HCM City to build 1 million units of affordable housing for low-income workers

Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Phan Van Mai said the city plans to build one million units of affordable housing for low-income workers.

Tuesday, October 19, 2021 19:05

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HCM City (VNS/VNA) - Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’sCommittee Phan Van Mai said the city plans to build one million units ofaffordable housing for low-income workers.

The Department of Construction is working with the Department of NaturalResources and Environment to review statistics of the State's social housingland fund and has reported back to the City People’s Committee.

The fourth wave of COVID-19 clearly exposed the reality that workers live inlarge numbers in very small areas. This has had a great impact on the emotionallife of the workers.

The city's leaders have recognised the urgent need to build social housingsuited to the income of migrant workers.

"Migrant workers play a very important role in the economic and socialdevelopment of the city, but the city currently does not take care of theirlives well enough. In the coming time, the city will have better supportpolicies and benefits for workers," Mai said.

The city has implemented many projects to build social housing for workers inLinh Trung I, Linh Trung II, and Tan Thuan export processing zones, Tan TaoIndustrial Park, and in new industrial zones.

According to data from the Department of Construction, from the end of 2019until now, the city has implemented 15 housing projects for workers, equivalentto an area of 47ha.

However, this number is still too small compared to the housing needs ofmillions of migrant workers in the city.

The biggest difficulty in building social housing for workers is the lack ofcapital and land./.

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