Ho Chi Minh City mulls average floor areas for rentals

March 04, 2018 | 17:12

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The Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Construction has proposed requiring an average floor area of 20 square metres per person for rentals to people who want to register for permanent residence status.

ho chi minh city mulls average floor areas for rentals

An apartment building in Ho Chi Minh City.

In the future, the figure is expected to rise to match the city’s socio-economic conditions.

The department based the figure on similar regulations in Hanoi, Can Tho and Danang.

According to the Department of Construction, the proposed area is four times higher than the current area per person of 5 square metres for people with permanent residence status.

The new regulation will be submitted to the city People’s Council in mid-March if the city People’s Committee approves.

By 2020, the city aims to have an average floor area per person of 19.8sq.m.

The city has faced an increasing population, mostly due to migrants, which has raised the number of registrations for permanent residence status.

The Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper cited Ho Chi Minh City Police’s figures which showed that the city has more than 43,000 people living in one district who have permanent residence status at a house that they rent in another district.

Nearly 45,000 people from other provinces have registered for permanent residence status at houses in Ho Chi Minh City which they rent or have “borrowed” from others to live.

Online newspaper Vietnamnet quoted the city People’s Committee as saying that people from other provinces moving to the city for work have created pressure on infrastructure.

The population increase has led to traffic jams and overcrowding at hospitals and schools, affecting the quality of life of residents.

More new apartment building projects have been allowed in other areas to relieve population density in the city centre.

VNA

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