Construction of the first rental building has begun in Vitebsk

The construction of the first rental apartment building has begun in Vitebsk, as reported to BelTA correspondent by Mikhail Meshko, Director of the Municipal Unitary Enterprise "Capital Construction of Vitebsk City".

The ten-story, 120-apartment residential building is being erected in the new Bilevo-3 microdistrict. The contractor for the work is RUP "Vitebsk DSK", which is scheduled to hand over the facility to the customer, KUP "Capital Construction of Vitebsk City", in December 2013.

The construction of the first rental apartment building in Vitebsk is included in the regional investment program. It is planned to allocate Br16 billion for these purposes. Citizens registered as in need of housing will primarily be eligible for rental apartments. Currently, almost 32,000 people are on the waiting list for housing improvement in Vitebsk.

As reported by the Vitebsk City Executive Committee, in accordance with Decree No. 512 of November 8, 2011, "On Certain Issues of State Housing Fund Utilization", the Vitebsk City Executive Committee has established a fund of commercial-use residential premises from among available and vacated state housing fund premises for their provision to citizens for a fee, for temporary possession and use under a lease agreement for a term not exceeding five years. There are about two dozen such apartments in the regional center. Citizens registered as in need of housing improvement, as well as those not registered as such, have the right to receive commercial-use residential premises. However, citizens registered as in need of housing improvement have a preferential right to receive commercial-use residential premises, in order of priority based on the date of their registration as in need of housing improvement. The cost of renting housing from the Vitebsk City Executive Committee depends on the area of the housing, but the average price is about half a million per month, and also includes utility payments.