Penza, 18 May 2015. PenzaNews. 903,000 sq. meters of new housing was commissioned in the Penza region last year, announced the governor Vasily Bochkarev during his report on the 2014 activities on the session of the Penza region Legislative Assembly held on Monday, May 18.

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“We took the second place in the Volga Federal District on per-capita housing commission, with a showed growth of 109% compared to the 2013 levels. Half of the built housing is economy class,” Vasily Bochkarev said.

He reminded of state programs available to those who want to buy new housing easily.

“Over 1,200 families improved their living conditions during the program to support young families and other types of citizens in 2014. 883 million rubles was provided from budgets of all levels, and about 896 million will potentially be used for this purpose in 2015,” the governor said.