Vitebsk region has exceeded the five-year housing construction target by 10%

December 3, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. The Vitebsk region has exceeded the five-year target for housing construction by 10%, the construction and architecture committee of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee informed a BELTA correspondent. Over the current five-year period, about 26,000 apartments have been built and 2.4 million square meters of total residential area have been commissioned, exceeding the target of 2.3 million square meters. In January-October of the current year, Br894.3 billion was directed to housing construction, with almost every fifth ruble of investment directed to housing construction. 459.4 thousand square meters of total residential area have been commissioned, which is 13.1 thousand square meters more than in January-October 2009. Large families received 281 apartments with a total area of 21.216 thousand square meters. For citizens registered as needing to improve their housing conditions, 334.1 thousand square meters of total area have been commissioned, including 258 thousand square meters in apartment buildings in cities. The share of housing built for this category of citizens in apartment buildings in cities accounted for 96.3% of the volume of housing commissioned in such buildings. In rural settlements and small towns, 216.5 thousand square meters of total residential area have been built (81.4% of the annual target). According to the committee, housing provision in the region is 23.9 sq.m per person. 70.1 thousand citizens are registered as needing to improve their housing conditions in the region. Currently, in district centers, those on the waiting list from 2009-2010 are being provided with housing. The exceptions are Glubokoye, Lepel, Novolukoml, Postavy, where housing construction is underway for citizens on the waiting list from 2005-2008. -0-