Department of Construction responded:
- According to the program, housing development plan in Binh Duong period 2016-2020 and the Social Security Scheme approved, Binh Duong province needs to invest over 2 million m2 of social housing (including: the area of housing for workers about 1.6 million m2 floor).
- Implementation of the plan, so far in the province has 25 completed projects put into use with a total area of nearly 500 thousand m2 (including: 05/43 projects under Becamex social security scheme with total floor area of about 400 thousand m2). In addition, there are about 200 businesses operating in industrial parks and industrial clusters with the total floor area of about 270,000 m². Thus, the total floor area of social housing in Binh Duong reached about 770 thousand m² floor, reaching nearly 40% of the plan.
- Particularly, in the province, there are over 3 million m² of floor area of houses built by households and individuals, equivalent to about 180 thousand units, meet for 540 thousand people are workers, students and low-income rent. This type of housing still works and solves a large part of accommodation for workers and employees working in the province.
- In the coming time, Binh Duong province will continue speeding up social housing construction progress to complete investment plan to build social housing period 2016-2020 with the remaining area about 1.230 thousand m2 floor (including housing area for workers) as mentioned above.