Helping residents secure stable housing

One of the targets set by the Vietnam Fatherland Front system in Dong Nai province for the 2025-2030 term is to mobilize and coordinate resources to build 5,000 permanent houses for poor households, near-poor households, and other families facing housing difficulties.

Currently, the Fatherland Front at all levels and its member organizations are actively implementing solutions with a determination to help Dong Nai residents achieve stable living conditions.

Ensuring no one in need is left behind

In carrying out the programme to eliminate temporary and dilapidated housing, Dong Nai province has been among the localities completing the task ahead of the deadline assigned by the Central Government. More than 2,500 families have received support to build or repair permanent houses. During the 2024-2025 period, the province mobilized resources to construct and repair over 3,600 permanent homes.

Representatives of the People’s Committee – Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Bu Gia Map commune receive a symbolic board representing funding for 10 gratitude houses for disadvantaged households from the Dong Nai Union of Friendship Organizations. Photo: Van Truyen

However, housing deterioration over time is inevitable, and for families without the means to carry out repairs, the decline happens even more rapidly. Additionally, with each new phase of updated poverty standards, the number of poor and near-poor households increases, resulting in a projected annual rise in the number of households requiring housing assistance. Furthermore, there are instances where natural disasters damage homes. These households are among those in urgent need of housing assistance across the province.

According to Dang Thi Huong, Chairwoman of the Bu Gia Map commune Fatherland Front Committee, the commune is home to a large population of ethnic minority residents whose living conditions remain difficult. Among poor and near-poor households, many newly married children have to live separately from their parents but cannot afford safe housing, forcing them to build temporary shelters. This situation contributes to a continuous increase in the number of families needing support to build permanent houses.

To ensure residents receive housing assistance in accordance with regulations, the province has conducted thorough reviews and surveys of each household. According to the provincial Fatherland Front Committee, Dong Nai currently has 2,900 poor households, more than 1,900 near-poor households, and thousands of people living in challenging circumstances who need support, most importantly, support to build permanent homes.

Additionally, families who are not classified as poor or near-poor but still face severe housing difficulties and live in rented rooms also need secure, stable housing and are eligible for support through relevant policies.

According to Le Ba Chuyen, Director of the Dong Nai Branch of the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies, in recent years, the bank has implemented preferential loan programs for individuals purchasing social housing. Surveys indicate that demand for these loans is particularly high among workers in industrial zones and public-sector employees in Dong Nai. The bank is working with local authorities to review households eligible for policy-based loans and coordinating with social housing developers to monitor project progress. These efforts form the basis for implementing the social housing credit program in Dong Nai, with a strong commitment to ensuring that no eligible case is overlooked.

The ongoing efforts of the Fatherland Front system and its member organizations demonstrate flexibility in mobilizing, receiving, and distributing resources for social welfare, as well as proactively implementing social housing policies aimed at helping Dong Nai residents achieve stable living conditions.

Flexible mobilization of resources and implementation of housing policies

To achieve the set targets and, most importantly, help residents secure stable housing, the provincial, commune, and ward-level Fatherland Front Committees and member organizations began mobilizing, receiving, and coordinating contributions for housing construction in November 2025.

Residents of Tan Lai quarter, Tran Bien ward, contribute to the “Fund for the Poor”. Photo: Van Truyen

In early November 2025, on behalf of the Dong Nai province Fatherland Front Committee, Huynh Thi Hang, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Chairwoman of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee, issued an open letter calling on organizations and individuals inside and outside the province to donate to the Dong Nai “Fund for the Poor”. The letter urges support to help poor households, near-poor households, and people in particularly challenging circumstances who urgently need a house of compassion.

Also during this time, at the 2025 Great National Unity Festival, 1,770 villages, hamlets, and neighborhoods simultaneously launched donation drives for the “Fund for the Poor” to raise resources for social support, including the construction of permanent housing.

At the Great National Unity Festival in Tan Lai quarter (Tran Bien ward), the working committee of the local Fatherland Front Committee launched a fundraising campaign, initially collecting more than 30 million dong to support the construction of permanent homes and social welfare activities.

At the festival in Tho Son commune’s residential clusters, organizations and individuals pledged support to build four permanent houses, each valued at 100 million to 135 million dong.

According to Dieu Khue, Chairman of the Tho Son commune Fatherland Front Committee, the commune continues to mobilize additional community resources during construction to ensure the houses are more spacious and complete. For households benefiting from housing policies, commune members work alongside construction workers, using their own savings to help complete the homes.

Leaders of Tho Son commune present a symbolic board representing funding for a permanent house to veteran Dieu Bia. Photo: Van Truyen

For example, when veteran Dieu Bia received 120 million dong from benefactors to build a permanent house, the Party Committee of the commune-level Party Agencies donated and mobilized an additional 15 million dong. According to Dieu Bia, locals also assisted in demolishing the old house and leveling the ground, thereby reducing his construction expenses.

Regarding families eligible for preferential loans to purchase social housing, Le Ba Chuyen noted that access to these loans is expanding, with long loan terms and preferential interest rates. The Vietnam Bank for Social Policies has allocated substantial funding for this programme. Therefore, in addition to the efforts of the banking system, residents should proactively learn about the loan programme to seek opportunities for stable housing through policy credit.

By Van Truyen – Translated by Thuc Oanh, Minho