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Subjects Receiving Help with Housing Construction and Home Repair Costs as per the Law on Social Support

  • Perform: Loan Nguyen (Translator: Linh Dieu Tran)
  • 17/07/2021

ACDC’s Law Department advises:

Question: May poor and near-poor households whose houses are severely damaged get help with housing construction and home repair costs? Thank you!

Answer by ACDC’s Law Department:

According to Article 15 of the Government’s Decree No. 20/2021/ND-CP dated March 15, 2021 providing social support policies for those entitled to social protection, subjects who have houses severely damaged and shall receive help with housing construction or home repair costs include:

(1) Subjects who shall receive help with housing construction costs:

- Subjects: Poor households, near-poor households and households facing disadvantages who have houses collapsed, drifted or burned entirely due to natural disasters, fire or other force majeure and have no other place to live.

- Amount of financial support: VND 40,000,000/household minimum;

(2) Subjects who shall receive help with home repair costs:

- Subjects: Poor households, near-poor households and households facing disadvantages whose houses are severely damaged due to natural disasters, fire or other force majeure which render the houses uninhabitable.

- Amount of financial support: VND 20,000,000/household minimum