VLADIMIR PUTIN
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VLADIMIR PUTIN

Point of View

26 february
2010
Affordable Housing Policy 60

“At the end of last year, the government issued an instruction to the relevant bodies to find additional resources for supporting mortgage loans in order to make them accessible to the public. I have already said more than once that interest rates on mortgage loans should not exceed 11%, and the down payment should not be more than 20% of the cost of a flat. Calculations show that such terms will allow many more people to take advantage of mortgage loans, because they cannot afford to pay the 14%-15% the banks require today. Even 11% is high, and should be lowered in the future.”

Vladimir Putin
At a meeting of the Presidium of the Presidential Council for Priority National Projects and Demographic Policy, Tyumen Region, February 26, 2010
26 february
2010
Affordable Housing Policy 60

“We have two key goals for housing. First of all, we must consistently fulfil the government's obligations to supply housing to particular demographics, such as war veterans, people who took part in the Chernobyl cleanup, army servicemen, etc. I'm also talking about relocating people out of dilapidated housing and other similar programmes.”

Vladimir Putin
At a meeting of the Presidium of the Presidential Council for Priority National Projects and Demographic Policy, Tyumen Region, February 26, 2010
12 february
2010
Affordable Housing Policy 60

“The state corporation is called the Housing and Utilities Reform Fund, and I would like you to remember this. The regions should not only co-finance your projects and the necessary funds for resettlement and repair of housing, but also submit programmes on the reform of the housing and utilities sector. They must de-monopolise this sector, create the partnerships of housing owners and help them on their feet, and also encourage the creation of companies that will not bring housing into disrepair on such a large scale, but help to make the next step, that is, maintain it in good order and to make repairs when necessary.”

Vladimir Putin
At a meeting with Konstantin Tsitsin, board chairman of the state corporation Housing and Utilities Reform Fund, Moscow, February 12, 2010
9 february
2010
Affordable Housing Policy 60

“At the end of the day, increasing construction is the only sure way to meet people's housing demands. It is important to provide construction companies with the widest range of sites connected to all necessary infrastructure, including roads. We are relying on the Housing Construction Fund to address this issue.”

Vladimir Putin
At a meeting to discuss efforts to develop housing construction and provide people with housing, Moscow, February 9, 2010
9 february
2010
Affordable Housing Policy 60

“There is another important issue we must discuss today. We have said many times this year that we will allocate another 250 billion roubles to revitalise the mortgage market. These additional funds will be allotted to reduce the mortgage interest rate. I would like to stress that this is our objective. Our objective is not just to allot funds, but actually reduce mortgage interest rates.”

Vladimir Putin
At a meeting to discuss efforts to develop housing construction and provide people with housing, Moscow, February 9, 2010
9 february
2010
Affordable Housing Policy 60

“We set a goal for ourselves of commissioning 52 million square metres of housing. In fact we did even better, commissioning almost 60 million square metres of housing. To be exact, 59.8 million square metres. The main thing is to keep up and gradually increase construction. Most importantly, construction projects under way must be finished and new projects launched.”

Vladimir Putin
At a meeting to discuss efforts to develop housing construction and provide people with housing, Moscow, February 9, 2010
9 february
2010
Affordable Housing Policy 60

“The work to provide housing to demographics to which the government has special commitments is being carried out entirely on schedule. This includes service members employed at the Ministry of Defence. As we promised, we will settle the issue of providing service members with permanent housing in the near future. The work on providing housing to veterans of the Great Patriotic War has gathered pace as well. We have made serious progress in the programme to relocate people out of housing that is beyond repair. A total of 130,000 families, 130,000 people, will receive new housing; legal formalities are underway. I would like to emphasise that we must meet all our commitments to provide people with housing.”

Vladimir Putin
At a meeting to discuss efforts to develop housing construction and provide people with housing, Moscow, February 9, 2010
30 december
2009
Affordable Housing Policy 60

"In 2010, 44.4 billion roubles have been allocated for the construction and purchase of more than 45,000 flats for service members. I would like you to know that until very recently this was thought to be an impossible task. People are weary, but they are resigned to waiting for years for their housing problem to be solved. I am referring to service members. Some thought that it was an impossible task. We should complete it in 2010."

Vladimir Putin
At a meeting of the government presidium, Moscow, December 30, 2009
30 december
2009
Affordable Housing Policy 60

"We must meet all the housing construction targets and continue to move people out of old housing that is no longer safe. I would like to repeat that it is our challenge and our obligation to the people who still live in slums to clear these slums and enable people to live in normal, modern conditions. All World War II veterans and Defence Ministry servicemen should be provided with housing. While making use of market mechanisms, we should lower the interest on mortgage loans. You will remember that we are committed to providing 250 billion roubles for these purposes through Vnershekonombank. The mortgage rate should be cut to 10-11% at the first stage. In the longer term - and I have just been discussing this with my colleagues - we should seek to bring it down to 7% and less. This will address people's housing problems and stimulate construction and related industries."

Vladimir Putin
At a meeting of the government presidium, Moscow, December 30, 2009
22 december
2009
Affordable Housing Policy 60

"A new federal target programme has been proposed for modernizing housing and municipal services. Currently, our main policy tools in this sector are the Fund's programmes for rebuilding housing and municipal services, which have proved to be most effective and in demand. As I have already said publicly, the fund was established by selling assets previously owned by the Yukos Company. We use resources from the Fund to resettle residents living in hazardous housing and repair dilapidated housing. However, the fund was only established to operate on a temporary basis - until 2012. In addition, the scale of problems in this area is so great that they require additional resources. Along with major renovations of blocks of flats, serious efforts are also needed to refurbish local municipal utilities networks, introduce resource-saving technologies and improve the quality of municipal services. These all are priorities of the aforementioned target program."

Vladimir Putin
At a meeting of the Russian Government Presidium, Moscow, December 22, 2009
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