Editing Public housing (section)

=== Vietnam ===

From the 1960s to the 1980s, Vietnam built ''Khu tập thể'' (KTT), socialist-modeled apartment blocks on the periphery of cities for civil servants, state-owned companies' workers, and military personnel.<ref name="urbanet.info">{{Cite web|last1=c|first1=Boram KimhurPhD|last2=Environment|first2=idate at OTB-Research for the Built|last3=Housing|first3=Delft University of TechnologyBoram Kimhur has worked as a|last4=UN-Habitat|first4=Urban Specialist at|last5=Foundation|first5=the Hilti|last6=KOICA|last7=poor|first7=INGO Asian Bridge Her work has been dedicated to the housing issues of the urban|last8=Groups|first8=Marginalized|last9=approaches|first9=housing rights She mainly focuses on community-driven housing|date=2019-05-09|title=When Communities Transform Old Socialist Housing into Adequate Housing – Part 1|url=https://www.urbanet.info/when-communities-transform-old-socialist-housing-into-adequate-housing-part-1/|access-date=2021-12-07|website=Urbanet|language=en-US|archive-date=7 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207225709/https://www.urbanet.info/when-communities-transform-old-socialist-housing-into-adequate-housing-part-1/|url-status=live}}</ref> Market reforms in the late 1980s resulted in the partial privatization of the KTT, which were sold to low- and low-middle income populations.<ref name="urbanet.info"/> The KTT have since become dilapidated, due to a lack of municipal funding for repairs and maintenance, and been the target of demolition, displacement, and redevelopment for high-income populations.<ref name="urbanet.info"/>	

In the 2010s, Vietnam has experienced a surge in property prices, with the affordable housing stock shrinking by 7% of the entire housing stock from 2014 to 2016, and apartment prices rising by 90% between 2017 and 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Heller|first=Philip|title=Vietnam's Real Estate Market Continues Record Run|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/philipheller/2021/04/05/vietnams-real-estate-market-continues-record-run/|access-date=2021-12-07|website=Forbes|language=en|archive-date=7 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207230209/https://www.forbes.com/sites/philipheller/2021/04/05/vietnams-real-estate-market-continues-record-run/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=VnExpress|title=Housing crisis brews in Vietnam as low-income homebuyers forgotten – VnExpress International|url=https://e.vnexpress.net/news/business/housing-crisis-brews-in-vietnam-as-low-income-homebuyers-forgotten-3525825.html|access-date=2021-12-07|website=VnExpress International – Latest news, business, travel and analysis from Vietnam|language=en|archive-date=7 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207230210/https://e.vnexpress.net/news/business/housing-crisis-brews-in-vietnam-as-low-income-homebuyers-forgotten-3525825.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Developers are not interested in social housing projects since they are not profitable, even amidst rising demand from workers, so the Ministry of Construction requires funding to build 294,600 social housing units in the 2021 – 2025 period.<ref>{{Cite web|last=VietnamPlus|date=2021-11-01|title=Social housing development in 2021–2025 requires over 9.6 billion USD {{!}} Society {{!}} Vietnam+ (VietnamPlus)|url=https://en.vietnamplus.vn/social-housing-development-in-20212025-requires-over-96-billion-usd/211702.vnp|access-date=2021-12-07|website=VietnamPlus|language=en|archive-date=8 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208044805/https://en.vietnamplus.vn/social-housing-development-in-20212025-requires-over-96-billion-usd/211702.vnp|url-status=live}}</ref>