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For now, the apartments in the MIBC skyscrapers legally have the status of non-residential premises. Sergei Kolunov, a member of the State Duma Committee on Construction and Housing and Utilities, explained that assigning them the status of residential premises would force the city to ensure the presence of kindergartens, schools, and clinics near the business center. This would create a colossal burden on the authorities and the city budget.
From the owners' point of view, apartments are no different from flats. But if they are assigned the status of housing, it will be necessary to comply with the current residential development standards and provide the necessary social infrastructure.
According to Sergey Kolunov, the Moscow authorities will face the greatest difficulties in this case, since there are almost no apartments in other regions. At the same time, there are hundreds of thousands of such square meters in Moscow City alone. Therefore, the authorities will have to not only find funds for all the necessary social institutions, but also find a place for them. Given the dense development of the MIBC territory, solving the latter issue causes particular difficulties. Similar problems, only on a smaller scale, are present in St. Petersburg and the Moscow region, where there are also quite a lot of apartments.
The deputy sees the solution to the issue as separating apartment buildings into a specific type. He is convinced that all the nuances that have arisen will be taken into account in the bill "On multifunctional buildings", which has received the unofficial name "Law on apartments". Its draft has been sent to the regions for revision, but it should be fully ready in 2022. In its current wording, it introduces the concept of multifunctional buildings, regulates the requirements for them and determines their status, as well as all the premises located inside.
Earlier we wrote about the apartment reform .
