How to become a participant in the “Resettlement of Communal Apartments” program
The operator of the program “Resettlement of communal apartments” is the St. Petersburg State Budgetary Institution “Gorzhilobmen”.
You can become a participant if you own a room in a communal apartment or rent such housing from the state under a social tenancy agreement, regardless of whether you are on the city waiting list or not. It is not necessary for neighbors to agree to move in to participate in the program. But first, the state will provide assistance to the inhabitants of those communal apartments where everyone agrees to settle.
Selecting the type of assistance under the program
The program provides for four types of assistance: budget subsidies, purchase of rooms in the city housing stock, exchanges, resettlement of communal apartments with the involvement of an investor.
Only those on the city waiting list can receive subsidies. Using the money provided by the state, adding your own funds, you must purchase an apartment within a year on the primary or secondary market of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region.
Those on the waiting list can be the first to apply for the purchase of vacant rooms from the state in your communal apartment, and they will receive good discounts on them. The rest will have to purchase rooms at market value.
The third type of assistance is exchanges, in which Gorzhilobmen has specialized since Soviet times.
Attracting an investor is possible only with the consent of all residents to resettle. If all the rooms are privately owned, the residents can negotiate with the investor themselves and notify officials who will monitor how the parties fulfill their obligations.
If some of the rooms in your communal apartment are rented from the state, then the apartment will go to the city competition to attract investors, which is organized by Smolny officials.
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What documents will be required
The package of required documents depends on the type of government assistance you choose.
In any case, you will need a copy of your passport, marriage certificate, birth certificate of children, documents on the right to own and use your home. Forms 7, 9 and documents confirming your status on the city waiting list (if you have one), the operator will request independently.
To receive social benefits, you must write an application to the Housing Committee for a subsidy.
If you involve an investor in the resettlement of a communal apartment, then you and your neighbors will have to provide written consent to the resettlement and putting your rooms up for sale.
To purchase rooms in the city housing stock and exchange premises, you must additionally send an application to the City Housing Exchange.
Questions and answers
Questions and answers:
Issues related to the implementation of budget funds to improve the living conditions of citizens (subsidies and social payments for the purchase or construction of residential premises)
1. I received a certificate of subsidies for social payments for the construction or purchase of residential premises, but due to anti-epidemiological measures in St. Petersburg, I do not have time to purchase housing during the validity period of the certificate and submit documents for state registration of rights to Rosreestr for St. Petersburg . Can the validity of the certificate be extended and how?
The Government of St. Petersburg adopted resolution No. 121 dated March 13, 2020, according to which social support measures must be extended without citizens providing applications and supporting documents.
The Housing Committee issued an order dated 04/07/2020 No. 339-r, according to which the validity period of all certificates for the provision of social payments, which expires from 04/01/2020 to 09/30/2020, will be extended without application by issuing orders of the Housing Committee for each recipient of social payments for upon expiration of the 12-month validity period of the certificates.
This procedure has been established for the targeted housing programs of St. Petersburg “Youth - affordable housing”, “Development of long-term housing lending”, “Resettlement of communal apartments in St. Petersburg”, implementation of free subsidies for the acquisition or construction of residential premises, social payments for the acquisition or construction residential premises and the procedure for providing one-time cash payments for the acquisition or construction of residential premises in accordance with Decree of the Government of St. Petersburg dated March 28, 2006 N 312, as well as social payments for the acquisition or construction of residential premises to citizens with three or more minor children in accordance with Government Decree St. Petersburg dated April 24, 2018 N 328.
Thus, if the term of your certificate expires in the period indicated above, you do not need to write an application for its renewal, the period will be increased automatically. You will be notified of the renewal via SMS messages.
2. I have received a certificate of provision of social benefits subsidies for the construction or purchase of residential premises and I plan to enter into a transaction for the purchase of housing. I need to agree with the Housing Committee on the parameters of the purchased residential premises. What are my actions?
Currently, the city is taking measures to counter the spread of the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19), and therefore personal reception of citizens is temporarily suspended.
To ensure uninterrupted operation in terms of accepting documents to coordinate the parameters of the purchased residential premises, the Housing Committee has implemented a method of contactless transfer of documents from citizens.
In accordance with the order of the Housing Committee dated 04/07/2020 No. 339-r, in the period from 04/08/2020 to 04/30/2020, in order to submit documents for approval, you need to place the corresponding set of documents in special boxes installed at the entrance to the program operator’s building at the address:
- JSC "SPb Central House of Art" - Grivtsova lane, 20 lit. B, (Documents are accepted: Monday from 10.00 to 15.00, Wednesday from 15.00 to 20.00, Friday from 10.00 to 15.00);
- St. Petersburg State Budgetary Institution "Gorzhilobmen" - st. Bronnitskaya, 32.
You can check a comprehensive list of documents required to agree on the parameters of the purchased residential premises in the program operator’s consultation center by phone number or on the operator’s websites:
— JSC “SPb Central House of Housing” — https://gorcenter.spb.ru/karantin/3
tel., +7 (812) 331-57-37; targeted housing program of St. Petersburg “Youth - affordable housing”,
— St. Petersburg State Budgetary Institution “Gorzhilobmen” — https://obmencity.ru/
tel..
3. I entered into an agreement to purchase residential premises. It is necessary that funds from social benefit subsidies for the construction or purchase of residential premises be transferred to the seller’s account. What are my actions?
The process of transferring funds from social payments/subsidies is entrusted to the St. Petersburg State Budgetary Institution “Gorzhilobmen” ( https://obmencity.ru/ ). It is necessary to contact the St. Petersburg State Budgetary Institution “Gorzhilobmen” to transfer funds to the seller no earlier than the process of approving the transaction through the operator of the target program, as well as the process of state registration of the right to residential premises in Rosreestr on the basis of the agreed transaction.
The Housing Committee issued an order dated 04/07/2020 No. 339-r, according to which, during the period from 04/08/2020 to 04/30/2020, St. Petersburg State Budgetary Institution “Gorzhilobmen” accepts documents from recipients of social payments by providing them by recipients of social payments through a box for accepting these documents, located at the entrance to the building of the St. Petersburg State Budgetary Institution “Gorzhilobmen” (St. Petersburg, Bronnitskaya St., 32, telephone (812) 576-00-00).
Questions related to payment for housing and utilities
1. The family’s income has decreased, it has become difficult for us to pay for housing and communal services, is it possible to get some help for these purposes and what should we do?
Subsidies are provided to citizens to pay for living quarters and utilities if their expenses for paying for living quarters and utilities exceed the maximum allowable share of citizens' expenses for paying for living quarters and utilities in the total family income in St. Petersburg - 14%.
The grounds and procedure for providing subsidies for the payment of living quarters are established by Article 159 of the Housing Code of the Russian Federation, Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 14, 2005 N 761 “On the provision of subsidies for the payment of living quarters and utilities.”
To determine your right to receive a subsidy to pay for housing and utilities, you can contact the St. Petersburg State Institution “City Center for Housing Subsidies” ( https://gcjs.gk.gov.spb.ru/ ) through the Portal “State and municipal services (functions ) in St. Petersburg" (gu.spb.ru), as well as by sending a corresponding application with the necessary information - by Russian Post to the address: 191123, St. Petersburg, st. Tchaikovsky, 46-48.
Consultation on the information required to provide in order to receive a subsidy for the cost of paying for housing and utilities can be obtained by calling a multi-channel helpline.
Specialists of the City Center for Housing Subsidies will compare the average monthly family income for the last 6 months with the costs of paying for housing and utilities and the maximum allowable share of expenses for these purposes in the total family income.
2. I was assigned a subsidy to pay for housing before 04/01/2020, and I am still receiving it. But the period for which the subsidy was assigned expires before September 30, 2020, do I need to apply for a new assignment and how to apply for a new subsidy?
Taking into account the changes that were made on 04/02/2020 to the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of 12/14/2005 N 761 “On the provision of subsidies for the payment of housing and utilities” to citizens for whom the period for providing subsidies for housing and utilities expires in the period from 31.03 .2020 to 09/30/2020, St. Petersburg State Institution “City Center for Housing Subsidies” will provide subsidies in the same amount for the next 6 months without an application. You will be notified of the provision of a subsidy for a new term by postal notification using Russian Post.
3. If in the period before September 30, 2020, when I will be provided with a subsidy to pay for residential utilities without an application, my financial situation worsens - will the amount of the subsidy be increased?
If the circumstances specified by you occur, then you have the right to submit to the City Center for Housing Subsidies a certificate of income for 6 months, during which the subsidy could have been provided in a larger amount. Then the funds underpaid for the period from April 1, 2021 to October 1, 2020 will be transferred to you additionally.
4. Now there are bans in the city, and many are sitting at home, observing the self-isolation regime. How to pay for housing and communal services without leaving the apartment? I used to go and pay for housing and communal services at the bank.
It is possible to pay the bill for residential premises and utilities, the printing of which is carried out by the State Unitary Enterprise "VTsKP") without leaving your home, if you have a bank card.
To do this, you need to go to the website of the State Unitary Enterprise “VTsKP” https://www.kvartplata.info/home/ and follow the detailed simple instructions. In addition to payment, on the website you will be able to provide information about utility meter readings.
We are grateful to you in advance for your responsible citizenship - despite difficult circumstances, you are ready to fulfill your duties in changed conditions, and you understand that the house is maintained at the expense of the owners. The responsible attitude of everyone will allow us to carry out all the necessary work to maintain the common property in the house, as well as perform additional work to reduce the risks of the spread of the new coronavirus infection (2019-nCoV) using additionally purchased disinfectants.
5. Due to the changed financial situation of our family, we ask you to cancel and not charge us a fee for major repairs.
Federal Law No. 98-FZ dated 01.04.2020 establishes that until January 1, 2021, the Government of the Russian Federation has the right to establish specifics for the calculation and payment of penalties in the event of untimely and (or) incompletely paid contributions for major repairs established by the housing legislation of the Russian Federation.
At present, the Government of the Russian Federation has not made a decision to suspend the obligation to make payments for major repairs.
Eliminating the need to pay a contribution for capital repairs is a decision that requires a serious assessment of all social consequences. Since capital repairs of apartment buildings are mainly carried out through contributions from the owners of premises in apartment buildings, the complete absence of payments for any period creates a shortage of funds, which will subsequently lead to a reduction in the volume of work on capital repairs of apartment buildings and the impossibility of paying for work already completed. Failure to carry out major repairs will inevitably affect both the external condition of the facades of houses in our city and the living conditions in them.
We understand that many people may find themselves in difficult life situations. For such families, if the total payment for housing and communal services is above 14% of their total income, social support measures are provided. Contact details and other necessary information are indicated in the answer to question 1. If you have any questions, you can always ask them by calling the hotline from Monday to Friday from 8.30 to 17.30.
Questions regarding the maintenance and repair of common property in an apartment building
1. What measures are being taken in connection with the spread of the new coronavirus infection (2019-nCoV) to clean front doors in apartment buildings?
In accordance with the minimum list of services and works necessary to ensure proper maintenance of common property in the house, wet cleaning of corridors, elevator landings and elevator halls and cabins, landings and flights, window sills, stair railings, mailboxes, doors, if necessary, is carried out with using detergents and disinfectants. At the same time, disinfection of garbage chutes, the garbage collection chamber and its equipment is one of the responsibilities of the management organization that manages the house.
Considering that the city is taking measures to counter the spread of the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19), additional preventive measures should also be provided in apartment buildings. Activities stop 5 days after the threat of coronavirus infection (COVID-19) has been eliminated.
Features of daily wet cleaning with the use of disinfectants are provided for by the order of the Housing Committee dated 04/01/2020 No. 329-r “On measures to organize the cleaning of premises included in the common property in apartment buildings located in St. Petersburg and intra-block territories of St. Petersburg during the period of preventing the spread of the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19)" (with additions dated April 10, 2020), letters from the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Population Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor) dated April 3, 2020 No. 02/5925-2020-24 “On recommendations for carrying out disinfection measures in open spaces of populated areas and in apartment buildings”, dated 01/23/2020 No. 02/770-2020-32 “On instructions for carrying out disinfection measures to prevent diseases caused by coronaviruses.” Requirements for cleaning activities in apartment buildings may be clarified, including in connection with new documents adopted at the federal level.
Where to go
You take the collected set of documents to the district administration at your place of residence. She hands over the papers to the Housing Committee. All apartments that are resettled with the help of the state must be included in the so-called consolidated list. It is compiled by the Housing Committee. If a positive decision is made regarding a citizen and his apartment is included in the list, then officials notify about this in writing within 30 days.
You can receive social benefits within two to three months, after your utility is included in the consolidated list. But relocating a communal apartment with the involvement of investors is not so easy. The wait may drag on for several years.
