1.1 mln sq m of housing to be commissioned in Almaty 2009 ? Mayor

ALMATY. February 6. KAZINFORM. /Daniyar Sikhimbayev/ ?Within the crisis we make every effort to ease its influence upon interest holders of the shared construction. We raised this problem on the governmental level yet in 2008?, Mayor of Almaty Akhmetzhan Yessimov has said at a meeting with the residents today.

He said that 3 105 interest holders got apartments in Almaty last year. A number of interest holders is 12 460 people for today. Construction of 11 objects will be continued this year through the ?Samruk-Kazyna? Fund?s financing. 3 714 interest holders finish building of 25 objects at their expense. 3 objects counting 608 interest holders are financed through the scheme ?Government ? akimat ? real estate developer?. ?This year we continue realization of the three-year state program of housing construction. About 4 thousand apartments are planned to be built. Young families having children, public sector workers will get an opportunity to take mortgage loans at 4% per annum. Today?s demand in housing exceeds parameters and opportunities of the state program threefold. The alternative is rental housing. About 25 thousand square meters of rental housing will be constructed in 2009?, the Mayor informed. ?In whole 1.1 million square meters of housing is planned to be commissioned in 2009 that is by 10% more than in 2008?, Mr. Yessimov noted.