New state program “Nurly Zher” until 2025 to be adopted in 2019
At the Government session chaired by the Prime Minister Askar Mamin, the progress of the implementation of the Nurly Zher program was reviewed.
Minister of Industry and Infrastructure Development Roman Sklyar noted that over 6 months of 2019, investments in housing construction amounted to 605.7 billion tenge, which is 15.5% higher than the 2018 level. At 1 tenge of public funds, 7.4 tenge of private investment is attracted.
“Until the end of this year, we are planning to build 118 thousand houses, of which 48,925 have already been commissioned in the first half of the year. For timely commissioning of housing, 81.7 billion tenge is provided for the supply of relevant engineering communications to construction sites,” Sklyar said.
According to the results of the half year, in compliance with the financing plan, the regions received 36.8 billion tenge and mastered 35.8 billion tenge or 96.1%.
“For the construction and purchase of rental housing without redemption the local executive bodies provided 32.8 billion tenge to those in the waiting list. Of these, 14.9 billion tenge was transferred to the regions, 14.8 billion tenge, or 99%, was mastered. This year it is planned to put into operation 6 thousand apartments for waiting. As of July 1, 924 apartments have already been commissioned,” the minister of industry and infrastructure development informed.
For the construction and purchase of rental housing for large families, 50 billion tenge has been provided, of which 9.7 billion tenge was transferred to the regions according to the financing plan, 9.6 billion tenge or 99.6% was spent. From all sources it is planned to issue 7,482 apartments. Since May, housing has been provided to 1,619 large families.
Roman Sklyar also said that in order to ensure the labor mobility of working youth in the cities of Nur-Sultan, Almaty and Shymkent, it is planned to build 1 thousand rental apartments per year in 2019-2021.
“This will allow us to give working youth 3,000 rental apartments in 2019, 2020 and 2021,” the minister specified.
As part of concessional lending to low-income families, 50 billion tenge was allocated at 2% per annum to the Housing Construction Savings Bank. Lending limits between regions are determined in proportion to the number of waiting lists.
July 15, the bank began accepting applications from the waiting list according to a preliminary assessment of solvency. 920 applications were received for consideration in the amount of 9.9 billion tenge. Ninety-one applications for 1 billion tenge were approved for crediting.
As part of the implementation of Elbasy’s instructions, work is underway to develop the Nurly Zher program with the inclusion of issues of heat, water supply and drainage, modernization of the public sector and repair of houses. Today, mechanisms for financing existing and new events are being worked out. By the end of the year it is planned to approve the Nurly Zher program in a new edition.
In addition, Chairman of Baiterek Holding Aidar Arifkhanov, Akim of Mangistau Region Serikbai Trumov, deputy akims of Turkistan region Kosman Aitmukhametov, Almaty region — Serikzhan Beskempirov reported on the progress of the implementation of the Nurly Zher State Program.
