Electric houses, apartments for large families and military personnel: Vitebsk told how housing is being built in the region

For January-June, 130 thousand sq.m of housing were commissioned in the Vitebsk region. This was announced at a meeting of the regional executive committee by the Chairman of the Committee for Architecture and Construction of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, Alexey Geroyev, according to a BELTA correspondent.
"In the first half of the year, 130 thousand sq.m of total area of residential buildings were commissioned in the northern region, which amounted to 42.8% of the established annual plan. This is 9.1% higher than the indicator for the same period in 2022. With state support, 31.5 thousand sq.m of housing were commissioned. The share of housing from individual developers amounted to 59.2% of all commissioned housing, or 77.4 thousand sq.m. As of July 1, construction of 25 apartment buildings is underway in the region, and 10 of them have already been commissioned," Alexey Geroyev noted.

Special attention in the Vitebsk region is paid to citizens in the category of those in need of improved housing conditions, including large families. "Over six months, 294 large families were provided with their own housing, which is 43.2% of the annual plan. In total, this year we are to provide housing for 680 large families according to the plan. Another 388 families in this category are also aimed at improving their housing conditions," said the Chairman of the Committee for Architecture and Construction.

The Chairman of the Regional Executive Committee, Alexander Subbotin, focused on the construction of rental housing for military personnel and persons equated to them. In some cities of the region, new houses with apartments intended for this category of citizens are being built with delays, so work in this direction should be intensified.

Alexey Geroyev said that in the first half of the year, over 23 thousand sq.m of housing were commissioned in the region, where electricity is used for heating, cooking, and water heating. "In 2022, 3 electric houses with a total area of 6.4 thousand sq.m were commissioned in the region. They were built in Beshenkovichi, Liozno, and Tolochin. By the end of this year, it is planned to commission 4 more electric houses in Vitebsk and one in Postavy," he informed.

The chairman of the regional committee noted that in the future, urban development should include the construction of microdistricts with electric houses, and such projects are already planned in Vitebsk and Postavy.

"BELTA"