Fourteen old apartment buildings in districts 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10 and Tan Binh in HCM City will be rebuilt in 2022 after long delays, city People’s Committee deputy chairman Le Hoa Binh has said.
Dangerous and degraded residential apartment blocks in Ha Noi will be renovated by 2025 in compliance with the project on renovation and reconstruction of old apartment buildings in Ha Noi, which was endorsed by the Ha Noi People’s Council on Thursday.
The Ministry of Construction will continue to limit the floor-area of new apartments to no less than 25sq.m, according to a new circular on technical regulations for apartment buildings.
An enterprise or the State agency should be responsible for the management of apartment buildings and the building’s maintenance fund with the participation of representatives including residents, investors and local management agencies.
Nineteen investors have been appointed by the Ha Noi People’s Committee to conduct research and draw up plans to renovate and rebuild 30 old apartment buildings in the city.
The renovation status of old apartment buildings and hurdles to obtaining construction permits were among the top concerns of the construction sector at a dialogue held with HCM City authorities on October 31.
Conflicts between residents living in apartment buildings and management companies have become increasingly common because of ineffective and poor management.
The Ministry of Finance proposed the government should offer a preferential corporate income tax of 10 per cent tor firms that are renovating deteriorating apartment blocks.
There will be at least two telecommunications enterprises allowed to provide services for apartment buildings in Ha Noi starting on Monday, to avoid the current monopoly situation.
HCM City plans to demolish 120,000sq.m of dilapidated apartment
buildings by 2020 and build 240,000sq.m of new apartments to replace
them, according to its Department of Construction.
The construction ministry recently issued a circular on the management
and use of apartment buildings, which is expected to improve the
relationship between residents, investors and the building''s management
boards.
The construction ministry is drafting a circular about the
classification of apartment buildings, which is drawing mixed opinions
from both experts and developers.