March 12, in Moscow Russian Minister of Construction Mikhail Men and Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov discussed provision of WWII veterans with housing, realization of regional programmes of major repair of multi-apartment houses, relocation of citizens from dilapidated houses, and participation in the programme “Housing for Russian families”.

Minnikhanov reported that in 2008-2014 major repair works were carried out in 8,168 multi-apartment houses, and living conditions of 1.7 million people were improved. 33.1 thousand people moved in new flats. Major repair of 999 buildings under the programme is planned to be realized by September 2015.

It was noted that Tatarstan is one of 10 Russian regions leading in the volume of new housing construction and it was one of the first regions to realize the programme “Housing for Russian families”.

During the meeting the minister also focused on proving housing for veterans.