Decree No. 69/2021/ND-CP dated July 15th, 2021 of the Government on renovation and reconstruction of apartment buildings

This Decree regulates in details issues relating to renovation of apartment buildings, including:

- Inspecting quality assessment of apartment buildings;

- Preparing and approving plans for renovation and reconstruction of apartment buildings;

- Cases where apartment buildings must be deconstructed for reconstruction;

- Requirements for planning for renovation and reconstruction of apartment buildings;

- Selection of project developers;

- Compensation, financing, relocation, and temporary residence solutions for apartment owners and inhabitants;

- Rights, responsibilities of project developers, owners, and inhabitants in apartment buildings in relocating;

- Some mechanisms in executing projects for renovating, reconstructing apartment buildings.

According to Clause 2 Article 4 of this Decree, apartment renovation and reconstruction projects are not required to spare land area for construction of social houses as per housing laws.

An apartment building must be deconstructed for reconstruction or construction if it belongs to the cases regulated at Article 5 of this Decree such as: the apartment building runs out of its service life; the apartment building is not yet to run out of its service life but has primary load-bearing structures facing overall danger, risk of collapse; the apartment building suffers from severe damage; its firefighting infrastructures, water supply and drainage infrastructures fail to satisfy applicable technical standards and regulations, etc.

This Decree takes effect from September 1st, 2021 and replaces Decree No. 101/2015/ND-CP dated October 20th, 2015.