Thanks Karl. Like you I read those reports and actually said aloud: "That's a government that actually cares for and works for its people." It just shows it can be done if the politicians aren't compromised or owned by Big Whatever lobby.
2023 - 110 million square meters (sqm) total of housing, out of this 59 million sqm in individual houses = 431,000 houses
2024 so far - 314.000 houses ~ 43 million sqm (not cubic meters, these are used more for public buildings and in the context of heating requirements) → the individual houses are growing in size. An average of 137 sqm isn't humble. For the nonmetric folk, this is about 1500 sqft.
On the other hand, one should subtract a number of houses and flats being destroyed in the Kursk region and, to a lesser extent, elsewhere
Sure, to arrive at a net number. We'd also need to subtract all the dilapidated housing all this new housing's replacing to arrive at a genuine net figure. The main thing is the construction's ongoing and the national projects that started driving it continue to be renewed. Plus, special mortgage arrangements are made that are drastically lower than the official rate, and now the addition of the new escrow law makes things even easier and more efficient.
My main point is those whose houses are now being destroyed by combat will not suffer in the long run as they'll get new housing to replace what they lost without having to pay for it out of their own pocket as those in the West would. Having the state as the insurer has very positive aspects.
Thanks Karl. Like you I read those reports and actually said aloud: "That's a government that actually cares for and works for its people." It just shows it can be done if the politicians aren't compromised or owned by Big Whatever lobby.
God Bless Russia!
2023 - 110 million square meters (sqm) total of housing, out of this 59 million sqm in individual houses = 431,000 houses
2024 so far - 314.000 houses ~ 43 million sqm (not cubic meters, these are used more for public buildings and in the context of heating requirements) → the individual houses are growing in size. An average of 137 sqm isn't humble. For the nonmetric folk, this is about 1500 sqft.
On the other hand, one should subtract a number of houses and flats being destroyed in the Kursk region and, to a lesser extent, elsewhere
Sure, to arrive at a net number. We'd also need to subtract all the dilapidated housing all this new housing's replacing to arrive at a genuine net figure. The main thing is the construction's ongoing and the national projects that started driving it continue to be renewed. Plus, special mortgage arrangements are made that are drastically lower than the official rate, and now the addition of the new escrow law makes things even easier and more efficient.
My main point is those whose houses are now being destroyed by combat will not suffer in the long run as they'll get new housing to replace what they lost without having to pay for it out of their own pocket as those in the West would. Having the state as the insurer has very positive aspects.