Positive dynamics in housing commissioning maintains in Russia for 8 months

Positive dynamics of housing commissioning in the Russian Federation has been maintained for eight months since the beginning of 2021. This was announced on Friday by the Minister of Construction and Housing of the Russian Federation Irek Fayzullin during the third Municipal Government Leaders Days forum.

"Positive dynamics in Russia in housing commissioning continues. There is an increase of almost 30% in eight months, the ninth month also shows these changes," stated the minister at the plenary session.

Earlier, Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin reported that the government is working hard to ensure that the positive dynamics of housing construction in the country remains, and the final figure for 2021 was 85.5 million square meters.

The volume of housing commissioning in Russia increased by 29.7 % in January–June 2021 and reached 36.5 mln sq. m. In the second quarter of 2021, 18.7 mln sq. m were commissioned, which is 47.1 % higher than the same period in 2020, and in June 2021 – 7.7 mln sq. m, which is 34.9 % more than in June 2020.

According to the updated data of Rosstat, the final indicator of housing commissioning in Russia in 2020 amounted to 82.2 mln sq. m. The achieved result is higher than the volume of residential real estate commissioning for the year 2019 by 143 thou. sq. m.

The Municipal Government Leaders Days forum is held for the third time this year. The forum is a discussion platform for negotiating socially significant problems and issues of national projects implementation, as well as for developing proposals for the development of municipalities.