A meeting on the socio-economic development of the Republic of Tatarstan was held today at the Government House of the Republic of Tatarstan. Opening the meeting, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Marat Khusnullin announced a number of decisions prepared at the federal level regarding the construction industry. So, he recalled that they are aimed at reducing administrative barriers in the construction industry. According to the Deputy Prime Minister, about 30% of building regulations, GOSTs will have a recommendatory nature. In his speech, the President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov paid special attention to soft loans. He noted that a 6.5% mortgage rate for new housing will increase housing conditions for a large number of citizens, as well as increase the volume of input. Further, the Minister of Construction, Architecture, Housing and Communal Services of the Republic of Tatarstan Farit Hanifov reported on the implementation of the national project “Housing and Urban Environment” in the republic. He said that in 2020 it is planned to commission 2 million 979 thousand square meters of housing (in 2019 - 2 million 675.5 thousand square meters). By 2024, it is expected that the security per inhabitant will be increased to 31.3 square meters of housing. The minister also spoke about the implementation of federal projects “Formation of a Comfortable Urban Environment”, “Pure Water” and “Volga Recovery”.