Government leader urges ensuring people's access to affordable housing
He called for revising decrees and regulations to foster a safe, healthy, sustainable, and equitable real estate market tailored to Vietnam’s socio-economic conditions and people's incomes.
PM Pham Minh Chinh speaks at the meeting. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA)✨ – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has ordered a clampdown on price inflation and speculative practices in the domestic real estate market, stressing the need to protect people’s access to affordable housing.
Chairing a working session in Hanoi on May 24 between permanent Government members and representatives of ministries, agencies, associations, banks and businesses, PM Chinh directed Deputy PMs to prompt ministries and agencies to draft resolutions for the National Assembly. These resolutions, he insisted, must dismantle the legal obstacles hampering the real estate sector.
He called for revising decrees and regulations to foster a safe, healthy, sustainable, and equitable real estate market tailored to Vietnam’s socio-economic conditions and people's incomes.
Housing, he declared, whether commercial, social, or part of a nationwide campaign to eradicate dilapidated houses, should lift communities, not burden them with inflated costs. He urged measures to slash input costs that drive up prices, expand supply to make homes more accessible, streamline administrative procedures, and eliminate outdated regulations
Local authorities, he stressed, must shoulder greater responsibility for land clearance, a linchpin for unlocking development. Tasks were also divided among relevant agencies, local authorities and businesses, each charged with turning rhetoric into reality.
Delegates at the meeting (Photo: VNA)
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