AKIPRESS.COM - The government of Kazakhstan will allocate more than 8 thousand apartments to large families, the press service of the Prime Minister reported.

The First Deputy Minister of Industry and Infrastructure Development of Kazakhstan Kairbek Uskenbayev and Chairman of the Board of Housing Construction Savings Bank Lyazzat Ibragimova on September 20 told about the ongoing work to increase housing affordability for large families.

Within the framework of the Nurly Zher state program, according to the funds provided in the state and local budgets for the corresponding financial year, rental housing without the right to purchase is provided to:

1) low-income large families;

2) socially vulnerable segments of the population;

3) working youth.

In 2019, 32.8 billion tenge was allocated from the republican budget for the construction (acquisition) of 6002 rental homes without redemption for the waiting list of local administrations. At least 4 thousand apartments will be commissioned annually.

For large families, until 2025, it is planned to build 40 thousand rental dwellings or 6 thousand apartments annually. For these purposes, 350 billion tenge is provided for 7 years (or 50 billion tenge each year).

“To date, we have already leased 2,813 apartments and are ahead of schedule. We plan not to rent about 6 thousand, but about 8 thousand apartments this year as part of providing mothers with many children,” Uskenbayev said.

In addition, Uskenbayev commented on the issue of allocating a separate queue for large families to receive housing.

In May 2019, amendments were made to the law, according to which large families were equated with the primary recipients of preferential housing. A separate line was allocated for the speedy implementation of this initiative in the Nurly Zher program.