Who is entitled to rental housing and whether it can be bought out, the expert explains

Rental housing allows you to solve the housing issue without buying apartments or accessing the commercial market. Who can apply for such an apartment, how to get it, what documents will be needed and in what cases housing is allowed to be issued in the property, said Tatyana Fomicheva, consultant of the Department of Legal Work and Personnel of the Ministry of Housing and Communal Services.

Tatiana Fomicheva, consultant of the Department of Legal Work and Personnel of the Ministry of Housing and Communal Services – In both cases, we are talking about the state housing stock. The main differences relate to payment, contract term and categories of recipients. For social housing, the employer pays only utility fees. When living in a rental apartment, a fee for the use of residential premises is added to these costs.

Rental housing contract, as a rule, is concluded for a period of up to five years with the possibility of extending an unlimited number of times, subject to the obligation of the employer under the contract of employment (timely payment for services, etc.) or for the period of employment. The contract of employment of residential premises for social use is usually indefinite.

Social housing is intended primarily for vulnerable categories of citizens: orphans, veterans, people with serious diseases, affected by emergencies. Rental apartments are primarily provided to those whose need for housing is related to the place of work or service.

The rules for transferring property also differ. Residential premises of social use are not transferred to the ownership of citizens, and for rental apartments, the legislation provides for individual exceptions under which the employer can become their owner. The country has about 165 thousand rental residential premises with a total area of more than 9 million square meters Who has the right to rental housing and how is the queue formed? As a matter of priority, rental housing is obtained by citizens whose right is related to the nature of labor or service relations. These are young workers and specialists, military personnel, judges, prosecutors, civil servants, scientists. A separate category - representatives of the most popular professions. Their lists are annually approved by local executive committees in coordination with the bodies on labor, employment and social protection and other interested structures at the regional level.

In addition, rental housing is provided in a generally established manner to certain categories of citizens registered in need of improved housing conditions. If the apartment is provided in connection with the nature of employment or service relations, the right to be on such records is retained. If the apartment is provided to a citizen who needs to improve living conditions, after receiving it, it is removed from the register.

A separate standing queue for the receipt of such apartments is not formed. At the same time, a decree of the Head of State is being developed, providing for the maintenance of appropriate accounting. After the adoption of the changes, citizens will be able to apply for residential premises, and on their basis a list of applicants will be formed. Where to go and what documents are needed? Rental housing is provided on the declarative principle. Information about the available apartments is published on the official websites of local executive committees, after which an application must be submitted within the time period established by law. The place of circulation depends on who is the owner of the housing stock. If the apartment belongs to the communal fund, the application is submitted to the “one window” service of the local executive and administrative body at the place of residence. If the organization has its own fund of rental housing, it is necessary to apply at the place of work or service.

From the documents will need a statement and passport or other identity document. If a citizen has the right to receive an apartment of a communal housing stock, the local executive committee will also need supporting papers, for example, the application of the organization, the employment contract of a young specialist, the certificate of a civil servant.

If additional information is needed to consider the application, in particular, data on the presence or absence of housing in the property, information on marriage, the local executive and administrative body has the right to request them independently. If desired, the applicant submits these documents to the “one window” service in person. Is it possible to register and buy rental housing? Registration at the place of residence in a rental apartment is permissible in the usual manner. But its transfer to the property is possible only in some cases. For example, military personnel who are registered in need of improvement of living conditions at the place of duty, after serving 20 calendar years, the apartment is transferred to the property on a reimbursable basis - at an estimated cost, but not higher than the market. With 25 calendar years of service, housing can be obtained free of charge.

Employees of demanded professions have the right to buy rent meters in settlements with a population of up to 20 thousand people (except for the Minsk district). For this, the established conditions must be met.

In addition, single-apartment residential houses of the state housing stock and apartments in blocked houses can be transferred to the property if they are recognized as not meeting the sanitary and technical requirements established for living. This is the right of local executive committees. Separate rules apply to the south-eastern region of the Mogilev region: there, employers or adult members of their families working in organizations of the region also have the opportunity to purchase occupied living space in compliance with the established requirements.

Some categories of citizens can transfer a rental apartment to a residential premises for social use. Moreover, if rental housing requires repair, local executive committees have the right not to charge for its use, provided that the tenant agrees to perform this repair at his own expense.

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Monthly payment for a rental apartment is calculated according to a certain formula. The total area of the apartment is multiplied by 0.2 base value and the coefficient of the economic planning zone (in each region they are different and depend on the degree of improvement and location of the apartment).

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