Bau Bang district eyes effective loans to social housing

The Transaction Office of the Bank for Social Policy in Bau Bang district has, over the past time, actively coordinated with local authorities to effectively implement the social housing loan program, helping many socially-privileged families, civil servants, public employees and low-income workers in the district to have conditions to build houses, stabilize their lives, and contribute to ensuring social security and welfares.

The social housing loan program of the Transaction Office of the Bank for Social Policies in Bau Bang district has helped many households to have stable housing.

Lending to the right objects

As one of the households that have access to preferential loans from 2021 with the amount of VND 500 million, Ha Viet Tien's family in Hamlet 5 of Hung Hoa Commune has built a spacious house on 75 square meters. Tien said that both husband and wife work as rubber latex tapping workers with a total income of VND 12-14 million, just enough for a family of four. Therefore, he and his wife did not dare to dream of building a spacious house to accommodate.

“I have also studied many loan packages but the interest rates were too high that I did not dare to borrow. After that, I was introduced by the commune Farmers' Association to the VBSP loan package. I could borrow a lot but the interest rate was low, so I dared to borrow. I think the loan package is very reasonable and humane, creating an opportunity for my family to have the conditions to build a spacious house," Tien said.

Like Tien's family, Le Thi Ngoc Hoa's family of Dinh Hoa ward in Thu Dau Mot city, who is currently working as a worker in Bau Bang district, also has access to loans to support housing purchase in the commune. Hoa said that with a low income, buying land to build a house for her and her husband was just unrealistic. After knowing and consulting the social housing loan packages, she decided to borrow to buy a house in Dinh Hoa Social Housing Area, which is suitable for the family's finance.

“This social housing is worth VND 308 million and is supported by an 80% loan with low interest rate, so it is very suitable for my family. We are working farther away, but we got used to it. Only if you settle down can you sustain your career," Hoa confided.

The social housing loan program under the government's Decree No. 100/2015/ND-CP on social housing development and management has helped many low-income families in Bau Bang district have the opportunity to access financial resources at preferential rates to build stable housing, contributing to ensuring social security in the locality. The lending interest rate of VBSP applied to loans to purchase, rent social housing, build new or renovate and repair houses according to Decree 100 of the government is 4.8% a year. Customers can borrow up to 80% of the contract value for social housing purchase and 70% of the estimated value for new construction or house renovation within a period of 15-25 years.

Nguyen Thanh Hiep, Deputy Director of the Transaction Office of the Bank for Social Policy in Bau Bang District, said: “The social housing loan program has practical significance, contributing to solving the housing problem for people. This is a great source of support to help low-income people settle down, ensure low-income people to have stable housing, and gradually raise living standards, contributing to ensuring social security in the area."

Active deployment

In order to effectively implement the social housing loan program, the Transaction Office of the Bank for Social Policies in Bau Bang district has, over the past time, coordinated with socio-political organizations to strengthen propaganda and dissemination of documents and instructions of the bank so that people can understand the regulations and conditions for loans. On the basis of the list of registered subjects, mass organizations coordinate with the locality to organize comments and appraisals to determine and guide the completion of loan documents, ensuring publicity, transparency and compliance with regulations.

“Currently, the transaction office of the Bank for Social Policies in Bau Bang district is focusing on disbursing the allocated capital according to the plan, ensuring safety and efficiency, helping the beneficiaries early in the right spirit. In addition, the transaction office also coordinates with the Party Committees, local authorities, socio-political organizations to strengthen post-borrowing inspection, ensuring that the capital is used for the right purposes and effectively,” added Nguyen Thanh Hiep.

According to Nguyen Thanh Hiep, Bau Bang district Bank for Social Policies Transaction Office will in the coming time continue to increase disbursement of loans for social policy credit programs in the area, in which special attention is paid to the social housing loan program, creating favorable conditions for people in need to access the government's preferential capital to improve housing and quality of life to step by step join hands to remove temporary and dilapidated houses in residential communities.

Reported by Hong Phuong – Translated by Vi Bao