Affordable Housing - 2020 Program launched in regions
ASTANA. July 19. KAZINFORM Construction of housing within the Affordable Housing - 2020 Program will be started in 2013, Deputy Chairman of the Agency for Construction, Housing and Utilities of Kazakhstan Nikolay Tikhonyuk said in his interview for PM.kz site.
"Preparatory work is currently conducted within the Affordable Housing - 2020 Program in order to begin construction of housing in 2013. Thereat, some regions plan to build the first houses within the Program by the yearend," N.Tikhonyuk said.
According to the Deputy Chairman of the Agency, the preparatory work is expected to be complete in the regions this month.
"All of the regions are expected to complete preparatory work till July 20. Every region will present its program specifying how many land plots are to be allocated for individual housing construction, for construction of housing within the housing construction savings system, for housing built in cooperation with Kazakhstan Mortgage Company, "Samruk-KazynaЭб N.Tikhonyuk said.
He also noted that the akimats must present a regional housing construction program by October 20.
The Affordable Housing - 2020 Program is implemented by the Government on the instruction of the President. The Program has two directions of housing construction through housing construction savings system: construction of housing by the akimats for all categories of citizens and construction of leasehold housing with subsequent buying-out for young families.
About 3 mln sq m of housing is expected to be built within the first direction of the Program and 1.5 mln sq m of housing - under the second direction in 2012-2020.