In the first half of 2014, 115 requests on remodeling, conversion, and transfer of residential premises to nonresidential were received in Irkutsk's Leninsky District. Of 20 transfer applications, only 9 were approved, the rest were rejected due to lack of owner consent in apartment buildings. All 16 applicants for remodeling and conversion were approved.

In the first half of 2014, 115 people applied to the committee for the management of the Leninsky District of the administration of the city of Irkutsk with questions regarding the redevelopment and reconfiguration of residential premises, including the conversion of premises from residential to non-residential use.
As reported by the district’s Housing Department, 20 applications were submitted for the conversion of residential premises to non-residential premises, and only 9 of them were approved. The remaining applicants were denied due to the absence of consent from the owners of premises in the apartment building. Permission for the redevelopment and (or) reconfiguration of residential premises was granted to all 16 citizens who submitted applications on this matter.
Specialists of the Housing Department, when making decisions, are guided by the administrative regulations for the provision of municipal services: “Acceptance of applications and issuance of documents approving (or refusing to approve) the reconfiguration and (or) redevelopment of residential premises” (Resolution of the administration of the city of Irkutsk dated 13.04.2012 No. 031-06-718/12) and “Acceptance of documents, as well as issuance of decisions on the conversion or refusal to convert a residential premises into a non-residential premises or a non-residential premises into a residential premises” (Resolution of the administration of the city of Irkutsk dated 13.04.2012 No. 031-06-719/12).
Based on materials from the press service of the administration of the city of Irkutsk.