More than 10,000 low-income earners in Ho Chi Minh City are expected tohave a flat of their own in 2015 thanks to the city’s plan to acceleratethe implementation of social housing projects.
According to DoPhi Hung, Deputy Director of the municipal Department of Construction,the city strives to complete 13 resettlement projects, five socialhousing projects and campuses for workers and students.
In 2014,the city zoned off an additional 8.3 million sq.m of land for housingconstruction, raising the total area allocated for the purpose between2011-2014 to 32.8 million sq.m.
In the reviewed period, the citycompleted 15 social housing projects, offering more than 2.440apartments, and turned three commercial projects into social housingones with 880 apartments.
It also built houses for 12,800 workers and 59,000 students on a total area of nearly 10,000 sq.m.-VNA
According to DoPhi Hung, Deputy Director of the municipal Department of Construction,the city strives to complete 13 resettlement projects, five socialhousing projects and campuses for workers and students.
In 2014,the city zoned off an additional 8.3 million sq.m of land for housingconstruction, raising the total area allocated for the purpose between2011-2014 to 32.8 million sq.m.
In the reviewed period, the citycompleted 15 social housing projects, offering more than 2.440apartments, and turned three commercial projects into social housingones with 880 apartments.
It also built houses for 12,800 workers and 59,000 students on a total area of nearly 10,000 sq.m.-VNA
