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Source: Government of the Russian Federation – An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.
On March 16, workers in the housing and utilities sector celebrated their professional holiday. Boiler room, Korolev, Moscow region.
On March 16, workers in the housing and utilities sector celebrated their professional holiday. In connection with this date, the results of work on the construction and modernization of housing and utilities facilities in the regions were summed up. Various mechanisms are involved in it, including infrastructure menu instruments – infrastructure budget and special treasury loans, preferential loans from the National Welfare Fund, project support from VEB.RF, infrastructure bonds of DOM.RF. A subsidy program from the federal budget is also being implemented.
“The housing and utilities sector has always been one of the most complex, there are still many problems here, but they are being gradually resolved. This issue is under the control of the President. Our key task is to improve the quality of life of Russians. In general, since 2021, more than 2.6 thousand housing and utilities facilities have been commissioned in the regions of the country using the infrastructure menu instruments, as well as with financial support from the federal budget, including about 5.2 thousand km of utility networks. Since 2025, work has continued to achieve the goals of the new national project “Infrastructure for Life” within the framework of the federal project “Modernization of Utilities Infrastructure”. In particular, on the instructions of the President, the use of the instrument of infrastructure budget loans, which has proven its effectiveness and demand in the regions, will continue. It will operate in the format of treasury infrastructure loans. In addition, we will allocate at least 50% of the funds released after writing off part of the regions’ debt on budget loans to modernize the housing and utilities sector,” said Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin.
According to the Minister of Construction and Housing and Public Utilities Irek Faizullin, under the national project “Infrastructure for Life,” regions are completing the formation of comprehensive plans for the modernization of public utility infrastructure.
“Modernization of public utility infrastructure requires a comprehensive approach and interaction of all stakeholders, including government agencies, business and civil society. Only such an approach will ensure sustainable development of settlements and improve the quality of life of the population. During the preparation of the federal project “Modernization of Public Utilities Infrastructure”, a large-scale inventory of objects was conducted and a detailed database was collected on them in the automated information system of the Territorial Development Fund. It includes 116 thousand area objects and about 1 million km of utility networks. In total, more than 42 thousand events need to be implemented in 2025-2030,” noted Irek Faizullin.
Since 2022, 254 housing and communal services facilities have been commissioned using infrastructure budget loans, including 981 km of utility networks. Within the framework of the special treasury loan program launched in 2023, 106 facilities have been commissioned, including 303 km of networks. Currently, 518 more facilities and activities are underway in the regions under these two programs.
For example, in the Vladimir region, 11 boiler houses and heating networks in Aleksandrov were commissioned with the participation of budget loans, and the main sewage pumping station and pressure collector were reconstructed in Suzdal. In the Astrakhan region, 53 objects were commissioned under the project to modernize the water supply and sanitation systems of Astrakhan.
Under the program with the involvement of preferential loans from the National Welfare Fund, 1,082 facilities were put into operation, including 1,300 km of utility networks. In addition, work is being carried out under the modernization program with the participation of financial support from the federal budget. Under this program, since 2023, major repairs, construction and reconstruction of 1,110 facilities have been carried out in the regions, including 2,060 km of utility networks. The federal operator of these four programs is the PPK “Territorial Development Fund”.
The DOM.RF portfolio includes 21 projects for the construction of engineering infrastructure in 14 regions, financed through the infrastructure bond mechanism. Since 2021, 13 facilities have been commissioned, including 497.4 km of utility networks. In particular, new residential complexes in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Voronezh, and Tyumen are provided with engineering infrastructure. A sewer collector has also been commissioned in the Penza Region. Another 45 engineering infrastructure facilities are under construction.
Together with its partners, VEB.RF invests in public utility infrastructure projects. This includes systematic work with Rosvodokanal Group to modernize the structure of the country’s water supply and sanitation sector. In 2023, a long-term investment program was launched in Lipetsk, which plans to build and reconstruct 408 km of water supply networks, 315 km of wastewater disposal networks, 168 production facilities, and comprehensively modernize treatment facilities. To date, 28 water supply and wastewater disposal facilities have been commissioned, including 17.5 km of networks. In Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, 125 housing and communal services facilities are being reconstructed, a water intake and infrastructure for new residential areas are being built, and utility networks are being updated using VEB.RF loans. Since 2022, 18 facilities have been commissioned in the city, including 10 km of networks. And the program for modernizing the heat supply sector in the Korsakovsky and Dolinsky urban districts of the Sakhalin Region will improve the quality of life of 62 thousand people.
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