VLADIMIR PUTIN
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VLADIMIR PUTIN

Point of View

16 april
2012
Affordable Housing Policy 60

“We should make it possible for a large number of Russian households to solve their housing problems. There should be no administrative, bureaucratic or corruption barriers on the way to achieving this basic goal.”

Vladimir Putin
At a meeting on housing construction, Istra, April 16
16 april
2012
Affordable Housing Policy 60

“I hope that you share my perspective that current economic, administrative and other conditions in Russia provide a historic chance to turn around the situation in the housing sector. We have everything we need to do so today, including land, financial and administrative resources. Certainly, we need to initiate steps that will help us move forward quickly and carry out high-quality construction projects.”

Vladimir Putin
At a meeting on housing construction, Istra, April 16
11 april
2012
Affordable Housing Policy 60

“Affordable, comfortable housing also means high quality utility services at clear and fair prices. The housing sphere should be turned into a modern efficient branch that is open for competition and attractive for private investment. The cost of utilities should be reasonable and predictable for residents and investors.”

Vladimir Putin
During the report to the State Duma on government performance in 2011, April 11
11 april
2012
Affordable Housing Policy 60

“About 1.5 million people have received housing with the direct support of the state, including more than 200,000 veterans of the Great Patriotic War, in the past four years. In addition, maternity capital has helped more than one million families to improve their housing conditions.”

Vladimir Putin
During the report to the State Duma on government performance in 2011, April 11
11 april
2012
Affordable Housing Policy 60

“The coming decade offers everything we need to make fundamental progress in solving the eternal housing problem. Most Russian families should have an opportunity to get a house with government support, with an affordable mortgage, through the development of private and cooperative construction and by launching a segment of affordable rental housing.”

Vladimir Putin
During the report to the State Duma on government performance in 2011, April 11
6 april
2012
Affordable Housing Policy 60

“Housing was the most painful problem in the Armed Forces. <…> As you may be aware, only 8,000 – 10,000 new flats for servicemen were built or purchased in the 1990s and the early 2000s. About 20,000 servicemen were placed on municipal waitlists in the 1990s meaning that they didn’t have a place of their own at all. They are still waiting. Following our conversations with the military district commanders, we began a large-scale housing programme for servicemen of the Defence Ministry and other related departments.”

Vladimir Putin
At a meeting on housing construction for military personnel, Engels, April 6
5 december
2011
Affordable Housing Policy 60

“Support of motherhood and childhood is a constant state policy priority. <…>The key issue here, of course, is affordable housing. Starting this year, as you know, families that have many children are entitled to receive free land plots that are under federal or municipal ownership, including for the purpose of building their own homes. We expect that this measure will truly help families to acquire their own housing.”

Vladimir Putin
At a meeting of the Government Presidium, December 5
2 november
2011
Affordable Housing Policy 60

“Importantly, as many as 185,000 veterans have had their housing conditions improved in the last four years. We will continue working to complete this task, to provide housing to all those who need it, together with regional authorities. We will definitely continue resolving housing problems of those who serve in the Armed Forces and law enforcement agencies now and, of course, we will help those who retired without getting the housing they were entitled to and were put on municipal waiting lists where they felt like outcasts.”

Vladimir Putin
At a meeting with representatives of WWII veterans’ organisations, as well as retired military and law-enforcement servicemen, Kaliningrad, November 2
24 september
2011
Affordable Housing Policy 60

“Each family in Russia must have the prospect of solving their housing problems. This is an important goal, one of our priorities. By 2016 we must practically double the construction of modern, affordable housing. But the main criterion for us is not simply square metres but a real opportunity for Russian families with various incomes to make a home for themselves in a new house or flat.”

Vladimir Putin
At the XII conference of the United Russia party, September 24
30 june
2011
Affordable Housing Policy 60

“Affordable housing for people must be the main criterion of the effectiveness of our efforts. People must have an opportunity to resolve their housing problems. We must promote the construction of modern economy class housing and expand programmes for discounted mortgages for doctors, teachers, young families and young specialists. Of course, we will continue programmes designed to provide housing for northerners.”

Vladimir Putin
At an interregional conference of United Russia, June 30, Yekaterinburg
2 march
2011
Affordable Housing Policy 60

“Over the past eight years, over 217,000 young specialists and young families have benefited from our housing programmes. Many young professionals based in rural areas have been able to improve their families’ living conditions, with more than 14 million square metres of residential space being provided for their housing needs. An additional 2.5 million square metres will become available in 2011-2013. Moreover, I believe that we should allow farmers to build their houses on farmlands.”

Vladimir Putin
At the 22nd Conference of the Russian Association of Farm Holdings and Agricultural Cooperatives, March 2
3 february
2011
Affordable Housing Policy 60

“What we need is not abstract square metres, but the availability of quality residences for people and solutions to the housing problems of real Russian families. This should be the main, basic indicator of the efficiency and productivity of our efforts in this area. This is why we will continue to press with our plans to provide housing for veterans, service members, military retirees and other categories of the population for whom the state has direct obligations – I am referring to those living in the Far North, to forced migrants and Chernobyl victims.”

Vladimir Putin
At a meeting in Kirov on housing construction in the regions, February, 3
7 december
2010
Affordable Housing Policy 60

“Vnesheconombank could credit commercial banks so they fund projects for affordable economy-class housing. As we agreed before, this investment should amount to at least 50 billion roubles, and the funding source should be Vnesheconombank’s return on operations in financial markets. I’d like to remind you that the bank earned profits from Russian companies’ shares which it bought during the recession and which have gone up. It would be sound to invest these revenues in housing programmes. These monies will be provided at only 3%, which will allow banks to reduce interest rates for end borrowers, ordinary people.”

Vladimir Putin
At a meeting of the Supervisory Board of Vnesheconombank (VEB)
17 november
2010
Affordable Housing Policy 60

“Resolving housing problems is certainly one of our main priorities. This policy is aimed at providing new apartments or new houses to as many Russian families as possible. People should have a range of options for improving their housing depending on each family’s income and current circumstances. These options must include state support, mortgage or personal savings.”

Vladimir Putin
At a Government meeting, November 17
16 august
2010
Affordable Housing Policy 60

“Due to massive public support, we have managed to maintain the status quo. During 2009-2010, we invested very serious money - more than one trillion roubles - in housing programmes to support mortgages and the construction industry as a whole. As a result, we have not only made serious progress in sorting out people's housing problems, we have maintained the potential for reconstruction and the development of construction and related industries. Housing construction is up in 37 regions of the Russian Federation. From January to June 2010, 21.6 million square metres of housing was commissioned. This is almost the same as in the first, pre-crisis months of 2008, and about 60 million square metres of housing is expected to be built in 2010.”

Vladimir Putin
At a meeting on housing construction, August 16, Moscow Region
7 may
2010
Affordable Housing Policy 60

“I'd like to speak about the housing issue. This has been the main issue in this country for many, many years. As you know, we promised to resolve this problem for those veterans of the Great Patriotic War who registered before March 1, 2005. We have reached this goal. The Krasnodar Territory was the last region to report that it had carried out this objective. We received their report on May 1 of this year. I assume that there are still some problems, but let me repeat that all regions have officially reported on this issue. Of course, we will verify this, but it seems as if the problem has been resolved - 28,500 veterans have received flats.”

Vladimir Putin
At a meeting with veterans of the Great Patriotic War, May 7, Novorossiysk
9 march
2010
Affordable Housing Policy 60

“We will also launch a fundamentally new federal targeted programme for the comprehensive modernisation of housing and public utilities, which will complement the efforts that the Housing Reform Promotion Fund started several years ago. Naturally, this programme will not just be about major housing repairs. Significant renovation of utilities networks is also necessary. Moreover, this renovation should not only be undertaken in emergencies and should involve modern technology, materials, energy-efficient equipment, private investment and concessions.”

Vladimir Putin
At a meeting on funding for federal targeted programmes for next year and subsequent year Moscow, March 9, 2010
26 february
2010
Affordable Housing Policy 60

“Such loans are exclusively designed for buying flats in new buildings. This is also a well-thought-out decision, because new flats are cheaper, and sometimes much cheaper, than secondary real estate market because in the past construction materials and everything else were more expensive than today. I hope this will allow us to support housing construction and encourage new construction projects.”

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 together agreed that it is premature to reduce measures of support for the real economy this year. Support for housing construction is one of these measures. I believe that we should use government resources to encourage demand for inexpensive, affordable housing. Therefore, we will impose a ceiling on mortgage loans - three million roubles in the regions and eight million roubles in Moscow and St Petersburg, our metropolises.”

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

“Vnesheconombank (VEB) and the National Welfare Fund will grant commercial banks a total of 250 billion roubles to enable them to issue affordable loans. This is the long-term credit that we will use to resolve the housing problem.”

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