Denis Pasler introduced a law to help victims in the construction of houses

The Governor of the Sverdlovsk region Denis Pasler submitted to the Legislative Assembly of the region a bill designed to protect citizens who suffered from unscrupulous contractors during the construction of individual residential buildings. This is reported by the Information Policy Department.

The innovations involve amendments to the law “On the peculiarities of regulation of land relations in the Sverdlovsk region”. Socially vulnerable categories of residents will fall under the support mechanism: members of large families, disabled people, old-age pensioners, SVO participants and their relatives. We are talking about those Urals who signed construction contracts before March 1, 2025, but did not receive finished housing.

The essence of the proposed measure is to provide investors with land for rent without bidding. As part of the ongoing projects, they must provide housing for the affected citizens. Possible options for assistance are being worked out: it can be the provision of new housing built by investors, or the completion of the construction of already started houses. The mechanism for implementing the measure is still under development.

Work on the support of victims has been carried out since 2025 on behalf of the Governor. The Ministry of Construction of the region monitors problem objects and, together with banks, seeks individual solutions for family loan obligations. In addition, victims are provided with legal assistance, and criminal proceedings have been initiated against unscrupulous contractors.

Earlier, MK-Ural wrote that a criminal case was sent to the prosecutor's office on charges of five alleged participants of the criminal group in committing crimes under Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (Fraud). The case was initiated after the appeal of a resident of Yekaterinburg, to whom the construction company had to build a property with decoration in Kurganovo. But the company curtailed the work and left the customer without money and housing.