OREANDA-NEWS. August 22, 2012. The state should become a key player in the construction and public partner in solving housing problems. This opinion was expressed by Anatoliy Blyznyuk, Minister of Regional Development, Construction and Housing and Communal Services of Ukraine during the opening of exhibition forum "Affordable housing": from the state for a person, from an idea to the apartment," which started its work in the Ukrainian House on August 20.

"The state will be one of the key players in the market of housing construction. In order that citizens understood why and how it will be realized, one of the first steps in order to balance supply and demand occurs today. Anyone who wants within three days of the forum will be able to personally see and to make sure as a tool of reduction of the cost of a mortgage, proposed by the President, works. Joint approaches which have been turned out during a forum, we will use in their future activities," said Anatoliy Blyznyuk.

The Ministry of Regional Development has gathered all involved in solving the housing problem: developers, bankers, socially responsible businesses and citizens. An advisory box of social initiative of the President of Ukraine "Affordable Housing" is working. Citizens may directly get the answers to all questions related to obtaining a cheapened mortgage and terms of other housing programs, as well as information about the offers of the country’s developers.

Meanwhile, on August 17, already 11,675 citizens have expressed a desire to get cheapened mortgage. Developers offer for the purchase of 11,872 apartments in 270 homes. Since beginning of realization of President’s social initiatives there have been signed 250 compensation contracts, last week their number has increased by 44. Last week banks issued 46 credits, in general - 248, and their number is almost equal to the number of compensation contracts. The applied credits have been financed by banks in the amount of 59.9 million UAH.