Types of Social Housing Invested and Constructed under Projects

Types of social housing invested and constructed under projects currently comply strictly with legal regulations. State agencies tightly control the scale, technical standards, and eligible beneficiaries to ensure social security. Long Phan Consulting Company provides detailed legal analysis on the conditions, scale, and implementation procedures of this real estate type. The following content clarifies related issues.

Eligible beneficiaries of social housing support policies

Based on Clause 7 Article 2 and Article 76 of the Law on Housing 2023, supplemented by Point a Clause 3 Article 29 of the Law on Population 2025, social housing is a type of housing supported by the State. This policy applies to subjects entitled to residency incentives. The list includes exactly 13 main groups as follows:

1. People with meritorious services to the revolution and relatives of martyrs eligible for support under the Ordinance on Preferential Treatment of People with Meritorious Services to the Revolution.
2. Poor and near-poor households in rural areas of Vietnam.
3. Poor and near-poor households in rural areas affected by natural disasters or climate change.
4. Poor and near-poor households residing in urban areas.
5. Low-income earners in urban areas according to Government standards.
6. Workers and employees working at enterprises and cooperatives inside or outside industrial parks.
7. Officers, professional soldiers, non-commissioned officers of the people’s armed forces, police workers, and defense public employees.
8. Cadres, civil servants, and public employees according to the law on cadres and civil servants.
9. Subjects who have returned official-duty housing to competent authorities.
10. Households and individuals whose land is recovered or housing is cleared but have not received compensation in the form of residential land or housing.
11. Students at academies, universities, colleges, vocational schools, or specialized schools.
12. Enterprises, cooperatives, and cooperative unions operating in industrial parks that rent housing for workers.
13. People with 02 or more biological children.

Note: Foreign workers working in Vietnam are not eligible for these policies. Correctly determining the subject status is a prerequisite step 

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Social housing construction investment projects in accordance with current regulations

Clause 1, Article 81 of the Law on Housing 2023 classifies project implementation forms based on scale and actual functional use. Project investors are responsible for complying with land use planning and synchronized technical infrastructure construction. Clients need to correctly identify the nature of the project to assess the potential and legality of the product.

According to regulations, social housing investment and construction projects include the following types:

• Projects investing in the construction of an independent housing work or a complete cluster of housing works.
• Projects investing in the construction of mixed-use housing works or mixed-use work clusters.
• Projects constructing housing areas synchronized with technical infrastructure, social infrastructure, and utility works systems.
• Projects investing in the construction of urban areas with a component area dedicated to social housing.
• Multi-purpose land use projects that allocate a land fund for social housing construction.

These projects must be implemented on land allocated or leased by the State for sale, lease-purchase, or lease. The land fund includes residential land area dedicated to social housing under Clauses 2 and 3, Article 83 of the Law on Housing 2023. Additionally, enterprises can use their own land to implement projects according to Point c, Clause 4, Article 84 of the Law on Housing 2023.

The investor must directly construct the housing to hand over to customers. The law strictly prohibits the transfer of land use rights for individuals to self-build in the types of social housing invested and constructed under projects.

Technical standards and types of social housing invested and constructed under projects

Article 27 of Decree 100/2024/ND-CP details the area and design standards for each product type. This regulation ensures construction quality and optimizes living space for urban residents. Clients need to understand the minimum and maximum area parameters to make lawful transaction decisions.

If the social housing is an apartment building invested in under a project, it must meet these requirements:

• Must be designed and built as self-contained units, complying with national technical regulations and applicable standards according to the law.
• The standard usable area for each apartment is a minimum of 25 m2 and a maximum of 70 m2.
• The maximum apartment usable area standard can be adjusted upwards, but the increase must not exceed 10% of the 70 m2 maximum. The proportion of apartments in the project with a usable area over 70 m2 must not exceed 10% of the total number of social housing apartments in the project.

If the social housing is an individual house invested in under a project, it can only be constructed in communes belonging to ethnic minority and mountainous areas as prescribed by the Prime Minister, and must ensure:

• Must be designed and built according to national technical standards and regulations on urban and rural planning.
• Construction density, land use coefficient, and height of individual houses must comply with rural planning or rural residential point architecture management regulations approved by competent authorities.
• The standard land plot area for individual social housing must not exceed 70 m2, and the land use coefficient must not exceed 2.0 times.

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Long Phan Consulting Company provides application consulting services for types of social housing invested and constructed under projects

The process of preparing dossiers to prove eligibility and income conditions often involves complex administrative obstacles. Long Phan Consulting Company supports Clients in controlling risks and completing procedures perfectly in accordance with legal standards. We structure our support into the following key areas:

• Consultation on identifying eligible beneficiaries, types of social housing invested and constructed under projects according to current law.
• Instructions on preparing documents to prove residency and housing situation.
• We will verify your income eligibility in accordance with the regulations of the Ministry of Construction.
• Check the legality of social housing projects are invested in and constructed according to specific plans which you are interested in.
• An authorized representative submits the application for purchasing or renting a house to the relevant authorities.
• Review the terms and conditions of contracts for the purchase and lease-purchase of social housing to protect the rights of customers.

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Some frequently asked questions about types of social housing invested and constructed under projects

Below are questions related to the types of social housing invested and constructed under projects:

How exactly is social housing defined by law? 

Social housing refers to housing that receives state support for eligible individuals under the housing support policy as stipulated in this Law. This type of real estate is supported by the State through exemptions from land use fees, reductions in value-added tax, and preferential loan interest rates to lower the cost of the property. A core characteristic of this type of housing is the strict control by government agencies over pricing and post-handover management to ensure the provision of safe and secure housing for residents.

Legal basis: Clause 7, Article 2 of the Housing Law 2023.

Are developers of social housing projects allowed to subdivide and sell land plots? 

The law strictly prohibits businesses from subdividing and selling land plots in social housing projects for individuals to build on without adhering to the overall plan. The investor has a legal obligation to complete the entire building structure and the integrated technical infrastructure system in accordance with the approved 1/500 detailed planning scheme before signing any transaction contract with customers.

Legal basis: Clause 3, Article 81 of the Housing Law 2023.

What criteria must low-income urban residents meet to receive assistance? 

In addition to not being subject to regular personal income tax, clients need confirmation from the competent authority that they do not own a private home or that the average living space per person is too low. The income assessment process will be based on salary statements or other actual financial documents to ensure that support resources reach the entities with the most urgent needs.

Legal basis: Article 76 of the Housing Law 2023 and Decree 100/2024/ND-CP.

Where does the land for developing social housing come from? 

The land fund includes the mandatory residential land area allocated from commercial housing or urban development projects according to the ratio stipulated by the local government at each period. In addition, businesses have the right to independently convert the legally managed land to residential land for the construction of social projects and are entitled to specific financial incentives.

Legal basis: Clause 1, Article 81 and Article 83 of the Housing Law 2023.

Are foreign workers eligible to buy social housing in Vietnam? 

Currently, the Vietnamese legal system does not extend the right to benefit from preferential social housing policies to foreign workers, even those with long-term employment contracts. Resources from the national budget and public land funds are prioritized for Vietnamese citizens to address basic housing needs and stabilize the lives of entities that are part of the domestic economy.

Legal basis: Article 76 of the Housing Law 2023.

Conclusion

Understanding the regulations on the types of social housing invested and constructed under projects helps clients protect their legitimate rights during transactions. Long Phan Consulting Company commits to accompanying you through every stage of the dossier procedure.

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