Hanoi estimates that it has handed over 1,079 houses for the poor in districts since early this year, the Hanoi moi newspaper reported on June 15. The beneficiaries are from the districts of Ha Dong, Soc Son, Chuong My, Hoai Duc, My Duc, Phuc Tho, Quoc Oai, Thach That, Thanh Oai, Me Linh and Ung Hoa. The city has supported 2,931 poor households to build their houses so far, meeting 89.8% of its plan. As of end-2009, Hanoi had 3,263 poor households who can not afford to build or repair their houses.
