Residents of Irkutsk region will be able to receive land plots free for housing construction, private farming and peasant farming, a law adopted today by the regional assembly. Eligible people include war veterans, rehabilitated persons, disabled people, large families, young couples under 35 and public and municipal employees. The law will not take effect immediately. By July 1, the authorities must set the rules for its application and decide which plots can be issued. The first recipients of free land may appear in the second half of the year.

Residents of the Irkutsk Region will be able to receive land plots for housing construction, personal subsidiary farming, and peasant farming free of charge. The relevant law was adopted today by deputies of the Legislative Assembly.
The seventh session of the regional parliament took place in the “gray house.” More than three dozen issues were on the agenda. But the adoption of the law on the free allocation of land plots is one of the most important. And although the document is not new for the region (a similar one has already been in effect here), work on it has been going on for more than one year. As a result: a completely different, second version of the law. Among its features is an expanded list of categories of citizens who may apply for land. Veterans of the Great Patriotic War, rehabilitated persons, disabled people, large families, young spouses under the age of 35, as well as employees of state and municipal institutions. “There are many people who would like to build their own house. If only they had a piece of land. And we would like to give them such a chance. But here it should be borne in mind: the law will not start working immediately after adoption. Municipalities and regional authorities must develop the procedure for applying this law. That is, what papers need to be prepared, what documents, where to bring them, within what time they must be reviewed,” said Yuri Faleychik, chairman of the committee on legislation on natural resources management, ecology, and agriculture.
Which lands to allocate and which not to - regional and municipal authorities must decide by July 1. Deputies gave the regional government this task. The absence of an implementation procedure in the law became a subject of discussion at the session. Regional trade unions believed that this point would lead to corruption. But parliamentarians assured that the implementation of the law would be placed under special control. And in a year they will ask for a report on what has been done. What is known for certain now is the size of the plot. For example, for residential development it will be 20 sotkas.
The first lucky recipients of free plots will appear already in the second half of the year. At least, that is what the authors of the law hope. By mid-summer, not only the procedure for registration should be drawn up, but also plots should be prepared for distribution.