Astana, 21 October. By 2029 local authorities plan to rehouse only 42% of owners from dilapidated and unsafe apartment buildings, while 15,653 owners will remain in such housing, Amirbek Ospanbekov, an MP from the Adilet faction, told a session of the Kurultai; he asked Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov to set up a special commission under the government.
According to the MP's figures, of the country's 61,367 apartment buildings, 1,037 are in a state of disrepair and another 3,347 have been declared dilapidated; about 27,000 owners live in them. Over three years, under the 2023–2029 housing and utilities development concept, the regions demolished 352 unsafe and dilapidated buildings and built 200 new apartment blocks, 0.3% of the total housing stock. "Although the programme has been launched in all regions, its actual implementation remains insignificant," Ospanbekov said.
The worst situation, according to him, is in West Kazakhstan region: of 334 unsafe and dilapidated buildings, the 2026–2029 renovation plans provide for rehousing the owners of only three, or 1% of the need. In Akmola, Karaganda, Almaty, Ulytau, Abai, North Kazakhstan and Turkestan regions and in the city of Almaty only 2–19% of such housing will be renewed, and in the other regions between 20% and 75%. Only three local administrations, those of Astana and Zhambyl and Pavlodar regions, are ready to solve the problem by 2029. In total, by that date the local authorities plan to provide 895 apartment buildings, or 11,319 flats, to replace unsafe and dilapidated housing.
The MP proposed setting up a special commission under the government, with Kurultai members and regional governors taking part, to oversee renovation across the country; drawing up a single resettlement roadmap with specific deadlines for every owner of unsafe and dilapidated housing; and including renovation indicators in the performance ratings of governors at all levels.
What it means: The programme to replace unsafe housing has been launched in all regions, but by the MP's count more than half of the owners will still not have new flats by 2029. He proposes putting the issue under government control and holding governors to account for deadlines.
Who benefits: Faster renovation is needed above all by residents of unsafe and dilapidated buildings, especially in regions where rehousing is planned for only a small percentage of such buildings. The proposal to include renovation indicators in governors' ratings would make local administrations directly responsible for deadlines. The sources do not give the government's response to the request.
Background: Renovation of unsafe and dilapidated housing is carried out under the 2023–2029 concept for developing housing and utilities infrastructure, which has been launched in all regions.
List of sources used: Vlast, Казахстан и все-все-все
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