543,1 thousand m² of housing commissioned in Tatarstan

On March 15 at a regional meeting held by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov at Tatarstan Government House, First Deputy Minister of Construction, Architecture, Housing and Municipal Economy Farit Khanifov said that as of March 14, 543,1 thousand m² of housing (22.6 per cent of the yearly plan) were commissioned in Tatarstan.

Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov took part in the meeting.

Head of the Department for construction, transport, housing, municipal economy and roads of the Cabinet of Ministers Ildar Sibgatullin reported on performance of the protocol of previous meeting dedicated to implementation of programmes of construction of housing and social objects.

During the video conference Rustam Minnikhanov asked heads of municipal regions to intensify work on construction of houses under social mortgage programme.

Making a keynote report at the meeting, Farit Khanifov said that 211 inspections of safety measures at construction sites were carried out from the beginning of 2014.

The amount of funds allocated for liquidation of hazardous housing stock will make 9 billion 777 million roubles in 2013-2017.

As of March 14, 19 houses with total area of 55,2 thousand m² were commissioned under social mortgage programme.

Farit Khanifov told about provision of housing for orphan children without parental care. In particular, housing will be provided for 309 children in 2014. He added that 317 million 136 thousand roubles are to be allocated for this purpose.

Farit Khanifov also reported on construction of pre-school educational institutions in Tatarstan in 2014.

Summing up, he reminded about the professional holiday of workers of housing and municipal economy sector that will be celebrated on the third Sunday of March.