1.Full name: Nguyen Thi Thanh Thuy                       2. Sex: Female

3.Date of birth: 06/06/1990                                         4. Place of birth: Ha Noi

5. Admission decision number: 3684/QĐ-XHNV dated 31 December 2015 by the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities- Vietnam National University, Hanoi

6. Change in academic process: Decision No. 260/ QĐ – XHNV 14/02/2017 (by the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities- Vietnam National University, Hanoi)

7. Official thesis title: Access to and ownership of social housing in Hanoi at present

8. Major: Sociology                                                         9. Code: 62310301

10. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Trinh Duy Luan

11. Summary of new findings of the thesis:

- Social housing policies, through different periods of time, have been revised and expanded to increase opportunities for low-income earners to have access to and ownership of houses. In addition to incentive policies in social housing supplies, the State has undertaken measures of providing financial support to households to buy houses through preferential loan package for payment in installments for many years. Social housing investors also enjoy expanding preferential policies. This has created opportunities for housing ownership of low-income earners.

- Major difficulties faced by people in the process of access to social housing include barriers in access to information, certification of the housing status and permanent residence book (hộ khẩu),  criteria for scoring and access to credit loans. Constraints in access to social housing have made some groups of people such as State employees, personnel of the social security sector and army have more advantage than those working in the informal sector. 

- Housing ownership in the form of rent purchase (rent first and purchase later) meets the need of low income earners. However, the availability of this form is more limited than those for purchase. In the process of housing ownership, the main difficulties faced by people are assignment, collaterals and holder transfer … Moreover, the process of completion of social housing ownership dossiers, according to buyers, still faces cumbersome administrative procedures, long time waiting for receiving certificate of ownership (2-3 years on average).

- During using social housing, the users face some difficulties in having access to basic social services, as most social housing apartment buildings are located far from the center. Alongside with this, the quality of social housing is not as expected by the users who have to conduct frequent maintenance and repairs. This is one of the shortcomings of social housing schemes. However, due to small space of apartments with reasonable price and preferential credit loans, social housing remains a choice for many low-income earners.

- High community cohesion and friendly social environment are typical characteristics in social housing areas. The similarities in circumstances, original status and economic conditions help the residents be close to each other, creating a healthy, friendly and mutual support environment. This is one of the factors helping residents in social housing areas to stay longer there.

12.  Practical applicability: It is used as reference in teaching of the urban sociology and policy sociology credit.

13. Further research directions: More in-depth research on the process of ownership and use of social housing and the need for social housing by low income earners in 2020-2030.

14. Thesis – related publications:

- Nguyễn Thị Thanh Thủy (2015), “The issue of social housing in Vietnam: Situation and solutions”, Theoretical Education Review (233), pp.41-43.

- Nguyễn Thị Thanh Thủy (2015), “Experiences of some countries in social housing development”, Theoretical Education Review online, July 29, 2015.

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- Nguyễn Thị Thanh Thủy (2018), “Social Housing Development in Vietnam”, Social Sciences Magazine (10), pp. 60-67. 

 - Nguyễn Thị Thanh Thủy (2019), “Access to social housing in Hanoi at present: Situation and barriers”, Social Sciences Magazine (6), pp. 83-90. 

- Nguyễn Thị Thanh Thủy (2019), “Housing development for low income earners in some countries – experiences and lessons for Vietnam”, Education and Society Review (5), pp. 291-296. 

- Nguyễn Thị Thanh Thủy (2019), “Real situation of the use of social housing in Hanoi at present”, Trade Union Science Magazine (15), pp. 46-51.