THE MINISTRY OF CONSTRUCTION

Circular No.  18/2013/TT-BXD dated October 31, 2013 of the Ministry of Construction on amending and supplementing several articles of Circular No. 07/2013/TT-BXD which guides the definition of subjects entitled to borrow loans for housing assistance according to Resolution No. 02/NQ-CP dated January 7, 2013

Pursuant to the Housing Law dated November 29, 2005;

Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 62/2013/ND-CP dated June 25, 2013 defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Construction

Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 71/2010/ND-CP dated June 23, 2010, on detailing and guiding implementation of Housing Law;

Pursuant to the Government’s Resolution No. 02/NQ-CP dated January 07, 2013, on a number of solutions to remove difficulties for business production, market support, handling of bad debts;

Pursuant to Circular No. 07/2013/TT-BXD dated May 15, 2013, of the Ministry of Construction, guiding on the definition of subjects entitled to borrow loans for housing assistance according to the Government’s Resolution No. 02/NQ-CP dated January 07, 2013.

At the proposal of Director of the Department of Housing and real estate market Management; the Ministry of Construction promulgates Circular amending and supplementing several articles of Circular No. 07/2013/TT-BXD dated May 15, 2013, of the Ministry of Construction as follows:

Article 1. Amending and supplementing several articles in Circular No. 07/2013/TT-BXD dated May 15, 2013, of the Ministry of Construction, guiding on the definition of subjects entitled to borrow loans for housing assistance according to the Government’s Resolution No. 02/NQ-CP dated January 07, 2013

1. Amending and supplementing Point c Clause 2 Article 1 as follows

“c) Enterprises being investors of social house construction projects; investors of housing projects for students, workers in industrial zones, persons with low incomes in urban areas as prescribed in Resolution No. 18/NQ-CP dated April 20, 2009, and Decisions No. 65, 66, 67/2009/QD-TTg dated April 24, 2009, of the Prime Minister, on some mechanisms, policies aiming to push up the housing development for pupils, students, workers working in industrial zones and persons with low incomes in urban areas (hereinafter abbreviated to investors of social-house construction projects); enterprises being investors of commercial house projects converted the use purpose into social house projects".

2. Amending and supplementing Points a, b, c and d Clause 2 Article 3 as follows:

“a) Persons and their households specified in Article 2 must meet fully the following conditions:

- They have not yet had any house owned by them, or they had house but it is too cramped. Particularly:

+ Their house is condominium apartment, but the average residential area of household is lower than 8m2/person;

+ Their house is separate house, but the average residential area of household is lower than 8m2/person and area of its land precinct is lower than land area licensed for construction in accordance with regulation of the provincial People’s Committees.

+ They have no house but have dwelling land plots and have been granted certificate of land use right and area of such dwelling land plots is smaller than land area licensed for construction in accordance with regulation of the provincial People’s Committees.

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