Private room renting for low-income industrial workers and the neighborhood living environment in Hochiminh City, Vietnam | |
| Author | Le Thi Thu Huong |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.UE-04-17 |
| Subject(s) | Rental housing--Vietnam Low-income housing--Vietnam |
| Note | A thesis submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | Since Vietnamese economic reform in 1986, together with industrialization and urbanization in HCMC, the change of residential policy from household registration to temporary registration system has pulled a significant amount of migrant workers come into the city and made the existing housing stock became more deficient and completely could not meet the demand of workers. To meet their high housing demand, private room renting appeared starting from the areas near factories and then spread out quite quickly in the city in an advantage policy climate coming from new housing policy, which encourage the involvement of private sector in housing production and legalize home ownership. Most of rooms were constructed hurriedly without compliance with planning and building codes, therefore they caused some environmental problems in neighborhood such as overcrowding, lack of basic facilities, substandard sanitation, congestion, poor physical and public safety, and so on. However, this type of housing has been still accepted and satisfied by the workers due to its low rent, informalities and mobility, which are very important for temporary migrant workers. Besides, high motivation of landlords to rent out rooms and their low investment for rooms are also the factors that make the market stronger and environmental problems more serious. The inactive Building Code and tolerant attitude of the authorities have also shared a big part in sustaining this robust rental room market and its environmental problems in neighborhood. To upgrade the existing rental rooms and its environmental problems, as well as to create a feasible housing market for low-income industrial workers with a wide range of options, some policies are drawn as the suggestions for the decision makers. |
| Year | 2004 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) |
| Department | Department of Development and Sustainability (DDS) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Urban Environmental and Management (UE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Sajor, Edsel E. |
| Examination Committee(s) | Truong Quang ;Vilas Nitivattananon ;Chretien, Michel |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Government of Switzerland |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2004 |