"Our task is to form the prerequisites for moving on to a qualitatively new phase in housing development. I have said that only 18% of our citizens can afford to pay for their housing themselves. We must bring that figure to at least 60%, so that 60% of our citizens could solve their housing problems, given certain government instruments, independently."
Vladimir Putin Meeting on the Draft Long-Term Strategy for Large-Scale Housing Construction for all Categories of Citizens and the Complex of Measures Aimed at Developing the Housing Market in 2009-2012
