Smolensk region retains positive dynamics in housing construction

According to the results of the first quarter of 2017, Smolensk region retains positive dynamics in the sphere of housing construction. In January-March, more than 1.7 thousand new apartments with a total area of ​​over 121 thousand square meters were built, which is 100.7% to the indicators of the corresponding period of the previous year.

To solve the problem of increasing the volume of housing, there is a regional program "Development of housing construction in Smolensk region for 2015-2020", which determines the targets indicators of residential housing to be commissioned and the address list of land plots to be provided with engineering, social and road infrastructure.

It should be noted that the implementation of housing construction projects within the framework of the regional program is under the special control of Governor Alexey Ostrovskiy, and all problematic issues are promptly considered at the working meetings in the Administration of the region.

In recent years, housing construction in Smolensk region has reached record levels. According to the Federal State Statistics Service, the volume of housing construction in 2015-2016 amounted to over 513 thousand square meters and over 630 thousand square meters respectively. At the end of 2016, Smolensk region was the first in the Central Federal District and the fourth in the Russian Federation to have increased the pace of housing construction.