OREANDA-NEWS. On July 1, 2014 five banks were included in the list of credit institutions that meet the requirements of Part 6.1 of Article 20 of the Federal Law dated 21.07.2007 No. 185-ФЗ " Concerning the Support Fund for the Reform of the Housing and Utilities Sector " and Part 2 of Article 176 of the Housing Code of the Russian Federation dated 29.12.2004 No. 188-ФЗ.

Vneshprombank joined the ranks of the 44 banks recognized by the Bank of Russia with sufficient equity funds to distribute some resources for housing major repairs, was told in the press service of the Housing Services and Utilities Fund. According to the spokesman the capital of such a credit institution shall be at least 20 billion rubles.