Rental housing to cost at least KZT 56 thousand per month in Kazakhstan

The First Deputy Prime Minister informed that it was planned to build and purchase from developers 29 thousand apartments within "Nurly Zhol" Program. About 60% of the rental housing will be commissioned in Astana, Almaty, Shymkent and Aktobe, and 40% of the housing is planned to be commissioned in regional centers and developed villages.

He also emphasized that small apartments were a priority of the program. Thus, the floor area of the one-room flat will be about 33 sq. m., 45 sq meters for a two-room flat and 62 sq meters for a three-room flat.

"The average monthly payment for a rental apartment with the floor area of 50 sq meters with the future buyout will be around 56 thousand tenge, and not more than 28 thousand tenge for rental housing without an opportunity to buy it out later," he specified.

He also informed that large families, families with children with disabilities, repatriated Kazakhs, civil servants and representatives of budget organizations have preferential rights in distribution of apartments. Moreover, 50% of the housing will be distributed among young families.

According to B. Sagintayev, currently, more than 300 thousand people are on the waiting lists for receiving their housing from the housing fund. Over 130 thousand of them are people from the vulnerable layers of population, 24 thousand people are civil servants and representatives of the budget organizations and 44 thousand are orphans. The waiting lists are still growing.