On April 26, on the Portal of State Services of Tatarstan and in the mobile application "Services of the Republic of Tatarstan", voting will start for objects that will be landscaped in 2022. Now, in addition to public spaces, residents of the republic themselves will be able to determine the top 200 courtyards, the reconstruction of which will take place within the framework of the republican program "Our yard", as well as select priorities within the framework of the implementation of the Kazanka River Development Strategy. The public spaces with the highest number of votes in each district will be landscaped according to the federal program "Formation of a Comfortable Urban Environment", but when choosing courtyards in municipalities, the activity of residents and the number of residents in adjacent apartment buildings will be taken into account. The voting mechanics are extremely simple: a citizen must choose his own municipal district, the next step is to cast his vote for the public space and courtyard, which, in his opinion, need to be improved. It will be possible to take part in the voting only once. Voting for amenities in 2022 will last until May 30. Its main task is not only to make settlements more comfortable for living, but the main thing is to involve residents in this process.
The mortgage subsidy program for new buildings was launched on behalf of Russian President Vladimir Putin in April 2020 with the aim of supporting the construction industry and housing affordability amid the spread of coronavirus infection. According to Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Marat Khusnullin, since the start of the program of preferential mortgages at 6.5%, banks have issued almost 450 thousand loans for 1.337 trillion rubles. The geography of preferential mortgages is the widest, with residents of 85 constituent entities of the Russian Federation participating in the program. The most popular preferential mortgage has become in St. Petersburg, Moscow, Moscow Region, Krasnodar Krai, Sverdlovsk Region, Tyumen Region, Rostov Region, Republic of Tatarstan, Republic of Bashkortostan, Novosibirsk Region. “We see that the preferential mortgage program has turned out to be in great demand among people in almost all regions of the country. In 2021 alone, almost 100 thousand loans were issued in the amount of 335 billion rubles, the average loan amount is about 3 million rubles,”- said Irek Fayzullin, Minister of Construction, Housing and Communal Services of the Russian Federation. The launch of the program ensured an increase in the volume of new construction in the housing market: the area of housing construction permits issued in 3 months of this year exceeded the same indicator in the first quarter of 2020 by 54%.
In 2020, the volume of products shipped by the construction industry enterprises of Tatarstan amounted to 33 billion rubles. The next meeting with the participation of local brick manufacturers and the Republican Ministry of Construction took place on the basis of the University of Architecture and Civil Engineering. As part of the event, a special exposition of Tatarstan brick products was organized for the participants. The exhibition was also attended by the chief architect of the city of Kazan, Ilsiyar Tukhvatullina. Opening the meeting, the Deputy Head of the Ministry of Construction of the Republic of Tatarstan Ilshat Gimaev noted that the construction industry, including the building materials industry, needs to develop together with science and that the place for the meeting was not chosen by chance - in the scientific and educational center of building materials and technologies "Technology" a wide range of scientific research. In particular, the center carries out work in the field of obtaining and modifying building materials based on mineral, bitumen and polymer matrices and binders. He recalled that Tatarstan today has one of the largest regional network of the construction industry in the Russian Federation, which includes 415 enterprises producing basic construction products. In 2020, the volume of products shipped by enterprises of the construction materials industry of the republic amounted to 33 billion rubles. Local manufacturers cover all the needs of the construction complex of Tatarstan in excess.
The exhibition will run until April 16.
Today, on the basis of the Kazan State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, a joint meeting of the Committee on Housing Policy and Infrastructure Development and the Expert Council under the Committee took place. Opening the meeting, which took place at the site of KSUAE "Urban Planning", Chairman of the Committee Alexander Tygin recalled that by the decision of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan, an institute of spatial development is being created, whose activities will be aimed at solving issues of urban planning and urbanization. Then the members of the Committee began to discuss the report of the Government of the Republic of Tatarstan, which was presented by the First Deputy Minister of Construction, Architecture, Housing and Communal Services of the Republic of Tatarstan Alexey Frolov. In 2020, 2 million 680 thousand square meters of housing were commissioned, of which 216.5 thousand square meters were built on the social mortgage. Within the individual housing construction, 1 million 452 thousand square meters were commissioned. The volume of work in the construction industry remained at the level of 2019 and amounted to 356 billion rubles, this year it is planned to increase the volume to 395 billion rubles. At the end of 2020, Tatarstan entered the TOP-5 regions of the country in terms of housing construction. It was emphasized at the meeting that in 2020 none of the 50 republican programs was suspended. The total amount of funding amounted to 54 billion rubles. An unprecedented republican program "Our yard" was launched last year. The parliamentarians drew the attention of the executive power to the wear and tear of engineering networks, which require serious capital investments. As noted by the deputy, general director of Municipal unitary enterprise "Vodokanal", Kazan, Andrey Egorov, if at the republican level the share of worn-out networks is 30 percent, then in some cities this figure reaches 70-80 percent. According to him, it is necessary at the federal level to work out options for resolving this issue.
The meeting of the Commission of the State Council of the Russian Federation in the direction "Construction, housing and communal services, urban environment" was held today in Moscow by the head of the commission, President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov. The meeting, which was held via videoconference, was attended by Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Marat Khusnullin, Minister of Construction, Housing and Utilities of Russia Irek Fayzullin, Minister of Construction, Architecture, Housing and Communal Services of the Republic of Tatarstan Marat Aizatullin, representatives of interested federal and regional executive authorities, scientific and expert organizations. Rustam Minnikhanov recalled that almost a year ago, the Russian Government adopted a resolution on preferential mortgages at 6.5%. This made it possible to maintain the pace of housing construction and ensure the demand for it. Summing up a brief summary, Rustam Minnikhanov said: in 2020, the issuance of mortgage loans in Russia increased by 35% and by 42% - transactions in the primary market. In Tatarstan, the number of issued mortgage loans increased by 40%, transactions in the primary market - by 46%. The meeting participants also discussed the issue of complex building and the development of territories.
President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov held a visiting meeting of the Commission on urban planning activities in historical settlements. Five projects of new construction in the historical centre of Kazan were considered today. Rustam Minnikhanov was accompanied by Aide to the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Olesya Baltusova, Minister of Construction, Architecture, Housing and Communal Services of the Republic of Tatarstan Marat Aizatullin, Minister of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan Irada Ayupova, Aide to the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Natalia Fishman-Bekmambetova, Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin. The developers of the Concept of Sustainable Development of the Historical Settlement of Kazan, Kazan architects Oleg Maklakov, Alexander Dembich, German Bakulin, Farida Zabirova and Anna Novikova also took part in the visit. The first object that was presented to the President was the territory on the street. Podluzhnaya, 6. Rustam Minnikhanov got acquainted with the project and assessed several options for the design of the facade. The next object was a residential complex under construction at the intersection of Butlerov and Mayakovsky streets. The complex includes 2 blocks and underground parking. Rustam Minnikhanov stressed that the rules for observing the number of storeys in the historical centre are one of the main requirements for new construction. He instructed to bring the residential building in accordance with the established requirements. Further, the President of the Republic of Tatarstan examined the site on the street Nazarbayev, 37. It is planned to build an administrative building here. Last year, the project was considered at a meeting of the City Planning Council. It is recommended to link the scale and proportions of the designed object with the surrounding buildings. Rustam Minnikhanov approved this project. After that, the President went to the Kazanskaya Yarmarka exhibition centre. Here Rustam Minnikhanov was presented with two projects, the implementation of which is planned on the territory of the complex. One of them is the Interactive Science Center “House of Entertaining Science and Technology”. The next project is the "Soyuzmultpark" multimedia entertainment and development centre. Rustam Minnikhanov supported both projects and instructed to consider options for their placement on the territory of the Kazan Fair.
In the Republic of Tatarstan, 948 apartment buildings are included in the program of capital repairs of apartment buildings in 2021. By the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Tatarstan No. 87 dated February 18, 2021, amendments were made, according to which the program additionally included 29 apartment house (90 elevators). This includes Kazan - 5 apartment house (17 elevators); Naberezhnye Chelny - 24 apartment house (73 elevators). Funding for the program as a whole - 6.294 billion rubles, including the budget of Tatarstan - 1 billion 364.28 million rubles; the budget of municipalities - 1 billion 72.56 million rubles; funds of citizens - 3 billion 857 million rubles. Such data were presented today at a meeting at the Government House of the Republic of Tatarstan by the Minister of Construction, Architecture, Housing and Communal Services of the Republic of Tatarstan Marat Aizatullin. The head of the Ministry of Construction of the Republic of Tatarstan reported on the implementation of state programs for 2021, including the program for the modernization of engineering networks. Under the program of an overhaul of buildings (premises) of the executive committees (Soviets) of settlements, 52% of the work has been closed: 13 objects are being repaired, two objects have been completed. Marat Aizatullin briefly reported on the process of transferring land plots vacated after resettlement and demolition of dilapidated houses (program 2013-2017).
As part of the presidential program "Our Yard" in 2021, 1074 courtyards will be repaired in Tatarstan. Including, 223 courtyards in Kazan, 93 - in the Almetyevsk region, 88 - in Naberezhnye Chelny, 83 - in the Zelenodolsk region and 67 - in the Nizhnekamsk region of Tatarstan. In addition to urban districts, the program will affect all municipal districts of the republic. The exception is Kaibitsky, Drozhzhanovsky and Atninsky districts - all the yards there were landscaped last year. The addresses of the courtyards included in the 2021 list are plotted on the beautification map of the official website of the dvor.tatar program. Within the framework of the program, yard driveways, roads and sidewalks will be repaired or built in the adjoining territories, trash cans, benches, lighting poles will be installed, children's and sports grounds will be equipped (the set of equipment is determined for each yard individually), and garbage collection grounds will be equipped in accordance with the standards. In each courtyard, three days before the start of construction work, an object passport with a final improvement scheme will be installed. In order for Tatarstan citizens to be able to control the progress of work, the schemes will also be published on the dvor.tatar program website. Let us remind you that in 2020 in Tatarstan 1091 courtyards acquired a new look in all 43 municipal districts and 2 urban districts. In total, more than 360,000 residents live in the houses affected by the program. During the year, 270 km of new sidewalks were built, more than 4,000 new lighting poles were installed, which made it possible to additionally illuminate 300,000 square meters of yard areas.
On April 14, a series of public discussions begin, the subject of which is the improvement of territories in 2022-2023. within the framework of the program "Formation of a comfortable urban environment". Discussions will take place in 16 municipalities. The first meetings with residents will take place in Yelabuga and Nurlat on April 14. The next day, discussions will be held in the village of Balandysh, Tyulyachinsky district and the village Vasilyevo in the Zelenodolsk district. Once the dates for the other districts have been set, the full public comment schedule for April will be posted on park.tatar site. An important detail: the implementation of the next queues of those objects that will be updated this year is being brought up for discussion. However, in order to be able to improve them comprehensively, the territory should be chosen by as many residents as possible in a vote, which will take place from April 26 to May 31 on the portal of the State Services of Tatarstan. Recall that large-scale work on the development of public spaces in Tatarstan began in 2015 at the initiative of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov. For 6 years, 443 territories have been landscaped in the republic.