Ho Chi Minh City proposes minimum 8m2 per person for permanent residency

The Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee has submitted a draft resolution to the City People's Council to standardize the minimum floor area required for permanent residency registration. Under the proposal, a uniform minimum of 8 square meters per person will be applied across the entire city for legal residences obtained through renting, borrowing, or staying with others.

This measure aims to resolve inconsistencies caused by differing standards in previously merged or adjacent administrative areas. While the 8 square meter requirement facilitates administrative procedures and residency registration, officials emphasized that it does not exempt residents or landlords from other specialized management requirements. These include fire safety, construction order, boarding house business conditions, hygiene, and housing quality standards.

The draft also includes transitional provisions for residency registration applications that were validly received before the resolution takes effect but have not yet been processed.