Total area of housing stock makes more than 90 mln m² in Tatarstan

On January 25 at a regional meeting held by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov the issues related to modernization in the sphere of housing and municipal economy and improvement of quality of services were discussed at Tatarstan Government House.

Tatarstan Minister of Construction, Architecture, Housing and Municipal Economy Irek Faizullin made a keynote report about the housing stock in Tatarstan. As of today, the total amount of the regional housing stock is more than 90 mln m², which makes 17311 multi-apartment houses. In particular, 91% of the total amount of the housing is privately owned, 7% belongs to municipalities and 2% is in state ownership. It was reported that 60% of the population in Tatarstan lives in multi-apartment houses with the total amount of 67 mln m².

Speaking about the structure of the municipal economy sector, Irek Faizullin said that more than 350 utility providers are operating in this sphere.

Speaking at the meeting, Director General of ZAO “Gazprom Mezhregiongaz Kazan” Rinal Khanbikov reported that the amount of the consumed gas made 840.5 mln m³ with the payment rate making 91%. As of January 24, 2014, the amount of overdue payments for the consumed resources made 766.2 mln roubles.

Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov asked to put things in order with payments for consumed resources and prevent the growth of debts.

Besides, Rustam Minnikhanov offered to find a way how to stimulate the growth in the use of electronic payments in the housing and municipal economy sector.