The Housing Code Norms Clarification

Deputies of the Committee on Regional Policy, Local Government and Housing and Public Utilities considered the law-in-draft of their colleagues from the Education Committee at their meeting. Deputies of the Supreme Council Igor Buga and Pavel Shinkaryuk proposed to clarify Article 71 of the Housing Code of the PMR, which prescribes the norm for providing residential space under a social tenancy agreement. The reason for developing the draft law was the problems that arose during the implementation of the state program for the acquisition of housing for orphans. The co-author of the law-in-draft Igor Buga explained that according to the Housing Code, the standard for providing residential premises under a social tenancy agreement is no less than 18 square meters of total housing area per member of a family of three or more people, 42 square meters for a family of two, and 33 square meters for a single citizen. However, the numbers "42" and "33" are interpreted by executive bodies in such a way that it is impossible to provide housing larger than the indicated square footage. Therefore, Supreme Council deputies Igor Buga and Pavel Shinkaryuk proposed to clarify the standard by adding the wording "no less than".

According to the decision of the relevant committee, the bill on amending the Housing Code will be recommended for adoption in two readings at once at one of the plenary sessions of the Supreme Council. If the law-in-draft is adopted, paragraph 2 of Article 71 of the Housing Code of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic will establish that the standard for providing residential premises under a social tenancy agreement is:

a) no less than 18 square meters of total housing area per member of a family of three or more people;

b) no less than 42 square meters for a family of two;

c) no less than 33 square meters for a single citizen.