Luzhkov wants to shift the costs of overhaul of old buildings to the federal authorities

Luzhkov offers the federal center to pay for most of the overhaul of housing built in Moscow until 1989. The mayor does not want to pay for "the past that is imposed on us." Luzhkov said that the capital was ready to pay only a third of the necessary 256 billion rubles for the overhaul of housing built in the capital until 1989.

"Until 1989, 140 million square meters of housing were built in Moscow. With the old Soviet system of power, it was determined that the regulatory period of capital repair of housing is 30 years," Luzhkov said at a meeting of the Government of the Russian Federation on Friday in Moscow. According to him, "for this housing it is already necessary to talk about the need for overhaul."

“After 1989, we already - the new government in the city - built 70 million square meters of housing, and we say: let's agree with the Government of the Russian Federation - the subject should be responsible for these 70 million,” the mayor of Moscow noted.

According to him, “we plan money for major repairs, and for the past that is imposed on us, and we accepted (housing) from the Ministry of Railways, the Ministry of Defense, other departments, and all residents in payments paid the line“ for major repairs ”and the state collected this money, the state should now allocate money for major repairs. In Moscow, this is 256 billion rubles.” We are ready one third in total volume of the total volume Square, take on. And this must be done in all regions! ”The mayor believes.

In his opinion, "two -thirds need to be laid in the state budget." “There are no other opportunities to solve the problems of overhaul, except budget financing,” “Interfax quotes Luzhkov quoted.

In response, the head of the Ministry of Finance Kudrin noted that the actions of the federal government lead to an increase in local budget revenues. According to Kudrin, Moscow received additional revenues to its budget last year - unplanned, unheated to the Moscow budget, which Moscow did not count on - 250 billion rubles. "In total, all the subjects of Russia received additional income last year. 830-850 billion rubles received. This is due to a faster growth of the economy, with a more successful development of a number of industries, including as a result of the government," the Minister of Finance emphasized.