More apartments for orphans

The Supreme Council deputies supported the changes to the republican budget of this year, aimed at optimizing the mechanism for providing housing to orphans in the second final reading in the course of the plenary session. State administrations of cities and districts will be able to independently decide how many apartments for orphans they can buy within the approved limits. The author of the legislative initiative is the deputy of the Supreme Council Sergey Cheban. The reason for making changes was the case in Kamenka.

A state program has been operating in Pridnestrovie aimed at providing housing for orphans since 2018. It clearly states how much budgetary funds are allocated for the purchase of housing and how many residential premises are planned to be purchased in each city and district annually and during the entire period of the state program. The local authorities, who are looking for and buying housing for orphans, did not have the opportunity to make changes to the plans under current law. Now the mechanism will be changed.

Amendments were proposed during the preparation of the law-in-draft for the second reading. They assumed that state administrations could, with the written consent of the orphan, acquire an apartment with an area smaller than that required by the Housing Code. Variations: by 1 square meter or by 15%.

Chairman of the Committee on Economic Policy Viktor Guzun noted that 15% of the norm under the Housing Code is almost 5 square meters.

Oleg Vasilaty supported the initiative of the Committee for Social Policy. According to the parliamentarian, the changes will help more orphans get their own housing.

The Chairman of the Supreme Council also spoke in favor of making changes.

The main text of the law-in-draft was adopted in the second final reading as a result. The state administration of Kamenka will be able to purchase 2 apartments this year instead of one. The amendments concerning a possible reduction in the area of ​​housing purchased under the state program did not gain enough votes and were rejected. Parliamentarians came to the conclusion that this issue should be considered in more detail and new legislations should be developed. It is proposed to involve the executive authorities in the discussion.