In Belarus, from January 1, 2011, some conditions for registration of citizens in need of improved housing conditions will change

November 1, Minsk /BELTA/. From January 1, 2011, some conditions for registering citizens as in need of housing improvement will change in Belarus, the Ministry of Housing and Communal Services of Belarus informed a BELTA correspondent. This is stipulated by Decree No. 552, which President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko signed on October 27 of this year. Thus, from January 1, 2011, young specialists (this applies not only to university graduates but also to technical school graduates) will not have to wait five years after registration to be registered as in need of housing improvement. According to Natalia Kachan, those sent to work under distribution will be registered as in need regardless of their arrival date. Also, after Decree No. 552 comes into force, the right to housing improvement will be retained for orphans and children left without parental care until the age of 23, not until they reach the age of 18. The decree also stipulates that upon reaching 18 years of age, orphans will be provided with social housing. In addition, if they wish, they will be able to improve their housing conditions in some other way, for example, by building housing on an accelerated basis, as they will be on separate lists of those in need of housing improvement from the moment they acquire their status, or from the date of registration as in need in their parents' family. At the same time, after receiving social housing, the child retains the right to their parents' apartment, as they are the legal heir under the Civil Code.