The keys to the new apartment were handed to the 1000th participant of the Young Families Affordable Housing subprogram

In Irkutsk, the Vasilyev family became the thousandth participants in the Young Families Affordable Housing program and received the keys to a new apartment in a new building on Baumana Street. Over nine years, more than 700 million rubles have been allocated to improve housing conditions for young Irkutsk residents, and the social subsidy covers 20 to 40 percent of the estimated housing cost. That day, 30 more participants in municipal housing programs also received keys, including young families and public sector workers.

Since 2005, the administration of the city of Irkutsk has been actively participating in the implementation of the federal program “Young Families – Affordable Housing” in Irkutsk. This program allows young families (the age of both spouses at the time of application must not exceed 35 years) to purchase housing with partial reimbursement of its cost from the funds of the budget of the city of Irkutsk, the regional and federal budgets. The amount of the social subsidy under the program is 20%-40% of the estimated cost of housing.
Today, in a solemn ceremony, the Vasilyev family received the keys to their new apartment. They became the 1,000th participants in the “Young Families – Affordable Housing” program. The new apartment is located on the 14th floor of a 17-story new building on Baumana Street. The apartment has an area of 60 sq. m with finished interior and utility connections. Almost a third of the apartment’s cost is a social payment from the budget of the city of Irkutsk to partially cover the initial down payment.
Over nine years of the program’s operation, more than 700 million rubles have been allocated from the federal, regional, and city budgets of Irkutsk to improve the housing conditions of young Irkutsk residents. Specifically, 143.4 million rubles from the federal budget, 242.8 million rubles from the regional budget, and 351.3 million rubles from the budget of the city of Irkutsk.
The following have a priority right to receive a social payment from the budget of the city of Irkutsk:
- young families in which one or both spouses work in municipal institutions, municipal unitary enterprises of the city of Irkutsk, or are employees of precinct police officers’ units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the city of Irkutsk.
- young families with three or more dependent minor children, or children with disabilities.
As Deputy Mayor and Chief of Staff of the administration of the city of Irkutsk Yulia Efimova noted, as of today 2,168 young families in Irkutsk have been recognized as participants in the program. Each year, more than 100 families receive housing under the “Young Families – Affordable Housing” program. If there is no reduction in the budget of the city of Irkutsk next year for the implementation of this subprogram, the work on providing social payments will continue at the same level.
Along with the program’s anniversary family, 30 more participants in municipal housing programs received keys today. These include young families and public sector employees who received social payments to partially cover the initial down payment for housing construction under the Regulations on the procedure for providing social payments to partially cover the initial down payment for housing construction.
Based on materials from the press service of the administration of Irkutsk.