The dilapidated residential building in Thành Công's G6A in Ba Đình District, Hà Nội.— VNA/VNS Photo Hùng Nguyễn

HÀ NỘI - Residents of Thành Công's G6A in Ba Đình District are growing increasingly anxious as they await news on when they will be able to return to their dilapidated residential buildings.

The city had urged residents to evacuate their homes urgently in 2016 after deeming the complex unsafe for habitation and promised renovations in exchange.

Sỹ Hùng, a resident of G6A, expressed concern over the lack of information regarding the timeline for renovations.

He explained that the residential building had been classified as D-grade, indicating the danger posed to occupants.

While residents were asked to relocate temporarily, many remain uncertain when they can return home.

However, Hùng and other residents living there still stayed because they have not yet agreed with the compensation mechanism the city offers residents after relocation.

Under the city's notification, the city evacuated residents, then conducted planning and selected an investor to renovate the old apartment complex, after which people could return, he said.

But the residents are still concerned because they do not know in detail when they can return, according to Hùng.

Nguyễn Văn Chi, head of the residential group of the G6A dilapidated residential building, said that residents worry about how long they must wait to return to the renovated residential building.

Thousands of residents moved out of their old apartment buildings and have been in temporary houses.

For example, people who are now living in the Phú Thượng temporary housing areas moved out of their old apartment buildings in 2006.

Seventeen years later, they still have not been able to return home. Their old apartment buildings have not yet been renovated, and the temporary housing areas are seriously degraded.

"We want to choose the investor for our own residence. Otherwise, there must be a satisfactory compensation and resettlement mechanism," he said.

Construction of the dilapidated residential building of Thành Công's G6A was completed in 1987.

City's responses

A wall of the dilapidated residential building of Thành Công's G6A in Ba Đình District, Hà Nội.— VNA/VNS Photo Hùng Nguyễn

Tạ Nam Chiến, Chairman of the People's Committee of the district, recently had a dialogue with the residents living in G6A to listen to the people's aspirations, the Tiền Phong (Vanguard) online newspaper reported.

Chiến said the dilapidated residential building had been declared dangerous by the inspection agency in 2016.

People living in the building moved out so the city could demolish and rebuild the building. However, he said 23 households had yet to move so far due to disagreement with the inspection results and concerns about the renovation's progress.

He said the district administration organised a dialogue to listen to people's concerns, adding that the administration wanted to be an intermediary between residents and investors to ensure the harmonisation of tripartite interests.

According to the regulations, if an enterprise is chosen to renovate a dilapidated residential building, residents can receive a maximum compensation coefficient of two times. For example, a resident living in an apartment of 30m2, after renovation, can get a new apartment of 60m2.

"If people and investors fail to find a common voice, the State has to renovate the building; the compensation coefficient is one time, meaning that when the renovation is completed, a resident lived in a 30 sq.m apartment will only be compensated an area of 30 sq.m," he said.

A ceiling in the dilapidated residential building of Thành Công's G6A in Ba Đình District, Hà Nội.— VNA/VNS Photo Hùng Nguyễn

Responding to people's concerns about "moving without knowing the date of return", Chiến said that the renovation of old apartment buildings had been carried out by Decree No. 69/2021/NĐ-CP issued in 2021 by the Government.

As per regulations, the renovation of the G6A residential building must follow the general planning of the Thành Công residential building area, he said.

However, Chiến said waiting for the area's general planning would take a long time.

The district would propose the city allow the rebuilding of the dilapidated residential building first, he said.

Chiến also said that current regulations would not allow apartment building renovation to increase population, and the height of the building would also be controlled. Therefore, he said the investor that the residents had selected to renovate the building in 2016 would give up due to difficulties caused by the current regulations.

The district was measuring, surveying and determining the red line of the entire Thành Công residential building area.

Relevant agencies were also making the general planning of the area. He said it was expected to be submitted to the city's Planning and Architecture Department this month and then report to the city People's Committee for approval.

Chiến said that if the city administration approves the general planning in March, the criteria to select investors for the renovation would be issued in April.

After 15 days, an apartment building conference would be held for people to choose investors.

The selection was expected in May, and the project renovation would be approved in September.

Chiến added that the renovation was set to be completed by the end of 2024, and people could return then. — VNS