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Wardroom campaign
Thousands of officers of the Baltic Fleet are promised to build separate housing in 2006
In the near future, the westernmost Russian region will receive 1.5 billion rubles. for the construction of housing for military personnel. The corresponding decision was made at a recent meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in which Kaliningrad Governor Georgy Boos also took part. Let us remind you that this region is among the priority subjects of the Russian Federation along with Moscow, St. Petersburg, the Moscow and Leningrad regions. For the next two years, 30 billion rubles are allocated to five regions. It is planned to use one and a half “Kremlin” billion to solve the housing problem of one and a half thousand officers of the Baltic Fleet.The Kaliningrad region is one of the most militarized Russian regions. This is how it happened historically - since the region itself is a “trophy of war”, there were always enough people in uniform near the Baltic Sea. The news that someone had finally started solving their housing problem certainly pleased the military. The Baltic Fleet believes that during 2006 it will be possible to provide housing for not one and a half thousand, but about three thousand officers. Those who have served for at least ten years will be able to apply for an apartment.
According to the head of the naval press service, Anatoly Lobsky, the issue of state housing certificates (GZHS) is being studied separately. During the entire period of validity of these certificates in the region, about a thousand officers who were leaving the reserve received housing. At first, they took the certificates reluctantly - the military did not know how to “use” them. However, now they are already queuing up for GZhS - the Baltic Fleet was allocated no more than 250 certificates annually, which was not enough for everyone who wanted it. And now, according to Anatoly Lobsky, this figure can be increased approximately threefold: “At the same time, the cost of one square meter has increased from 11 thousand rubles. up to 16. And if so, we predict a serious surge in housing “activity” on the part of officers. Baltic Fleet is counting on about a thousand apartments under certificates, another similar number as part of budget construction, and about 500-800 apartments as part of investment projects - with the involvement of private construction companies.” At the same time, Mr. Lobsky emphasized that the apartments will not be rented turnkey - the officers will have to make cosmetic repairs at their own expense. But these are, in principle, trifles compared to the impressive prices of the apartments themselves.
Real estate prices in the region are rising, adjusting literally every six months - demand significantly exceeds supply. Will it turn out that due to the new batch of certificates prices will increase even more? According to Elena Bronina, deputy director of the Clipper Real Estate company, this is hardly something to be afraid of: “The housing market is certainly dependent on outside influences, but not that much. A one-room apartment in a secondary building now costs about 30 thousand conventional units. I don’t think we should expect a noticeable jump in prices.” According to her, regional real estate companies have already learned to work with certificates, and working with an additional batch of civil housing construction projects will not present any particular difficulties. And since the mechanism has long been debugged and works, in principle, without failures, there is hardly any need for officers to fear that they will be deceived.
The regional government also promises to support military personnel in resolving their housing issue. According to Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Shalimov, about forty land plots have been allocated for housing construction. “It is planned that on March 9, auctions will be held for all sites and construction companies will be able to begin work, having determined for themselves how many certificates they can accept. I note that the sites are different - both in Kaliningrad and in the region. There are even large ones that can easily accommodate not one or two high-rise buildings, but entire residential neighborhoods,” explained the Deputy Prime Minister. He emphasized that the regional government understands: additional money to resolve the officer housing issue must be used as efficiently as possible and in the shortest possible time.
And the other day, Governor Georgy Boos strengthened the statement of his subordinate. “I believe that if in the end the required number of apartments is not built, then the governor should resign in this case. But I can’t even imagine that we won’t build it or will allow the money to be stolen. I will personally monitor how things are going,” Mr. Boos promised.