Research On Urban Housing Demolition Compensation And Resettlement Policy And Practice

In any country or city has realized modernization in recent years, especiallydeveloping countries. In these countries there has been a need to promotedevelopment of city’s social, economic, planning and cultural aspects. In theory,urban development plays the role of “locomotive” in developing the country wheredomolition and resettlement has been experienced, like in Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City.In order to achieve development of modernization and urbanization, there are housedemolitions which should be done through effective demolition compensation andresettlement.Research has shown that during urbanization demolition activities such as citycosmetic surgery procedures has been followed but with little success if no postoperative sequencies are followed. This has been a trend to many countries and citiesincluding Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City. Urban housing policy issues must be developedin Vietnam urbarnization process with emphasis on urban expansion andtransformation of the old link.. Currently, Ho Chi Minh City is Vietnam’s largest city.Demolition projects in this city for renovation and expansion has been met withdifficulties for relocation due to current relocation compensation policies, hencedelaying the pace of construction.Urban Housing Demolition involves multiple benefits and compensation,though resettlement inevitably brought some contradictions. In fact, this has caused alot of conflict and social sensitive issues. Therefore, it is necessary to undertake an in-depth study on the dynamics of relocation policy and practices, to extablish theconflicting factors related to demolition and relocation, find a clear relocationcompensation range, and put forward recommedations for policy improvement inorder to solve the problems of demolition and social contraditions. This way, theresidents will benefit from urban development through improvement of livingstandards, regional economic development therefore strenthening the promotion of HoChi Minh City’s sustanable development..Essentially, resettlement involves relocation of individuals, groups and sociallife of the community to a different place. This affects the life of the city residencesocial, economic, planning, culture and population through adjustment process. Fromthe vision of urban sustainable development, demolition compensation andresettlement should ensure that the city’s population, environment, social, economic, ecological are done in harmonious manner through coordinated development. So, thedemolition project will not only adjust the institutions of urban planning, urban space,but also will solve the demolition led to a variety of social problems, as well as thedemolition of all aspects of life impact. In other words, the levy demolition is oftenrelated to the people’s vital interests and social stability, the highly topical issue of thesociety, but also the contradiction multiple areas. This has been witnessed in Ho ChiMinh City. In addition to a number of demolition "achievements" and "Governancedemolition pain”, compensation and resettlement work of the city there are still manyissues that needs continues improvement, for example, the demolition legalregulations and policies sound belongs to both should coexist, relocationcompensation standard is too low, over the same time lower than the market price;The amount compensated after Demolition can not buy a similar house like theoriginal one, from this result is part of the difficulties existing in agreement todemolition of residents houses; Compensation procedures, processes are done badly.The relocation compensation evaluation methods are unreasonable and lack ways toexpress interest demands demolition; Resettlement policies and regulations, so-called,“Please give me” mechanism and lack of openness and transparency; Vague definitiondemolition legal policy in the "public interest","economic interests" caused by thelegal "loophole"; The developers defaulting illegal common occurrences, at the sametime,“wearing” the guise of "public interests, economic interests to profit fromemphasis on compensation, neglect placement provisions relevant to be ignoredtriggering part of the family or their children to school after the placement had animpact. Demolition policy advocates places lack of monitoring mechanisms andmarket factors. The demolition policy advocacy work is not well, the principle of“fair, just and open” is not in place；Some cadres abuse of power led to the relocateesvery dissatisfied with the demolition of some bureaucracy； Transition housing,temporary housing, such as to humble a long triggered demolition living difficultiesand more，the relocation housing generally lot remoteness and quality is not high；resettlement area’s shabby infrastructure, supporting guide demolition residents livinginconvenient to implement the policy not in place, the indiscriminate use of coercionand violence, demolitions, petition, petition the intensification of conflicts, all this canbe said of the the "demolition syndrome" of Ho Chi Minh City there is need to givetreatment related to "pharmacy". To sum up, the demolition work in Ho Chi Minh City in the far encountereddifficulties, should be continue to study the occurrence of many social problems andwhile making effective solutions. Improve the existing policy of demolition of Ho ChiMinh City is the city’s social, economic, cultural, and stability of the planning,development must be one of the conditions.