MOSCOW, February 29. The President of Russia Vladimir Putin signed the law, which provides for the extension until 1 March 2017 period of free privatization of residential premises in state and municipal housing Fund, citizens occupied under social rent.
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The state Duma extended free housing privatization until March 1, 2017
About it reports a press-service of the Kremlin.
The amendments were adopted by the state Duma on 24 February and approved by the Federation Council on 26 February.
The bill
According to the law, privatisation of premises – free transfer to the property of Russian citizens on a voluntary basis, they occupy residential premises in state and municipal housing. Originally on the period during which it was possible to carry out the privatization of residential premises in the legislation mentioned so-called “transition period”. But then the term privatization of residential premises has been extended four times (in 2006, 2010, 2013 and 2015).
Onf: current extension should be the last
For his part, the Deputy from the Astrakhan region, an activist of the popular front Leonid Ogul believes that the current extension of the free privatization for the year should be the last.
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The Federation Council approved the law on extension of free privatization of housing until March 1, 2017
The state Duma extended free housing privatization until March 1, 2017
Privatization after 2017 may extend to Crimea and displaced people from dilapidated housing
“Except after March 2017 can be only some categories of citizens is, as already mentioned by my colleagues, the orphans, the residents of Crimea, as well as people who will be relocated from emergency housing, and those who had registered before 2005,” he told reporters.
“In General, over the last 20 years everyone could privatize their flats. And the infinite continuation of this process will inevitably slow down the construction of social housing and tenement houses,” said Ogul.
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Free housing privatization began in 1992, was completed with the adoption of the new Housing code of the Russian Federation on 1 January 2007, but then its term was repeatedly extended.
