The President of the Russian Federation signed a law on the indefinite privatization of housing. Deputies made free privatization of housing indefinite Decree on indefinite privatization
The President signed the federal law and extended the free privatization forever. New law canceled all the previous ones, which limited the terms of free privatization.
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Whom does it concern?
This applies to everyone who lives in municipal or public apartments under contract social recruitment.
A citizen who has entered into a contract of social employment with the state, and members of his family who permanently reside with him, can participate in privatization.
The right to free privatization of housing is one-time. If you have already used it once, then you can repeat it only if the first time you were a child under 18 years old.
You can not privatize housing that is in disrepair. But you can - requiring major repairs. If you live in an apartment that is listed at the military unit, or your housing has the status of a hostel, then you also do not have the right to privatization.
As it was before?
Until 1992, most housing in the Soviet Union was state-owned. Citizens entered into a social contract with the local authorities, under which they lived in an apartment or house, and had limited rights to dispose of this housing.
On the one hand, such an apartment was given to a person for free. On the other hand, he could not sell it or bequeath it. Soviet citizens could only exchange their apartment for a similar state one. Therefore, if adult children wanted to leave their parents, they had to come up with complex multi-way exchange schemes.
The state apartment could not be replanned without the prior consent of the owner. To obtain such a permit, the tenant had to prove to the local authorities that the redevelopment was necessary and that it would not worsen, but improve living conditions families.
25 years ago, Boris Yeltsin signed a law on the free privatization of housing. According to this law, on the basis of a social tenancy agreement, a citizen could register housing for free and become its full owner. After privatization, the apartment could be sold and another one could be bought with the proceeds.
New housing code assumed that privatization would end in 2007, then it was extended until the end of February 2017, and now all restrictions have been lifted and extended indefinitely.
I have a social contract, what should I do?
You can take your time to privatize your apartment. Under a social contract of employment, you do not pay contributions to overhaul housing and property taxes. When you privatize, you will pay.
But if you want to sell, donate or bequeath an apartment, you will first have to privatize it. To do this, contact the MFC or the municipality where you live. All family members over the age of 14 must attend in person.
You will need privatization applications from all family members and documents that verify the identity of all applicants. Employees of the MFC themselves will receive the rest of the papers from the relevant services.
You may be asked to additionally provide certificates of marriage registration or death of family members who previously lived in the apartment. Check the exact list of documents at the MFC at the place of residence.
How long does privatization take?
According to the law on privatization, officials have two months to consider your application. If they make a positive decision, then you will be offered to draw up a privatization agreement and ownership of the apartment. Everything will take no more than 70 days.
And what, the apartment will be mine for free?
You do not pay for an apartment: in fact, the state gives you the housing in which you now live. You will only need to pay state duty.
After privatization, you will have to pay property tax and contributions to the overhaul of housing. But on the other hand, you can sell, donate or bequeath your apartment, and you will not need to obtain additional permits to make major repairs and redevelopment in it.
And how much is left unprivatized?
According to the latest published data from Rosstat, by the beginning of 2016, a third of residential premises that are subject to privatization remained unprivatized - this is a little more than 9 million apartments.
How about others?
Free privatization of housing is a unique program that has no analogues in the world. Thanks to it, the proportion of homeowners in Russia is higher than in Western Europe and the United States. In European countries, privatization also took place, but nowhere was it free.
In Germany, on the territory of the former GDR, in the 90s, the state transferred the houses to the ownership of management companies. The companies had to pay off the accumulated debts on taxes and utility bills and repair the received property. Then they got the right to rent or sell apartments.
In Poland, at the same time, residents in state-owned apartments were able to buy them into their property at a market price with a discount from the state.
In the UK, privatization took place 10 years earlier. The British state simply offered citizens to buy housing at market prices.
It's funny with this free privatization. For the second time after the adoption of the law in the first reading, something unexpected happens. The first time was in 2015, when in the first reading it was first extended until 2018, and then “cut” by amendments until 2016. And now – a convincing revenge. On February 10, 2017, a law was passed in the third reading that makes the free privatization of housing indefinite. 413 deputies unanimously voted for this.
Measure five times
Recall that the free privatization was extended five times, the last - until March 1, 2017. And every time there is an intrigue: will they extend it or not? This year it has been much stronger than in previous years. Still, after all, before making free privatization indefinite, the same deputies were going to cancel it altogether,. Yes, yes, on January 27, the State Duma adopted in the first reading a draft law authored by the notorious United Russia deputy Alexander Sidyakin, which, from March 1, canceled free privatization for all population groups (except for residents of Crimea, orphans and migrants from emergency housing) . And even so, he left it for only three years - until 01/01/2020. And the draft law, which offered unlimited free privatization, was unanimously rejected by the deputies. And now - no less unanimously accepted.
It is possible that a signal from the administration of the President of the Russian Federation had some influence on the deputies. During the second reading of the bill on February 7, a number of deputies, including Alexander Sidyakin and the chairman of the Duma committee on housing and communal services (who is also the author of the rejected project on indefinite privatization) Galina Khovanskaya, proposed extending free privatization until at least 2019, given that the news about its imminent completion caused a privatization boom throughout the country. And then a sensation struck. Andrey Isaev, deputy chairman of the United Russia faction, said that a decision was ripe at the top to make free privatization indefinite. On the same day, in the second reading, the necessary amendments were adopted, making the draft law on the completion of free privatization a bill on unlimited free privatization.
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It turned out that free privatization had many supporters - Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Vyacheslav Volodin spoke out for it, and Dmitry Medvedev's press secretary Natalya Timakova said that her boss had always been a supporter of indefinite privatization. Then the press secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov said that Vladimir Putin adhered to this point of view from the very beginning. It seems that only the leaders of the Ministry of Construction and the Ministry of Economy, who lobbied for the law on its completion, have kept silent so far. Perhaps they have revised their position a bit.
The bill will go to the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, where on February 15 it will receive approval without delay, and by March 1 it will be approved by the president. Free privatization will become indefinite. But is it permanent forever? It's not very obvious here. After all, as we remember, the bill on termless privatization was rejected, and the law on the completion of free privatization was adopted in the first reading, and changes have already been made to it. What exactly is not yet clear. The rejected bill, for example, had certain restrictions. That is, perpetual and free, but not for everyone. The bill denied it to those registered after March 1, 2005. Whether there are any restrictions in the adopted law is still unknown, but let's wait, it's good not to wait long.
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About privatization in questions and answers
What housing can be privatized, and what cannot?
Privatization is the transfer of housing from a municipal or state property into the ownership of individuals living in it on the basis of an order to move in, issued before 1995, when social tenancy agreements did not yet exist. Recall that a social lease agreement is concluded with citizens who are recognized as poor and in need of housing, when this housing is allocated to them. There are restrictions on privatization. Thus, it is impossible to privatize housing that is located in dormitories, in military closed towns, in nature protection and protected areas, as well as recognized as emergency or located in buildings under demolition.
How long do you have to live in an apartment to have the right to privatize it?
There are no restrictions on the length of stay. After the conclusion of the contract of social employment, you can immediately begin to collect a package of documents and apply for privatization.
What is now included in the package of documents for privatization? Is it difficult to assemble?
The list of documents includes:
- statements of consent to privatization from all adults, starting from the age of 14 and who have received a passport, who have a permanent residence in this living space;
- personal documents of all participants in the privatization: passports of the Russian Federation, birth certificates of minors under 14;
- technical passport for the apartment;
- move-in order or social contract of employment;
- a copy of the personal account confirming the absence of debts on utility bills;
- an extract from the house register, which lists all those registered in the apartment.
It must be borne in mind that in each particular case it may be necessary additional documents. For example, a document on the change of surname, a death certificate of a family member entered in the order, but a deceased family member, permission from the guardianship authorities if a child under guardianship is registered, a certificate of non-participation in privatization earlier - for those who changed their place of residence, and so on . This is where significant difficulties can arise. And in the case when one of those registered in the apartment is categorically against privatization, then it will have to be sought through the courts.
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Where to submit a package of documents? And how long to wait after?
It is most convenient to submit a package of documents through the MFC, and where it is not available, to the municipal administration. The term for consideration of an application for privatization is two months. After that, you receive from the municipal authorities either consent to privatization or a refusal.
And what after that?
If the authorities have confirmed their consent to privatization, then an agreement is signed between the municipal administration and the applicants on the transfer of housing to the property - by all applicants. Then the transfer of ownership is registered in Rosreestr. In this case, you must pay a state duty - 2000 rubles. Since 2017, the term for registering the right has been reduced to 5-7 working days, depending on the method of filing documents. The previously issued certificate of registration of the right to housing has now been canceled, so you will only have an agreement on the transfer of ownership of housing in your hands. An extract from the USRN, confirming the registration of the right, can be ordered from Rosreestr. Now, in February 2017, it costs 250 and 400 rubles in electronic and paper form respectively.
What to do if the privatization is denied?
Reasons for rejection may vary. For example, the recognition of housing not as municipal, but as official housing, the absence of a house in the real estate register in which the apartment is being privatized, etc. Some obstacles are solvable, some may be insoluble. But the general solution for refusing privatization is an attempt to achieve it through the courts.
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The beginning of 2020 was marked by a joyful event for all tenants of social housing - a law was adopted on the indefinite privatization of housing (). Housing privatization is now not only free, but also unlimited.
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This means that every resident of the country, permanently residing on state or municipal square meters, has the opportunity to initiate the transfer of property rights in the manner prescribed by law.
In this article, we will consider whether such a law has really been adopted, whether it will be beneficial to ordinary citizens, whether it has been made permanent forever or they just want to do it.
What means
Housing privatization is a unique phenomenon that determines the voluntary transfer of state or municipal property into the hands of private individuals.
The main principles of denationalization housing stock countries are:
- gratuitousness - the privatization of apartments, houses and other residential premises is free of charge, that is, there is no need to pay the state the cost of real estate transferred to ownership;
- voluntariness - every Russian has the right to independently decide whether he wants to become the owner of housing or remain an employer;
- one-time - only once in a lifetime you can use the right to free privatization, in all other cases you will have to buy real estate for money.
Legislation
The basis of housing privatization in Russian Federation are now:
- Housing Code of the Russian Federation ();
- Civil Code of the Russian Federation;
It was the last legislative norm on this list that made possible what was previously impossible to dream of - unlimited, free housing privatization.
Who will benefit
Fresh news about the adoption of the bill on indefinite privatization pleased, first of all, ordinary Russians, who:
- live in dilapidated and emergency living quarters;
For those who are waiting for relocation to new housing that meets all sanitary and safety standards, indefinite privatization has become an excellent opportunity to get their own housing without infringing on their civil and constitutional rights ().
- recently became full-fledged Russians;
Residents of the Crimean peninsula have the right to take advantage of the process of denationalization of the housing stock of the Russian Federation, just like all other residents of the Russian Federation.
- live in hostels.
The privatization of this type of housing mainly takes place in court and drags on for a long time, indefinite privatization allows them to calmly finish what they started.
It is obvious that the decision on the indefinite privatization of housing for all after March 1, 2020 in the first place, it will be beneficial to those who, through no fault of their own, could not or did not have time to privatize real estate during the period of validity in its latest edition.
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Pros and cons for the state
From the government's point of view, privatization has always been a controversial undertaking.
The number of pluses often outweighed the negative points, and vice versa, the issue of stopping and prolonging privatization was considered many times.
Consider what housing denationalization means for the country:
1. Positive moments. The main advantages of privatization for states are:
- increase in the tax base;
The more real estate goes into private hands, the higher the percentage of tax collection and filling the state budget.
- lack of expenses for major repairs;
Having taken ownership of housing, citizens are obliged to independently bear the burden of major repairs of the entire building as a whole.
- reducing the cost of maintaining public housing.
The absence of a large number of social housing on the balance sheet of the municipality releases large cash flows, which can be used for other needs of the subject of the Federation.
2. Disadvantages. The main disadvantages of the denationalization of the housing stock include:
- reduction of social housing;
The results of privatization over the past years have shown that more than 80% of municipal and state housing has been transferred to private ownership, this significantly violates the rights of those who really need to receive social housing.
- a trend towards deprivatization;
The return of real estate back to state or municipal ownership symbolizes that the institution of privatization has already exhausted itself.
- slowdown in the development of the rental housing market and non-commercial hiring.
By providing housing to citizens, the municipality constantly finds itself in a situation where square meters and it is impossible to establish the sphere of rental housing in the required proportions.
When did it start and when will it end
The Russians received the opportunity to receive housing in private ownership from the state back in the distant 1991 and already 25 years citizens of the Russian Federation receive residential square meters from the state free of charge (). Over the years, free privatization has been repeatedly extended so that everyone can have time to exercise their right.
It was on this day that housing privatization was supposed to become paid. That is, in order to receive housing from the state, it would be necessary to pay for it.
But with the adoption of the law after the number, everything changed. Now there is no deadline. Although many political scientists believe that after the next presidential elections in 2018 we can wait for other decisions regarding free and indefinite privatization.
Order
The procedure for issuing a state or municipal apartment consists of several stages, the main of which are:
- collection of necessary documents;
- visiting various public institutions(BTI, Housing Inspectorate, local administration, etc.) in order to write applications for privatization and obtain certificates, extracts, etc.;
- submission of documents;
- signing a privatization agreement;
- registration of ownership in the bodies of Rosreestr.
Collection of documents
In order to become a full owner of an apartment, you need to collect a considerable number of documents:
- a social tenancy order or contract for the dwelling in which you live (available from the local administration);
- cadastral passport (obtained at the BTI);
- certificate of non-participation in privatization earlier;
- certificate of family composition (in the local administration or the MFC);
- extract from the USRR on real estate subject to privatization;
- the consent of all tenants living in the apartment (or a notarial refusal in favor of someone);
- account statement.
What will you have to pay for
Housing privatization itself is carried out completely free of charge, that is, you do not have to compensate the state for the loss of housing. But getting any missing documents from you will cost a pretty penny.
How to understand what you need to pay for and what not:
- cadastral passport - the state duty for obtaining this document is 200 rubles for individuals and 600 rubles for legal ();
- extract from the USRR - will cost citizens 200 rubles and institutions and organizations 600 ;
- court costs - in case of privatization of the apartment through the court (), to obtain judgment you have to go a long way, which is associated with financial expenses ( from 500 to 5000 rubles);
- notarial refusal of tenants - depending on the number of people who refuse privatization, the cost of such a service can reach a very decent amount ( average cost one failure is 950 rubles).
Where to go
When conducting privatization, it is impossible to do without a visit to the following organizations and state institutions:
- administration of the settlement - writing an application for privatization, obtaining an order or a social loan agreement;
- Housing inspection - conclusion of a contract for privatization;
- Bureau of Technical Inventory - examination of the apartment, obtaining a technical passport (if necessary);
- Rosreestr - obtaining a cadastral passport, an extract from the USRR;
- MFC - an extract from the house book or a certificate of family composition.
Questions
After the adoption of the law on indefinite privatization (), citizens had many questions related to the use of their right to receive housing from the state.
Permanent privatization of housing after March 1, 2020
After March 1, 2020(entry into force) housing privatization will continue as usual. Perpetuity does not change any of the other required parameters.
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Free privatization of housing on the territory of the Russian Federation was supposed to stop on March 1, 2017, but the issue was so ambiguous that it was not easy to predict the outcome. Since they wanted to stop privatization more than once, there was talk of extending this possibility until 2020, and then only for certain categories of citizens (migrants, orphans). However, after that there was a rumor that they wanted to make privatization indefinite. In fact, this turned out to be not a rumor, but the initiators of such a decision were citizens who turned to the deputies with a corresponding request. Thus, at the next meeting of the State Duma in February, a bill was adopted and approved, according to which universal free privatization will be extended indefinitely.
Despite the fact that the Russians had the right to privatize municipal real estate back in 1992, to date, far from all the housing stock has been transferred to private ownership. There are many reasons for this, but most often lonely and elderly citizens are in no hurry to take advantage of the opportunity for free privatization, for whom it is more profitable to use social living space.
Significance of the decision
Recently, citizens who did not use their right to transfer public housing into ownership have another reason to take their time - the introduction property tax for individuals. That is, every owner of an apartment, a private house, any other housing or its share is now obliged to pay tax on this property. In addition, every year the percentage of tax increases by twenty percent. Tentatively, this growth should stop by 2020. This was one of the reasons for the state to make the privatization of housing indefinite.
The perpetual privatization amendments give Russians enough time to consider all the advantages and disadvantages of this procedure to decide whether it should be done. Despite the obligation to pay tax on a privatized residential property, the transfer of living space from personal property provides many opportunities:
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Since after March 1, 2017 there was a possibility that a new bill would make the free privatization of housing indefinite, many delayed the procedure. This means that municipal real estate can indeed be issued for perpetual use.
Relevance of re-registration
After the decision on indefinite privatization was made, a related question arose - whether the rules, conditions and procedure for re-registration of state property into personal possession have changed. At this stage, it is worth answering that no changes have occurred. Since now no one will extend anything, the population can breathe easy and not make a decision in a hurry.
It should be recalled that the perpetual privatization of housing is not limited, since we must not forget about the use of municipal land. Only those citizens who have not previously participated in privatization can take advantage of such a procedure for reissuing rights (meaning a capable age after eighteen years). In addition, tenants who live in a council apartment, but are not permanently registered, have no right to claim this property and can be evicted at any time.
Accordingly, if any of the living citizens is not interested in privatization and that it was made permanent, he can officially refuse to participate in the registration, without losing the right to use housing or transferring his share to other participants.
Standard design
The indefinite extension of privatizations to date has not affected the standard step-by-step procedure for its registration. As before, tenants have the right to register as personal property, both the entire living area and part of it. To speed up the procedure and reduce the risk of conflicts after, it makes sense to use the services of a notary to certify the agreement and refusal to participate in privatization. Also, in order not to involve and not take time from everyone at once, you can issue a power of attorney in a notary's office for one person who, on behalf of the rest, will be involved in this process if one of the participants does not want to additionally control everything.
After resolving the issue between the participants, you need to start preparing the necessary documents. In each individual case, the list will be different.
Standard list of required papers:
Fighting objections
When it became known that the privatization of municipal housing would become indefinite, some citizens, being opponents of this, were excited. Basically, these are people who live in an apartment or a private house not on their own, but with other residents, often even relatives. Such people in every possible way prevent the transfer of real estate from the municipal fund into ownership, but their desires mean little if we are not talking about one-room apartments.
If we delve a little deeper into the issue, then while the privatization of a share of housing is possible, there is practically no point in becoming an aggressive confrontation. Each permanent resident may re-register his own room and a proportionate share of the premises common use despite protests from neighbors. This is absolutely legal, just like the partial privatization of land, if the land area allows it.
In particular difficult situations conflicts should be resolved through the court, where it is necessary to apply only after the plaintiff has collected the maximum possible package of documents and testimonies in order to defend his point of view and requirements.
For more than 25 years, free privatization of residential premises has continued in the Russian Federation, but not all citizens, for a number of reasons, have managed to register their housing as property. Therefore, the issue of extending free housing ownership is still relevant.
What is privatization
Free registration of residential premises in the property implies the possibility and right of every citizen of the Russian Federation on the basis of Art. 11 of Law No. 1541-1 “On Privatization… » once in a lifetime to re-register the apartment, which he occupies under a social contract of employment, into personal property.
This procedure is possible only on the basis of the personal desire of a citizen living in a municipality. living quarters on the basis of a social tenancy agreement, and in no way depends on the will of the municipality. Whether or not the authorities want local government to transfer housing to the ownership of tenants, or do not want to, they are obliged, after receiving an application for privatization, to complete all Required documents and transfer the apartment to the tenant.
The only condition for a citizen to have the right to take ownership of his dwelling should be living in it on the basis of a social contract of employment, that is, using it legally.
In order to privatize a dwelling, the tenant must present to the municipality:
- extract from USRR in form No. 3, where it should be indicated that he does not own other residential premises;
- certificate from BTI that he had not previously participated in privatization.
History of privatization in the Russian Federation
The law on privatization was adopted on July 4, 1991, it is from this date that they consider the beginning of free privatization of residential premises. Based on this Law, the transfer of housing to the ownership of citizens was to be completed by 2007, but life constantly made adjustments, so the terms for free privatization were extended several times:
- before the beginning of 2010;
- before January 1, 2013;
- until March 1, 2018.
The need for repeated extension of the terms was explained mainly by the reasons that a large category of citizens lived in dilapidated and emergency houses, housing in which they were in no hurry to register as property. Some of the citizens did not have the opportunity to get it into their property, since it had already been actually withdrawn, the residents were waiting for relocation to newly built houses.
After March 1, 2018, the state planned to complete privatization for the main group of citizens of the Russian Federation, leaving the right to receive property only for three categories:
- orphans left without parental care;
- residents of Crimea and Sevastopol;
- persons living in dilapidated and dilapidated housing, recognized as such until 2012.
According to the amendments to the Law, these persons had the right to privatize the residential premises occupied by them under a social tenancy agreement until March 1, 2021, that is, within three years after the completion of the main privatization.
On February 10, 2018, the Duma adopted final amendments to the Law, according to which privatization became indefinite and free for all citizens of the Russian Federation. On February 22 of the same year, the President of the Russian Federation signed Federal Law No. 14-FZ, which approved all amendments to the "Law on Privatization ..." adopted by the State Duma.
When adopting the amendments, the interests of citizens standing in line for receiving social housing were taken into account, since the end of privatization could deprive these categories of the opportunity to receive housing in their ownership, that is, it would infringe on their rights.
For example, a family is recognized as low-income and placed in a queue for social housing. The queue is moving slowly and they may not receive housing until 2025 at the earliest. According to the old version of the Law, they could no longer register it as property, in new edition such an opportunity remains, no matter how long it takes to receive social housing.
Also, citizens living in dilapidated and dilapidated housing after 2021, when moving to new housing, would lose the right to privatization, which also did not allow them to exercise their right to receive free housing in their ownership. According to Rosstat, at the beginning of 2018, about a third of residential premises remained in the ownership of municipalities, as the pace of privatization of apartments slowed down significantly.
For example, a family of five lives in a municipal one-room apartment 40 sq. meters in a house intended for demolition. If they privatize a dwelling, then they will be allocated an apartment of the same area upon resettlement. If they delay privatization, the new housing will be 80 square meters. meters.
In the latest version of the Law, the conditions for the transfer of residential premises to the ownership of citizens remain the same: it is possible only for persons living in apartments, rooms, or separately standing houses under a social tenancy agreement, who have never participated in privatization and do not own other residential premises.
Why the privatization of housing has become indefinite
The state adopted these amendments to the Law on Privatization for the following reasons:
- A large category of citizens who live in dilapidated or dilapidated houses, subject to demolition, cannot exercise their right to privatize their dwelling until they are relocated to new apartments.
- waiting list to receive social housing will also be able to transfer it into ownership after they receive a new one under a social rental agreement.
- Residents of Crimea and Sevastopol Previously, they could not register their apartments for ownership, since other laws were in force on the territory of Ukraine, and the urgent and massive transfer of housing to ownership in such a vast territory could create many difficulties in privatization, and, as a result, provoke a corruption component.
- The abolition of free privatization could provoke social tension in the Russian Federation, the socially unprotected segments of the population of the Russian Federation who do not have the opportunity to get a roof over their heads in property in another way.
Experts named another important reason for indefinite privatization: protection from various scammers, the so-called "black" realtors, unscrupulous relatives, especially in situations where elderly citizens who are poorly versed in Russian legislation live in a residential building.
Since the free privatization had a deadline, as this date approached, various fraudulent schemes became significantly more active. Unscrupulous citizens entered the residents apartment buildings, persuaded to hurry up with registration of property, offered to help speed up the process for a "reasonable fee".
And since the end date for the free registration of residential premises into ownership was inevitably approaching, many tenants fell for the bait of scammers. Now, there is no need to rush with re-registration, any tenant can re-register his home as a property when he considers it necessary to do so.
For example, in many regions of the Russian Federation, fraudsters used such a scheme to deceive citizens living under a social contract. They offered single pensioners to help speed up the privatization process, the citizen only had to sign general power of attorney to "representative". The power of attorney was signed, the scammer registered the housing as a property, then quickly sold it and disappeared, and the new owners filed statement of claim about the eviction of the former tenant.
For the state, free privatization of residential premises also plays an important role, since with an increase in the number of owners of residential premises, the following occurs:
- Expansion of the number of taxpayers. All homeowners are required to pay property taxes annually.
- Getting rid of unprofitable housing. As you know, all houses tend to wear out, after some time they need major repairs. If the housing is municipal, then this repair is paid by the state represented by local municipalities, but if it is owned by individual, then the owner pays for all major repairs.
- financial profit. Although privatization is called free, citizens still bear some costs. The cost of privatizing a dwelling can range from 7 to 20 (or more) thousand rubles.
For example, the state duty for registering property rights will cost 2,000 rubles for each participant in privatization, from 1,500 to 15,000 rubles will have to be paid for the technical plan of the premises, and the registration of a cadastral passport will cost about 2,000 rubles.
Many citizens still have not been able to decide what is better for them - to privatize their housing, or to continue to live in it under a social contract. Everyone must decide for himself what to do. Lawyers offer several recommendations:
- If your house recognized as dilapidated or emergency and should be resettled, then there is no need to hurry with privatization. When such houses are resettled, the owners receive a new living space at the rate of "meter per meter". In other words, what area is in the old apartment, you will get the same in the new one. Residents living under a social tenancy agreement receive new residential premises according to the standards, that is, new housing can be much larger than the previous one.
- If the family is low-income, then privatization is not desirable. Already small family budget will become even less, since you will have to pay property tax.
- If the apartment lives lonely citizen, moreover, of advanced age, and his heirs are not registered, it is better to privatize housing so that relatives inherit it. If the apartment is not privatized, then after the death of a single tenant, it is transferred to the waiting list, relatives will not have any right to it.
- If a single occupant of a municipal housing no heirs, then there is no point in privatization, the employer under a social contract of employment can already live in it for life.
- If you live in a large municipal apartment and you urgently need need money, you can privatize it, then sell and buy a dwelling cheaper, using the remaining money for your needs.
- If you often allow large utility bills, then it is better to privatize housing, since the eviction of the owner for rent debts is quite complicated, and the eviction of residents of municipal apartments is much easier. But, on the other hand, when evicted from a municipal apartment, the tenant is provided with an alternative roof over his head in return, albeit a smaller one, while the owner is evicted to “nowhere”.
So, you live in a municipal residential building under a social tenancy agreement and have not yet decided whether it is worth privatizing it. Now you do not need to rush, there is time to weigh all the pros and cons of registering housing as a property.
If you decide to take this step, be sure to consult with a competent specialist. Consultation can be obtained on our website online, you can also call the numbers listed below.