Resettlement of communal apartments in St. Petersburg: program, rules, documents, subsidies

The national project "Affordable and Comfortable Housing - for Russian Citizens" did not pass by St. Petersburg. The targeted program for the resettlement of communal apartments in St. Petersburg, approved by the law of St. Petersburg, is designed to improve the living conditions of citizens in communal apartments. In 2017, the city budget is ready to allocate more than three billion rubles for targeted assistance to needy citizens. The operator of this program is the City Housing Exchange.

State program participants

Eligible categories of citizens — owners or tenants of residential premises in a “communal apartment” who are registered under the program “Relocation of communal apartments in St. Petersburg” (if an application has been filed in the established form) may be entitled to improve housing conditions. In addition, legal entities can participate in the program. Organizations must conclude an agreement on participation in the resettlement of communal apartments in St. Petersburg.

What you can count on if you participate in the program

Individuals who need to improve their living conditions, when participating in the program, can count on:

• the provision of accommodation for social lease agreements;
• exchange and exchange of premises in such a way that one communal apartment will be occupied by members of the same family;
• receiving material payments for the construction or purchase of housing (priority is given to large families);
• purchase of housing in free "communal apartments" using a decreasing coefficient and installment payments.

The size of the subsidy for a family of three will be 1,344,124, 80 rubles.

Where to spend money when participating in the project "The resettlement of communal apartments in St. Petersburg"

Participants are allowed to spend the received funds on the acquisition of:

• a separate apartment of the secondary real estate market in a city or region;
• a separate apartment of the primary market, if the house is not less than 70% ready;
• rooms with neighbors, if after this transaction the apartment becomes separate;
• free rooms of the state housing stock, if as a result the housing becomes separate.

How to become a member of the state resettlement program

If the residents of the "communal" agreed to resettlement, you need to do the following:

1. From all residents of the communal apartment to obtain consent to participate in the program.
2. Submit an application to the administration at the location of the apartment. An application for inclusion of an apartment in the program list is submitted by each tenant separately.
3. The application must be accompanied by an identity document, information on the composition of the family, the reasons for using housing.
4. After reviewing the documents, the district administration will send a notice about the inclusion of the apartment in the program "Residential Housing Apartments in St. Petersburg" or refusal.

The next step is the processing of social benefits. Where to apply for a payment? According to the law on the resettlement of communal apartments in St. Petersburg, potential participants in the program have three options: City housing exchange, district exchange or multifunctional centers (now the MFC is called “My Documents”). Copies of the following papers must be attached to the application for participation in the program:

• passports or birth certificates;
• certificates of family composition;
• documents proving ownership or the right to lawfully use housing.

Documents are taken into account in a single database of needy apartments, where a list of those in need to provide certain material payments is formed. After agreeing on a list, Gorzhilmenob informs participants about the provision of social benefits. After signing the contract, the bank will open a registered blocked account for the program participant.

What to do if not all residents agree to resettle?

If it was not possible to agree with neighbors in a communal apartment, individual tenants may become participants in the program “Resettlement of communal apartments in St. Petersburg”, but the right to resettlement will still remain a priority in those apartments where all residents agreed to participate in the program.

So what to do if not all residents agreed to resettle? The algorithm is the same. You must apply to Gorzhilmenmen, Rayzhilmenmen or multifunctional center ("My Documents"). The following must be attached to the request:

• copy of internal passport;
• a copy of the certificate of family composition;
• document that confirms the ownership of housing.

If all the documents are in order, the applicant is entered into a single database of communal apartments. Next, Gorzhilchange will send documents to the Housing Committee, notify the decision of the Housing Committee and schedule a time for signing a social payment agreement. After that, you need to open a special account in the bank, where the funds will go.

How to distribute social payment (subsidy) for the resettlement of communal apartments in St. Petersburg

There are several options for how to distribute the payment received:

1. All tenants of the apartment sell their rooms to one buyer, add subsidy funds and buy new housing.
2. A resident of a communal apartment, using a subsidy, buys a room in an apartment (buys a room from neighbors), and the housing becomes separate.
3. A resident of a communal apartment can buy a room from the State Housing Fund if the apartment becomes separate as a result of the transaction.
4. Residents of the "communal" make an exchange or barter, but so that in the end only one family remains in the apartment.

It is important that at least 70% of the purchase of a new apartment or rooms should be made up of the applicant’s own funds and only 30% of the grant allocated under the resettlement program.

How to know when a communal apartment will be resettled

In 2017, the plan for the resettlement of communal apartments in St. Petersburg ( district addresses ) included:

1. Almost five hundred apartments of the Admiralteysky district.
2. More than two hundred apartments of the Central region.
3. Slightly less than a hundred apartments of the Vasileostrovsky district.
4. Almost one hundred and thirty apartments of the Petrograd district.

You can find out the exact address by the program of resettlement of communal apartments in St. Petersburg in 2017 by the free support number.

What to look for when preparing documents

If you have already become a member of the program or just preparing documents, you must take into account some important points. Firstly, the period of residence in St. Petersburg at the time of application must be at least ten years. There are other requirements for applicants. For example, the income of a family that needs to improve living conditions should not exceed two living wages, and the total value of the property of the family should not exceed the cost of one square meter of the average cost of housing multiplied by ten.

Secondly, there is a special system for calculating subsidies. Its formula consists of multiplying four components: eighteen squares per person, the number of participants in the program, the average cost of housing in the secondary market of St. Petersburg, reducing the coefficient (-0.3). For example, you can calculate the amount of the subsidy for a couple of spouses: 36 m * 2 people * 62,228 * 0.3. It will turn out 672 062.4 rubles. Such will be the payment in this particular case.

You need to purchase new housing within a year from the date of signing the contract for receiving social benefits. An exception (provided that a statement of impossibility to complete a transaction within the established time period is submitted in advance) - health problems, technical errors of the program that the participant was not warned about, and other good reasons.

Other housing programs in St. Petersburg

In addition to the resettlement of "communal apartments", other housing programs are being implemented in St. Petersburg. Assistance in resolving housing issues is provided to employees of the social budget sphere (teachers, doctors and nurses, welfare workers), youth and young families (especially families with children).

In addition, housing certificates are provided, and housing loan programs are being reorganized. In almost all programs, families with many children (families in which there are three or more children), young families, and civil servants have preemptive rights .