The province will work to complete house construction for 3,250 people whorendered services to the country, build houses for over 3,800 poor householdsand branch out social housing projects with a total area of nearly 700,000square metres for workers.
According to Cao Van Ha, Director of the provincial Department of Construction,the province will review housing development projects and inspect planning and progressof existing projects during 2017-2022.
Upgrade will be made to tenement blocks and land will be zoned off for socialhousing projects, especially houses for workers at industrial parks, Ha said.
In 2017, the province has carried out housing construction and review landplanning with focus on land for social housing in localities with high demandlike Bac Ninh city, Tu Son town and Yen Phong, Tien Du and Que Vo districts.
In addition, it has prioritised Build-Transfer (BT) projects while mobilisingcapital from credit organisations and giving preferential loans to buyers.
Construction investors are encouraged to involve in social housing with free-of-chargeland use and the use of 20 percent of the land fund to build commercial houses.They will be provided with 30 percent of technical infrastructure construction costsin housing projects for workers at industrial parks.
The Department of Constructions said that the provincial People’s Committee hasgiven a nod to build social houses in an area of 44.17 hectares. Once completed,over 19,000 flats with a total area of 1.62 million square metres will be putup for sale.
Currently, the province is carrying out five housing projects for students withtotal land of 96,000 square metres which can accommodate 11,600 students. Threeprojects have become operational.
Fourteen housing projects for workers are being developed in the locality. Theyare built to serve 85,000 workers at industrial parks, meeting 40 percent ofthe demand. Six projects have been put into used so far, providingaccommodation for 20,600 workers.-VNA