During the era of the USSR, all citizens of the country were provided with housing by the state, under a rental agreement. The theoretical possibility of receiving free housing from the state exists for citizens of the Russian Federation today.

During the era of the USSR, all citizens of the country were provided with housing by the state, under a rental agreement. Young professionals, military personnel, war and labor veterans, people evicted from dilapidated housing slated for demolition, and villagers whose houses were razed to the ground in connection with some large-scale construction were given temporary, and in fact lifelong, ownership of the apartment. , laying highways and railroad tracks through their settlement, opening a dam (and the future flooding of the surrounding area), etc.

Those in need of housing were registered with the district executive committee or at their enterprise, where they worked all their lives (“flyers” who often changed jobs were condemned by Soviet society). The coveted waiting list could include citizens living in extremely cramped conditions: having no more than 6 square meters. m of area per person (in Moscow). In other cities, standards varied from 3 to 8 “squares” per resident. Thus, if parents with two children lived in a 25-meter room, they did not have the opportunity to register. But having given birth to another child, the family received a chance to improve their living conditions, but the waiting period for a housewarming could last from 10 to 20 years or more.

Official corruption also flourished in those days: places in the queue were bought, apartments could be obtained faster with a bribe, and honest people on the queue often died without receiving a gift from the state.

As it is now?

The theoretical possibility of receiving free housing from the state exists for citizens of the Russian Federation today.

Article 40 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation voices the right of Russians to obtain housing for free or at an affordable price “from state and other housing funds.” Such an apartment can be given to a person on the waiting list only under a social tenancy agreement, provided that he is officially recognized as low-income or in need of improved housing conditions.

Large families (those with three or more minor children, including those adopted under the age of 16, or under the age of 18, studying in a general education program);

Patients with chronic and contagious diseases;

Disabled people of the first and second degrees;

Disabled since childhood;

Former career military personnel;

Liquidators of man-made disasters;

Professional emergency rescue workers;

Forced migrants;

Citizens subject to resettlement programs under federal programs, for example, from the Far North.

However, there are many more citizens of the listed preferential categories in our country than social apartments located in state funds. There are currently about four million officially registered families in need of housing in Russia. Considering that the minimum housing standard per person in the Russian Federation today is 18 square meters. m, at the current pace of construction and standards for the allocation of social housing, the waiting period for improvement of living conditions for one person is about 63 years.

Who is considered poor?

Russian families are considered low-income, in which each person has a monthly income less than the subsistence minimum (the national average is from 8 to 10,000 rubles, in Moscow - 15,000 rubles). According to Rosstat, in the Russian Federation 22.7 million people were recognized as poor in 2016, that is, every sixth Russian is an official poor person. In fact, approximately 80% of the Russian population today live below the poverty line, but statistics are silent about this. Among them are the overwhelming number of pensioners who have no income other than their pension, the unemployed, the disabled and working citizens who receive small salaries and have dependents in the family (minor children, non-working spouses and other family members).

Having received documents confirming low income (2-NDFL certificates from the employer for all working family members), low-income citizens can contact the municipality at their place of residence and register by writing an application.

Then officials will check the citizen’s housing history for the last five years (did he sell/buy any housing, did he receive an apartment, house or land plot as a gift, etc.) and try to evaluate the property in his possession .

If the municipal commission of experts considers a family to be low-income, they will be registered and will have to wait decades to receive the coveted housing.

Citizens applying for free public housing, of course, should not own privatized housing.

Low-income young families, according to the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation “On amendments to the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 17, 2010 No. 1050” dated August 25, 2015 No. 889 (Appendix No. 4) can become participants in a special program for the purchase of housing by receiving a subsidy . One of the parents must be no older than 35 years. Not only a full-fledged family, but also a single parent of any gender can participate in the program. However, to receive financial assistance, the family must have regular cash income that allows them to obtain a bank loan, or some accumulated funds for a down payment.

Emergency housing is life-threatening

The beneficiary may also live in emergency housing that does not meet safety requirements. A special commission must recognize housing as unsafe.

Alas, in practice, executive authorities do their best to avoid recognizing housing as dilapidated and life-threatening. One of the reasons for the refusal: the lack of competent specialists capable of conducting an examination. In addition, local administrations are authorized to conduct inspections of residential premises only in apartment buildings, and this practice does not apply to private houses. Otherwise, millions of Russians living in crumbling wooden houses built last century could qualify for improved living conditions.

At the same time, there is a provision on recognizing premises as unfit for habitation, and an apartment building as unsafe and subject to demolition (approved by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 47 of January 28, 2006), which details the criteria by which such buildings are classified. This document applies to residential premises in use, regardless of the form of ownership, located on the territory of the Russian Federation, including private residential buildings.

The survey must be initiated by the municipality with the help of members of the interdepartmental commission. If such an examination is refused, residents of a dilapidated building can go to court, forcing officials to issue a resolution declaring the house dangerous for living, after which local authorities will have to resettle the residents in some kind of housing from special funds, and demolish the house. The trouble is that local authorities do not have any special funds (especially in the regions), all for the same reason: the availability of beneficiaries is thousands of times greater than the number of apartments received for them.

Military personnel also have the right

For military specialists, there is a separate queue for improvement of living conditions from the Ministry of Defense. In practice, officers with families and single servicemen live for years in service apartments, which are provided to them at their place of service free of charge, and wait their turn to receive their own housing, which, theoretically, they are entitled to according to their length of service: after 20 years of service in the Armed Forces for on general grounds or after 10 years of service and dismissal for health reasons or due to retirement. The average age of a military pensioner in Russia is 45-47 years.

Again, the person on the waiting list should not have any premises. For military personnel, since 2004, according to Federal Law No. 117, a military mortgage has been in force, allowing them to purchase housing on preferential terms by taking out a special loan. The War Department pays dues to the bank for the employee while he is in service. But the maximum loan amount under such a program is only 2.5 million rubles. The officer will have to pay the rest of the amount himself.

On February 15, 2012, the State Duma adopted amendments to the Federal Law on additional guarantees for social support for orphans and children without parental care (159 Federal Law), as well as to the Housing Code of the Russian Federation. Local executive authorities, according to this law, are required to maintain lists of orphans over 14 years of age. By the time such a child leaves the orphanage and reaches adulthood, the housing department is obliged to provide the graduate with a separate apartment. It is unacceptable to move former orphans and orphans into emergency housing, into communal apartments, dormitories, or into old village houses where their parents died or live, having once been deprived of parental rights for drunkenness. If such lists are missing, orphans and those providing support to them should contact the prosecutor's office, since there is a violation of the law. In fact, apartments are provided to orphanage residents in Russia today in approximately 2/3 of cases. Local authorities are trying by all means to delay this process. Social support funds often do not have subsidized apartments in stock.

According to official needs

Judges, prosecutors and employees of various ministries and departments in the Russian Federation can apply for a free apartment based on their profession, and privatize it after a certain period of service.

Judicial and ministerial organizations have their own waiting lists. State Duma deputies receive service apartments for use, which they are required to vacate after their term of service by handing over the keys simultaneously with their deputy mandate. In fact, most former State Duma officials buy service apartments from the state at preferential rates.

As an exotic case, employees of bankrupt organizations can obtain ownership of a company apartment. At the same time, the bankrupt company is officially liquidated, and its real estate becomes the property of the municipality, which can already provide the employee with the former service apartment in which he is registered on the basis of a social tenancy agreement. Subsequently, such housing can be privatized, that is, taken into private ownership. However, such a scheme is implemented extremely rarely. As a rule, the bankrupt’s property is used to pay off his debts to partner companies and pay monetary compensation to dismissed employees.

People with many children are at risk

Previously, large families (with at least three minor children) had the right to receive a plot of land from the state to build their own home, but today they can refuse the land in favor of an apartment. At the same time, citizens with many children must also be low-income or live in dilapidated and dilapidated housing. In Moscow, large families with five or more children have the right to receive temporary housing out of turn until they receive an apartment under a social rental agreement, which they can eventually privatize.

Parents with many children, at their request, can be provided with a subsidy in the amount of the standard cost of living space, although in reality this amount does not cover the cost of the required apartment. This amount can be used as a down payment on a mortgage loan. Citizens can also use maternity capital to purchase an apartment. When receiving a subsidy, a large family is excluded from the list of beneficiaries.

Theoretically, with the birth of each new child, the family’s chances of receiving subsidized housing increase. But at the same time, the financial burden on the family budget also increases, and the living comfort of the remaining family members decreases. Therefore, parents with many children who regularly give birth to children in order to receive a free apartment from the state are at great risk of ending up in poverty faster than they can improve their living conditions. In addition, the waiting lists are not transparent; they are constantly replenished with new people in need, and it is impossible to track the movement of the queue. At the same time, already within the queue, low-income citizens are divided into “those in need” and “especially those in special need.” For example, a family with five children, two of whom are disabled, and a chronically ill mother of the family, has priority over a family with four healthy children and able-bodied parents.

Dangerous patients

The list of low-income Russians applying for free housing from the state or improved living conditions includes families with people with mental disorders (mania, psychosis, schizophrenia), patients with epilepsy, open form of tuberculosis, leprosy, senile dementia, cancer, gangrene , cerebral palsy and other contagious or dangerous diseases for others or diseases requiring specialized medical care, listed in Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of June 16, 2006 No. 378 “On approval of the list of severe forms of chronic diseases in which it is impossible for citizens to live together in the same apartment "

There are millions of relatives of sick citizens in Russia, and most of them do not even try to register to improve their living conditions, for two reasons: they do not believe in the possibility of obtaining a subsidized apartment and cannot leave a sick relative without help and daily care.

Not completely free

You can improve your living conditions by concluding a life annuity agreement with a single elderly pensioner, pledging to guard him until his death. Guardianship may consist of regular purchases of food or small monthly payments, or even lifelong maintenance of an old person with a dependent. Single citizens are often unable to take care of themselves on their own, and a decent guardian is the only way for a pensioner to live out his remaining years in peace.

Any person who does not have his own property will not refuse to acquire housing without spending a penny. The RIA Real Estate website reviewed the most “free” ways to get the coveted square meters.

Free of charge, that is, for nothing

It is quite possible to get an apartment for free and on legal terms, although there are not many options. There are examples when apartments are donated. Such a generous act is decided by parents who want to congratulate their growing children on their transition to adulthood, says Svetlana Birina, head of the city real estate department of the NDV-Real Estate company. It happens that owners who have no heirs bequeath or donate square meters to strangers in gratitude for their care and help, the expert notes.

Experts urge not to “gift” Russian people on the waiting list with housingConstruction of housing for people on the waiting list in Russia at the expense of the budget is futile, and non-market mechanisms for providing free housing to individual lucky people on the waiting list do not help the development of the real estate market at all, according to experts interviewed by RIA Novosti.

However, even in the case of donation, not everyone gets real estate absolutely free. As Mikhail Kulikov, director of the secondary market department at Inkom-Real Estate, notes, property received as a gift is not taxed only if the donor and recipient are close relatives: spouses, parents, children (including adoptive parents and adopted children), grandchildren, grandparents, brothers and sisters (including half-siblings, that is, having a common father or mother). The rest must pay tax at a rate of 13% of the value of the income received.

You will follow us

You can become the owner of free housing with the support of the state. “For the majority of the population, there are two ways to get housing for free, without coming into conflict with the Criminal Code: to privatize the one in which you live under a social tenancy agreement, or to stand in line as a low-income person in need of changing housing conditions,” says Kulikov.

As for privatization, you need to remember that not all residential premises can be transferred into ownership. “Housing in disrepair, in dormitories, in houses of closed military camps, office premises are not subject to privatization. The exception is the housing stock of agricultural enterprises, residential facilities of stationary institutions for social protection of the population,” notes the Inkom-Real Estate expert.

Now, too, not everyone can get in line to receive social (free) housing, but only low-income citizens or those in need of improved housing conditions, the agency’s interlocutor emphasizes. Among them there are some “out-of-turn”: veterans of the Great Patriotic War, orphans (upon reaching 18 years of age), Chernobyl survivors, displaced people from dilapidated dilapidated houses, as well as people suffering from a severe form of any chronic disease.

Working for an apartment: three sure-fire strategies for getting free housingThe older generation of Russians still remembers how they did not buy apartments in the USSR, but received them one by one for free, but in modern Russia, which has long been on the market track, only certain categories of citizens can count on free housing. The RIA Real Estate website will tell you who to go to work to get an apartment.

The criterion by which citizens are recognized as low-income is determined based on the total family income and the value of joint property. And people living in premises whose size is smaller than that established by law can apply for improved living conditions, explains Kulikov. In Moscow, for example, the norm for registration is 10 square meters per person for individual apartments and 15 square meters for communal premises, and the norm for providing housing is 18 “squares” of total area per person.

How soon a citizen will receive a new apartment is an open question. The waiting period most often stretches for decades, Kulikov clarifies.

According to him, military personnel can also apply for free housing if they are recognized as in need of housing or improved living conditions after 20 years of service or 10 years of service upon dismissal on a preferential basis. At the same time, the law allows a person to choose his future place of residence. In addition, if a serviceman serves in a city in which he does not have his own housing, then he is required to be provided with a service apartment.

Free, but for money

Another conditionally free way to obtain housing is rent. In this case, the buyer of the home does not have to buy living space in the usual sense of the word, but before receiving the property, he will certainly incur certain, largely unpredictable expenses, Kulikov emphasizes.

When drawing up a rental agreement, as a rule, with the owner of the property (most often these are elderly single people), a lifelong maintenance agreement with dependents is concluded. In accordance with it, the pensioner transfers his residential house, apartment, land plot or other real estate into the ownership of the payer, who in turn undertakes to provide his lifelong maintenance, explains Svetlana Matveeva, Deputy General Director for Legal Affairs of Miel-Network of Real Estate Offices.

A pensioner can transfer his property either under the condition of lifelong maintenance, or for an additional payment (such annuity is called “redemption”). In the latter case, a certain amount of money, determined by the contract, is added to the obligations for periodic payment of rent, adds the agency’s interlocutor.

The rent amount must be transferred to a bank account, and not just handed over personally; this must be spelled out in detail in the contract. Payments can be monthly or for some other period as agreed. It is impossible to fix the total amount in advance, since we are talking about a lifelong maintenance agreement, and no one knows how long the owner will live, warns Kulikov. In addition, the payer will be able to dispose of the apartment in full without the consent of the pensioner only after his death. Therefore, before concluding such an agreement, you need to think carefully about everything.

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How to get an apartment from the state?

The times have long been forgotten when, by getting a job as a janitor, you could get a room or even a tiny apartment from the state. Nowadays you can’t easily get even a corner, let alone full-fledged housing. No, of course, the state continues to provide apartments under contracts, but the procedure for providing them has changed. Who today can count on receiving housing from the state and what is needed for this?

New Housing Code - new rules

On March 1, 2005, the Housing Code of the Russian Federation came into force. The Housing Code of the RSFSR no longer corresponded to the realities of the time; it did not correspond to the reality that existed at that time. And in its place came a new code with new rules.

Previously, those who wanted to get an apartment from the state were registered as those in need of improved housing conditions; now not only the name of such registration has changed, but also the grounds for registration.

Those wishing to receive housing under a social tenancy agreement are registered as those in need of residential premises. But for this you need to be deprived not only in square meters, but in income, that is, to be poor.

In accordance with the Housing Code of the Russian Federation, low-income citizens are citizens if they are recognized as such by a local government body. In order to recognize a person as such, the income accruing to each family member and the value of property owned by family members and subject to taxation are taken into account. In any case, citizens applying for this status must submit documents proving that their income is not enough to live on. As for the capital, the municipal law of January 25, 2006 No. 7 “On the procedure for recognizing Moscow residents as low-income for the purpose of registering them as those in need of residential premises” is in force here.

Another criterion for obtaining housing is the need for living space. The Housing Code recognizes as such citizens who:

1. are not tenants of residential premises under social tenancy agreements, members of the tenant’s family or owners of residential premises and members of their families;
2. live and have an area less than the established accounting norm per family member;
3. live in premises that do not meet the requirements established for residential premises;
4. are tenants, owners of residential premises, family members living in an apartment occupied by several families, if the family includes a patient suffering from a severe form of chronic disease, in which living together with him in the same apartment is impossible, and do not have other residential premises occupied under a social tenancy agreement or owned by right of ownership.

In essence, according to this criterion, most Russians can apply for an apartment from the state, because, according to statistics, 92 million square meters. m officially have this status. Another issue is that the state is relocating dilapidated housing at a “snail’s” pace. According to the head of the Ministry of Regional Development of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Yakovlev, last year only 300 thousand square meters were resettled. m, and at this rate settlement will take 300 years. For now, we note that those resettled from a dilapidated fund are not required to prove their poverty.

How is it in Moscow?

In Moscow, in addition to the Housing Code of the Russian Federation, Moscow Law No. 29 “On ensuring the right of Moscow residents to residential premises” is also in force.

In accordance with this law, a Muscovite is recognized as in need of housing if he meets at least one of the following requirements:

1. the size of the living space per each member of the applicant’s family indicated in the application is less than the accounting norm (in the capital it is 18 sq. m);
2. applicants live in residential premises recognized as unsuitable for permanent residence and not subject to repair or reconstruction, regardless of the accounting standard for the area of ​​residential premises;
3. the applicants live in a communal apartment, and one of the families includes a patient suffering from a severe form of a chronic disease, in which living together with him in the same communal apartment is impossible, regardless of the accounting standard for the area of ​​the living space;
4. applicants live in houses that lack at least one type of amenities, regardless of the accounting standard for the area of ​​living premises (For reference: comfortable residential premises in the city of Moscow must meet the following standards: a house (apartment) with all types of amenities (electricity, running water, sewerage, heating, bath or shower, gas or electric stove, hot water supply or gas water heater) regardless of the wall material);
5. applicants are not tenants or family members of the tenant of the residential premises and live in dormitories, service residential premises, in residential premises of buildings of the corridor system, regardless of the accounting standard for the area of ​​​​the residential premises (with the exception of persons for whom the city of Moscow is the place of residence);
6. the applicants are not the owners or members of the family of the owner of the residential premises, and do not have an independent right to use residential premises, regardless of the accounting standard for the area of ​​​​the residential premises (with the exception of persons for whom the city of Moscow is their place of residence).

The following conditions must also be met:

1. have citizenship of the Russian Federation;
2. reside in the city of Moscow at the place of residence legally for a total of at least 10 years;
3. not to commit, in the five years preceding the submission of the application, actions that resulted in the deterioration of living conditions, as a result of which they may be recognized as in need of residential premises;
4. be recognized as a low-income family.

Low-income families are those families (precisely families, not individual citizens) who cannot independently purchase an apartment using their available funds accumulated over 20 years. Available funds are those that remain after paying taxes and deducting the cost of living (currently it is 5,609 rubles). It is not at all surprising that with today’s price per square meter of $4,000, half of Muscovites would easily fall under this criterion, if not for one thing! To these amounts remaining after paying taxes and minus the subsistence level, is added the cost of property owned by family members and also subject to taxation, namely: cars, motorcycles, buses, motor boats, yachts, helicopters and other vehicles, garages, garden plots, shareholdings in cooperatives, etc. All this property is valued at market value, only land plots - at cadastral value.

For two calendar years, people applying for low-income status must confirm their low-income status.

You should only start collecting the documents necessary to get on the waiting list for municipal housing if you meet all these criteria.

In addition, all Muscovites who are on the waiting list have the opportunity to purchase an apartment under preferential city programs (already for a fee), but this is a topic for another discussion. When resettling from a dilapidated housing stock, the procedure is different, and income no longer matters, and the legal basis for owning property becomes paramount: whether you are the owner or the tenant.

What kind of apartment will the state give?

People of low income cannot count on buying an apartment. Getting on the waiting list and getting housing is difficult, but possible. We continue the story about how and to whom apartments are provided in the Russian Federation under a social tenancy agreement (free, social housing) and what is necessary for this.

Who will get their apartment and when?

Once you have been registered, all you have to do is wait for your turn to come. Unfortunately, the Code does not say how long you will have to wait. Social housing under construction is provided to those in need in order of priority based on the time of registration.

But there are still some categories of citizens who are provided with apartments out of turn. These include:

1. citizens whose residential premises are declared unfit for habitation and cannot be repaired or reconstructed;
2. orphans and children left without parental care;
3. citizens suffering from severe forms of chronic diseases, a list of diseases established by the Government of the Russian Federation.

About the norms

In legislation every now and then there is a mention of the norm for providing living space (accounting norm). Let's figure out what it is.

The norm for the provision of residential space under a social tenancy agreement is the minimum size of area per family member, based on which (respectively, multiplying it by the number of people to whom housing is provided) the size of the total area of ​​residential premises provided under a social tenancy agreement is determined. In other words, how much housing will you be given in meters.

The federal standard for the social norm of residential premises is set at 18 square meters. m of total area per citizen. In Moscow, the norm for providing living space is the same 18 “squares” per person. But, in accordance with the Law, the norm may be higher. Thus, when providing living space to a single person, the norm will most likely be exceeded, if only because 18-meter apartments are extremely rare. According to the law, the norm cannot be exceeded more than twice.

The size of the living space provided to the family is:

1. for a family consisting of two married people - a one-room apartment with an area of ​​36 to 44 square meters. m;
2. for a family consisting of two citizens who are not spouses - a two-room apartment with an area of ​​36 to 50 square meters. m;
3. for a family of three citizens, which includes spouses, a two-room apartment with an area of ​​54 to 62 square meters. m;
4. for a family of three citizens, which does not include spouses, a three-room apartment with an area of ​​62 to 74 square meters. m;
5. for a family of four or more citizens - a living space in which each resident will have 18 square meters. m area.

But the accounting norm is the minimum size of the total area of ​​the premises, on the basis of which the level of provision of housing for citizens living on these meters is determined. It is determined so that people whose living space is less than what is required by law can register as needy. That is, the norm is needed to know whether a citizen needs housing or not.

In Moscow, the accounting norm is 10 square meters. m of total area per person for individual apartments and 15 sq. m of total area per person for communal apartments, that is, apartments in which living quarters are provided to different families.

Who is entitled to what?

What you are entitled to depends on when you registered. If you are already recognized as in need of improved housing conditions, that is, you were registered before March 1, 2005, then your living conditions can be improved by:

1. provision of residential premises under a social tenancy agreement;
2. provision of residential premises under a rental agreement;
3. provision of residential premises under a free use agreement;
4. providing a free subsidy for the acquisition of ownership of residential premises or the construction of residential premises in order to acquire them as property;
5. acquisition of ownership, including with installment payment and the use of borrowed (credit) funds, residential premises owned by the city of Moscow;
6. provision or acquisition of residential premises for other legal reasons.

Before receiving housing from the state in Russia in 2019, you will need to confirm your need for it. Today there are a number of programs that allow you to get an apartment free of charge.

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However, not all categories of the population can qualify for this. If a citizen knows that he has such an opportunity, it is worth figuring out how to get money from the state for housing.

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It will be possible to take part in a program to improve housing conditions if a person does not have his own home, or the number of square meters of living space is less than the norm.

Additionally, you will need to confirm your low-income status. Persons who are able to buy real estate on their own will not be able to receive real estate free of charge.

Initial Concepts

Housing can be provided free of charge from the state housing stock. It is a collection of premises owned by the state.

Free real estate is transferred on the basis of a social rental agreement. This is a document of title that allows a citizen to use housing.

There is no need to deposit money for this. If a person plans to receive housing from the state, he must take into account the following features of the procedure:

1. Property ownership is not transferred. The provision of premises is carried out within the framework of social rent, in which the state continues to be the owner of the property.
2. Only citizens of the Russian Federation can receive property free of charge.
3. To qualify for participation in the state program, you must need housing, and also be included in the category of citizens who can receive a subsidy for the purchase of real estate or become participants in a social rental agreement.
4. To become the owner of real estate, you will need to prepare a package of documentation and then submit it for consideration by a special commission. If she makes a positive decision, the person will be put on a waiting list for housing.

Options for solving the housing problem

Today there are several options for assistance provided by the state. Depending on your citizen status and the specifics of the situation, you can count on receiving a subsidy or free housing.

In the first situation, the state will provide a lump sum payment. It can be used:

• as a down payment for purchasing real estate on credit;
• for the construction of a private house;
• to pay off an existing mortgage.

The term of social rent is not established. Registration of the agreement is not required. The resulting premises can subsequently be used in the privatization procedure.

Waiting in line for housing is a long process. There are too many people willing, and the resources of states are limited.

A citizen must be prepared for the fact that it will be possible to obtain real estate only a few years after submitting an application.

The right to housing for Russian citizens is guaranteed by Art. 40 of the Constitution. Our state, fulfilling its obligations, continues to provide free municipal housing on a first-come, first-served basis to those citizens who need it. However, many categories of citizens who previously had the right to receive housing have now been removed from the list.

The rest will have to be patient and have convincing documents that indisputably prove their rights. Residential premises of the state or municipal housing stock can be obtained by citizens who need residential premises and who have been recognized by local governments as low-income in the prescribed manner. It should be noted that when recognizing citizens as low-income, the income per family member and the value of property owned by family members and subject to taxation are taken into account.

At the same time, each region adopts its own criteria for financial insolvency. In addition to proven financial insolvency, potential applicants are subject to an additional number of very stringent requirements.

Thus, in Moscow, in order to register, you must have citizenship of the Russian Federation; reside at the place of residence legally for a total of at least 10 years; not to commit, in the five years preceding the submission of the application, actions that resulted in the deterioration of living conditions, as a result of which they may be recognized as in need of residential premises.

Who is eligible for free housing

The following categories of citizens have the right to free housing:

• people living in emergency housing (they receive housing out of turn);
• military personnel;
• liquidators of the consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant;
• low-income citizens and those in need of housing.

Residents of communal apartments can expand their living space faster. If housing suddenly becomes vacant in a communal apartment, then first of all it is provided to the tenants and (or) owners living in this apartment. That is, neighbors are offered to occupy the housing. If one of them is already recognized as low-income and is in line, then he will receive a room under a social rental agreement.

In the absence of such tenants, the vacated residential premises may be provided under a purchase and sale agreement. And only if none of the neighbors wants to buy this room, it is occupied in the general manner on the basis of a social tenancy agreement, that is, one by one.

What documents will need to be collected?

• application for housing registration written from all family members (adults);
• passports of the applicant and family members living together;
• birth certificates of minor children with photocopies;
• marriage (divorce) certificate with photocopies;
• income certificates of all family members with photocopies;
• TIN of the applicant and family members indicated in the application (with photocopies);
• certificates of property subject to taxation (with photocopies);
• certificate of apartment plan from the BTI;
• an extract from the house register and a copy of the personal account;
• documents confirming residence for at least 10 years in the territory of the locality (for cities at the federal level);
• originals and photocopies of documents on the right to receive benefits (if any).

It should be taken into account that during the registration process, government agencies may require you to provide additional documents and certificates, depending on the specific situation. The package of documents is submitted to the local housing authority, for which it is advisable to receive a receipt containing a list of all documents indicating the date of submission.

The application is reviewed within 30 days, after which an extract is issued indicating housing registration or refusal. The refusal may be challenged in court.

Who is provided with housing out of turn?

The Housing Code provides for three categories of citizens who are entitled to housing out of turn. Thus, among the poor, first of all, the following will receive social housing on the basis of a social tenancy agreement:

• citizens whose residential premises have been duly declared unfit for habitation and cannot be repaired or reconstructed (residents of dilapidated houses, victims of natural disasters and other emergencies);
• orphans, as well as children left without parental care (after finishing their stay in special educational institutions, foster families or family-type orphanages);
• citizens with severe forms of chronic diseases that pose a threat to the health of others.

What size of living space can I claim from the state?

According to clause 1 of Article 75 of the Law “On Housing Relations”, housing from the state can be provided in an amount of no less than 15 square meters and no more than 18 square meters of usable area per person, but not less than a one-room apartment or dorm room.

If there is a person in the family suffering from the diseases mentioned above, then he is provided with a separate room. Also, the area of ​​the apartment you receive may be larger if there is a pregnant woman in the family with a pregnancy of more than 22 weeks.

According to Article 76 of the Law “On Housing Relations”, the housing provided must be comfortable, located within the city and taking into account the necessary amenities for the disabled. According to Article 12 of the Rules for registering citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan in need of housing from the state housing stock or housing rented by the local executive body in a private housing stock, the Akimat annually updates the waiting lists for housing.

It is important to provide information about yourself annually to confirm that you need housing.

In what cases can they refuse to put them on the waiting list for housing?

You may be denied registration for housing if it is established that the citizen has become needy as a result of the deliberate deterioration of his or her living conditions over the past 5 years by:

• exchange of residential premises;
• alienation of a habitable dwelling that belonged to him by right of ownership, regardless of whether it was located in the same or another locality of the Republic of Kazakhstan, except in cases where the dwelling was acquired by a local executive body in accordance with Article 98 of the Law “On Housing Relations”;
• destruction or damage to the home through his fault;
• leaving a dwelling, while living in which he did not need housing from the state housing stock or housing rented by a local executive body from a private housing stock;
• placement of persons other than the spouse, minors and disabled children, as well as disabled parents.

In what cases can they be removed from the housing queue?

According to Article 73 of the Law “On Housing Relations”, the akimat can remove you from the queue for housing if:

• the grounds for providing housing have disappeared;
• you decided to move permanently to another locality or resigned from a state enterprise or government agency;
• the information provided about the need for housing when submitting documents is not true;
• you received a plot of land and completed the construction of your own home or the purchase of housing.

Orphans and children left without parental care, as well as single-parent families in need of housing and registered before receiving housing, cannot be removed from the queue. You must be notified of deregistration in writing within 10 days after the decision is made, indicating the grounds for deregistration.

It is important not to forget about the need to provide annually from April 1 to December 1 the same list of documents submitted when submitting documents with the exception of the application.