The keys to the apartments were given to participants in the republican social mortgage program, veterans of the Great Patriotic War, families with many children, orphans, and also doctors-grantees. Deputy Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing of the Republic of Tatarstan Ilshat Gimayev, Deputy Minister of Education and Science RT Stanislav Andreev, Deputy Executive Director of the State Housing Fund under the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Vladimir Nikiforov and other officials took part in the ceremony. Ilshat Gimaev greeted the assembled residents and noted that today's settlement is far from the last in 2018. Until the end of the year, new settlers must enter into 2 thousand 584 apartments of eight houses in the 8th quarter of the residential complex. In total, according to the sketch of development, during the three stages of the construction of "Salavat Cooper" 94 houses will be erected for 25,4 thousand apartments. At the same time, 19 houses of the first stage are already inhabited. "Today there was a joyful event, which we all waited for. Today we step over the line and start to populate the second stage of "Salavat Cooper". On the approach of eight more houses, we plan to hand them over by the end of December. All this became possible due to the personal control of RT President Rustam Minnikhanov", - Gimayev said and wished the guests a happy life in their new housing. Next year, the State Housing Fund under the President of the Republic of Tatarstan will begin construction of the second and third quarters of the Salavat Cooper complex for 3.5 thousand apartments. At the same time, since the beginning of this year, 109 housing units for 2.9 thousand apartments have been put into operation in the public housing programs in Tatarstan.