Moscow authorities: the renovation program may affect every fourth resident of the city

The program for the demolition of obsolete housing stock, which will also include comprehensive landscaping of the territory, may affect every fourth Muscovite, Deputy Mayor for Construction and Urban Development Policy Marat Khusnullin said on Vesti FM.

As Khusnullin emphasized, according to the voting results, 90% of residents of five-story buildings in Moscow supported this program. At the same time, according to him, the capital’s authorities did not persuade anyone, and residents decided the fate of their homes themselves.

It is already known that 5,144 houses were included in the renovation program. Marat Khusnullin called it the largest program of its kind not only in Moscow, but also in the world.

As the official website of the Moscow City Hall reported, residents of 4,543 houses took part in voting in the “Active Citizen” system and in the “My Documents” public service centers from May 14 to 15.

Residents of 4,079 houses voted to include their home in the draft program—that’s 90%. More than half of the buildings - 2,282 five-story buildings - received over 90% of votes in favor. Another over 25% of houses received between 80 and 90%.

Residents of 276 houses (6%) voted for leaving the program, more than a third of the apartments in them were against participation in the program. In 184 houses - that's 4% - opinions were divided. Residents from 40 to 60% of apartments voted in favor of participating in the program. These houses also cannot be included in the renovation project.

Both residents andArkhnadzor have repeatedly opposed the renovation. Greenpeace Russia also criticized this bill. According to experts, if this program is implemented, colossal damage will be caused to the green spaces of the capital. On June 17, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced that as part of the renovation program, parks will appear in place of vacant lots and industrial zones.

The renovation program affects dilapidated five-story buildings, 70% of whose residents are in favor. Russian Minister of Construction and Housing and Communal Services Mikhail Men noted that renovation has an important social component - to provide people with better living conditions. However, Open Russia found out that, for example, residents of the Ochakovo-Matveevsky district could be relocated to houses that would be built in an industrial area next to a mustard gas burial ground.

“Such things” wrote about a large-scale rally against renovation, which took place on May 14. According to the White Counter organization, more than 20 thousand people gathered at the protest.

TD journalist Dmitry Okrest personally went to see how supporters, opponents and victims of the capital’s perestroika live.

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