In Irkutsk, a contest for the best homestead for private homeowners was announced for the first time, applications are accepted until August 13, and results will be announced in mid September. Participants will face two selection stages, cash prizes up to 100 thousand rubles, and evaluation by criteria such as site improvement, house appearance, landscaping, and utilities. According to city authorities, the contest should involve residents in solving private sector improvement problems and developing the urban environment.

At the initiative of Mayor Viktor Kondrashov, a contest for the best homestead has been announced in Irkutsk for the first time. Owners of private houses are invited to take part. Applications are accepted until August 13. The results of the contest will be summed up in mid-September.
The contest will be held in two stages. The first stage will take place from August 13 to 17. On these days, contest commissions will work in Irkutsk’s administrative districts and select the very best homesteads there. Selection criteria: compliance of the location of the residential house and utility buildings with land use and development rules, cleanliness of the adjacent territory, absence of extraneous materials, items, construction materials, firewood, and garbage on it, the appearance of the residential house, landscaping of the territory, the individuality of the homestead, and the presence of water supply and sewerage. In the districts, three best homesteads will be selected - 1st, 2nd, and 3rd prize places - whose owners will receive cash prizes of 15,000 rubles, 10,000 rubles, and 5,000 rubles, respectively.
Starting August 23, the second stage of the contest will begin, with the winners of the district stage taking part in it. Among them, three best homesteads will also be selected. The prize for 1st place will be 100,000 rubles, for 2nd place - 70,000 rubles, for 3rd place - 50,000 rubles.
“The main goal of the contest is to involve city residents in solving the problems of improving our city,” said Irkutsk Deputy Mayor Dmitry Razumov. “We all must understand that how cozy and well-kept Irkutsk will be depends on each of us.” The deputy mayor also said that today, at a working meeting in the mayor’s office, a draft program for improving the private sector for the next five years was considered. Key points of the program: solving the problems of water supply in Irkutsk’s private sector, construction and repair of outdoor lighting lines, and removal of solid household waste. The program will be submitted for approval to deputies of the Irkutsk City Duma. The implementation period is 2013-2017.
Dmitry Razumov called on Irkutsk residents who own individual residential houses to take part in the city contest for the best homestead. To do this, they need to fill out an application in which they must provide their passport details, TIN, pension insurance certificate number, account number opened with a credit institution, actual residential address, contact phone number, and the location of the homestead. Photographs showing the homestead may be attached to the application.
Applications are accepted on working days from 14:00 to 18:00 in the departments of municipal services of the district administration committees of the city of Irkutsk:
- Committee for the Administration of the Pravoberezhny District of the city of Irkutsk, 14 Marata St., tel. 52-03-83;
- Committee for the Administration of the Oktyabrsky District of the city of Irkutsk, 27 Dekabrskikh Sobytiy St., tel. 52-02-45;
- Committee for the Administration of the Sverdlovsky District of the city of Irkutsk, 24 Tereshkova St., tel. 52-03-56;
- Committee for the Administration of the Leninsky District of the city of Irkutsk, 3 Marshal Govorov St., tel. 52-03-45.
Based on materials from the press service of the administration of the city of Irkutsk