartment buildings are very ugly, 4-5 buildings are concentrated to make 2 buildings beautiful, below solve the infrastructure for people's living, commercial center. Even build high to concentrate people to Khuong Thuong, and the other area is for commerce, then the investor will have benefits and the living space of the people will be improved.

The Hanoi Secretary also pointed out the reality of many prefabricated apartment buildings being expanded and built outside, which is very worrying and nerve-wracking. So it must definitely be linked to urban reconstruction.

"As a leader of Hanoi, we only worry about fires and explosions. If there is a risk like an earthquake of any magnitude, we don't know what the consequences will be," said Mr. Dung.

Affirming that apartment renovation must be associated with urban reconstruction, the Hanoi Secretary said that if apartment ownership is not limited, when the building is degraded, damaged and the State is required to take responsibility, it needs to be recalculated .

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