Rustam Minnikhanov held a regular meeting of the working group of the State Council of Russia on the development of housing construction and a comfortable urban environment in Moscow

The next meeting of the working group of the State Council of the Russian Federation on the issue “On the development of housing construction and comfortable urban environment in the Russian Federation” was held today by the President of the Republic of Tatarstan, the head of the working group, Rustam Minnikhanov. The meeting was held in Moscow. Opening the meeting, Rustam Minnikhanov recalled that the working group would consider questions pursuant to instructions from Russian President Vladimir Putin, which were given as a result of an expanded meeting of the Presidium of the State Council of the Russian Federation “On the work of the executive authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation creating a favorable urban environment” in February 2019 in Kazan. Today, the members of the working group considered the issue of the transition of housing construction participants to the system of project financing using escrow accounts scheduled from  1st July of this year. According to Rustam Minnikhanov, today it is important to discuss this situation together with the Ministry of Construction of Russia, the Central Bank of Russia, and the heads of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation in order to optimize the transition to project financing.