President handed over keys to new apartments on threshold of Nauryz holiday

ASTANA. March 15. KAZINFORM /Gulnara Zhandagulova/ President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has handed over the keys to new apartments from the state housing fund to people on the affordable housing waiting list of Astana housing department on the threshold of Nauryz holiday.

The ceremony was held in Astana on Tuesday.

"I am here to congratulate you all on this wonderful event in your life - acquisition of housing in the capital city of our country. One of the main priorities of my policy is to provide every Kazakhstani family with their own apartment or house. The Government creates all necessary conditions for it," the President said.

The owners of new apartments expressed gratitude to the President for the rendered state support in housing acquisition.

Totally 400 families belonging to socially protected categories of citizens have received keys to new apartments.

The press services of the Astana Akimat informed that by the end of March 2011 the Akimat would hand over 424 apartments to be distributed among public servants.