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The Ministry of Construction will shift its focus from mainly developing commercial housing to simultaneously developing both commercial housing and rental housing; Identifying rental housing as a strategic, long-term segment for the majority of people, helping to ensure social security, security and order, improving labor productivity and contributing to stabilizing the real estate market. Download The Ministry of Construction requests localities to develop and complete preferential policies and support for land, credit, financial mechanisms, taxes... appropriate to encourage the attraction of the private sector to participate in the rapid development of the rental housing market at reasonable prices - Photo: XD Newspaper On January 12, 2026, the Government issued Resolution No. 07/NQ-CP on assigning social housing development targets to localities during the period 2026-2030, accordingly, the target of the whole Project has been adjusted to increase from 1,062,200 units to 1,140,600 units. The Ministry of Constructions report on social housing said that cumulatively to date, the whole country has 875 social housing projects being implemented with a scale of 773,457 units with a total investment of about 637,019 billion VND. This agency received Determination: The number of projects completed, started, and approved for investment policies to date has reached 77% of the target set in the Project of 01 million social housing apartments. Among them, some localities have had good implementation results such as: Hai Phong, Da Nang, Thai Nguyen, Hung Yen, Bac Ninh, Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Khanh Hoa, Ca Mau... For rental housing, there are currently 205,074 rental housing units in public property (188,025 units are for rent, 17,049 units are not yet arranged for use). Up to now, the whole country has planned There are about 1,986 locations with a scale of about 10,279 hectares of land for social housing, and most localities have planned land funds for social housing development. Many localities have paid attention and set aside social housing land funds in favorable locations, near urban centers and industrial parks, ensuring technical and social infrastructure are met such as: Dong Nai (1,723 hectares), Ho Chi Minh City (1,740 hectares), and Ho Chi Minh City (1,740 hectares). Hanoi City (1,555ha), Bac Ninh (754ha), Tay Ninh (570ha), Quang Ngai (461ha)... But localities have not paid attention to social housing development. In addition to localities that have done well, the Ministry of Construction also said that there are some localities that are not really interested in social housing development and have not allocated local budgets to carry out compensation, support, resettlement, and investment in technical infrastructure. Techniques to have a clean land fund, assigning investors to implement the project. Many land fund locations are planned to be located far from the urban center, far from industrial zones/clusters. The connecting transportation network is underdeveloped, making it difficult for people to travel, live and work. Although social housing development in recent times has achieved positive results, in general the actual supply to the market is still limited, not meeting the huge needs of workers, laborers and low-income subjects in urban areas and industrial parks, especially rental housing, the Ministry of Construction commented. Along with the solution work, Administrative procedures in the fields of investment, land, construction, and housing in some localities are still slow and prolonged, increasing investment preparation time and costs of businesses. Accessing supportive credit capital from banks is still difficult, lacking preferential capital from the State while housing construction investment projects in general and social housing in particular require large investment capital and slow capital recovery time, especially for rental housing; Investment capital for social housing construction from the budget is limited and cannot meet actual needs. On the other hand, the process of arranging administrative units, organizing two-level local governments and adjusting related plans creates the need to review, update and integrate many contents of planning, land use plans and urban development programs, which has a certain impact on the progress of investment preparation and implementation of real estate projects. Additional development targets need to be added. Regarding solutions in the coming time, the Ministry of Construction said it will shift its focus from mainly developing commercial housing to simultaneously developing both commercial housing and rental housing; Identifying rental housing as a strategic, long-term segment for the majority of people, helping to ensure social security, security and order, improving labor productivity and contributing to stabilizing the real estate market. Accordingly, the State does not subsidize and does not let the market self-regulate, but plays a tectonic role so that the market is transparent, businesses have reasonable profits, and people have access to appropriate rental prices; diversify capital sources by not depending on the budget, focusing on opening up private capital flows and long-term investment funds; Use state budget capital to lead and attract other social resources. The Ministry of Construction also orients housing development to ensure synchronization, inter-sectoral and inter-regional nature associated with urban and rural planning, development driving regions, linking housing development with land, urban, industrial park, traffic and labor market planning; Prioritize apartment rental models in large cities,economic driving area; Focus on developing rental housing in public transportation-oriented areas (TOD), urban renovation and embellishment areas and industrial parks with synchronous infrastructure. The Ministry of Construction recommends that localities develop and complete preferential policies and support on la
