An initial assessment of HCMC housing typology also reveals a pluralistic supply comprising of
5 categories. Just as in Hanoi, the incorporation of former villages into the city has constituted
a large portion of low income housing.
1. Temporary shelters
2. Old town houses without car access (located in informal subdivision, or former villages
absorbed by the city)
3. New town houses located either facing main vehicular streets or in newer formal
subdivisions with vehicular streets
4. Apartments
5. Villas on individual lots