The minimum cost of repairing one house is estimated to be around US$1,400. The main support, with a value of US$810 per household, will be supplied by the State. The remaining US$270 for each house will come from “the Fund for the Poor” and by the households themselves. 

According to Dao Van Binh, deputy chairman of the municipal People’s Committee, the repair of about 4,100 houses last year has made a remarkable contribution to helping the poor escape poverty. My Duc, Thanh Oai and Phu Xuyen are three districts that have benefited most from the project, he added. 

However, similar projects in other districts including Soc Son, Dong Anh, Tu Liem, Ba Vi, Chuong My, Thach That and Me Linh are slow going. 

According to a recent survey conducted across Hanoi’s 29 districts, after the poverty-line was raised the number of poor households has increased and there are now nearly 3,270 houses in a seriously bad condition, whose poor owners are unable to repair them on their own.