By 2020 Tatarstan is to have the amount of commissioned housing at the rate of 1 m² per person
30 June 2013, Sunday
On June 30 at a republican meeting held by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov the Minister of Construction, Architecture, Housing and Communal Services Irek Faizullin said that the federal centre had set the task to provide the amount of commissioned housing at the rate of 1 m² per person by 2020.
The meeting was traditionally held in a video conference format and broadcast online (www.prav.tatarstan.ru).
According to Irek Faizullin, 3 mln m² of housing will be constructed in republic by 2016. As for June 29, 1 mln 157,5 thousand m² of housing have been built in Tatarstan.
By results of the first six months, 25 municipalities have fulfilled 50 per cent of the plan.
Within the framework of the programme aimed at improvement of veterans’ living conditions, 5 houses with total area of 4 thousand 205 m² have been commissioned in Tatarstan within the last two weeks. 102 houses are under construction.
Head of the Department for Construction, Transport, Housing-Communal and Roads Services Ildar Sibgatullin reported on construction of village clubs in 2013. By and large, 46 village clubs are to be constructed this year. Besides, work on arranging multipurpose centres for rendering state and municipal services is underway.
Director of the State Housing Fund Talgat Abdullin told about implementation of the social mortgage programme.
On March 10, the third meeting of the organizing committee on preparation and holding of the 20th anniversary Russian Venture Forum 2026 to be held in Kazan from April 8 to 10, chaired by Russian Minister of Science and Higher Education Valery Falkov and with participation of Tatarstan Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan and co-chair of the forum’s organizing committee Aleksey Pesoshin, President of the Academy of Sciences of Tatarstan Rifkat Minnikhanov, Director of the Investment and Venture Fund of Tatarstan Damir Galiev as well as representatives of federal and regional authorities, development institutions and partner organizations via videoconference, took place.
On 10 March, speaking at a briefing dedicated to the development of the national Max messenger in Tatarstan and held in the Government House of the republic with all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Minister of Digitalization of Public Administration, Information Technologies and Communication of the republic Ilya Nachvin informed that according to the data of March 2026 about 1.5m residents of Tatarstan use domestic Max messenger.
On 5 February Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in ceremony of awarding winners of the regional competition “The Woman of the Year. The Man of the Year: A Woman’s View” held at the Korston Leisure and Recreation Center in Kazan.
On 4 March at a briefing in the Government House of the republic Tatarstan Minister of Land and Property Relation Fanil Agliullin told about changes in land legislation enforced from 1 March of the current year. He said that they simplify a number of procedures for land plot owners including expanding the possibilities for land use and changing the rules for changing the category of a plot.