Emergency housing has become a threat to Russians in 11 regions of the country.

For residents of 11 regions of Russia, their own homes have become a source of constant danger. Despite the official status of the buildings, the settlement dates are constantly shifting, which is why people are forced to stay in buildings with rotten floors without heat and electricity for decades. Kirill Olkov, a correspondent for Izvestia, told about this on March 17.

Residential buildings in Pechora are in critical condition: there are cracks in the walls, and communications are completely worn out.

"The destruction occurred in the second entrance. Everything is rotten from moisture," said Yulia, a resident of the house at 110 Pechorsky Prospekt.

Although the house has been declared an emergency, the relocation is promised no earlier than in two years. Residents of another emergency facility with resettlement in 2027 are already being offered to leave their apartments.

"A maneuverable fund has been proposed — a dormitory," added Elena and Sergey, residents of the house at 83 Pechorsky Prospekt.

Residents shot footage from there specifically for Izvestia. There are two shower rooms on five floors, and a micro—apartment for a large family.

"Six square meters are allocated per person," said Dmitry Gorlanov, a resident of the house at 83 Pechorsky Prospekt.

The Pechora Municipal Property Management Committee claims that there is no other alternative. There is also no money for compensation.

"The problem is all about financing. As of today, we cannot immediately pay compensation or provide other housing," said Svetlana Buralkina, director of KUMS MR Pechora.

Prior to that, the former mayor of the city, Valery Serov, was detained in 2023 — according to investigators, he deliberately concealed the emergency status of the houses. In May 2024, one of the houses, which was not recognized as an emergency, collapsed.

"If they knew it was an emergency, they saw it collapsing, and subsequently collapsed, the head of the administration is primarily to blame. They had to ensure the resettlement of people," said Konstantin Krokhin, a member of the Committee on Entrepreneurship in the Housing and Communal Services sector of the CCI of the Russian Federation.

The financing of the resettlement program from emergency housing consists of federal and regional funds. The houses recognized as emergency before January 1, 2017, were resettled through the Housing and Communal Services Reform Fund, after that date — as part of the national Housing and Urban Environment project. The speed of settlement also depends on the initiative of the regions.

"The municipality has no right to indefinitely postpone deadlines. If our region does not work, then the federal authorities must take measures," explained real estate lawyer Elena Rudakova.

The official response to Izvestia from the Territorial Development Fund provides figures that are being published for the first time: 530 million rubles have been allocated for the emergency housing resettlement program until 2030. Of these, 318 billion will come from the federal budget, and more than 212 billion will be added by the regions. It is planned to provide new housing for 345 thousand citizens, which is more than 6 million square meters of housing. According to the FRT, there are already 23 million of them. A lot depends on the activity of officials.

A similar situation is observed in other cities. In Yaroslavl, residents achieved recognition of the building as dangerous only after the intervention of the prosecutor's office. The UK has filed a negligence case.

"We have trials underway. We were told: "Your house will be settled no earlier than 2035," said Tamara Solosina, a resident of Yaroslavl.

In Volgograd, residents hardly recognized the house as an emergency back in 2023. Since that time, the house has been standing and collapsing.

"No matter where you turn, no one needs anything," added Vera Prokofieva, a resident of Volgograd.

In their response to Izvestia, Volgograd officials promise to resettle the house by 2027, and as an alternative, they offer residents a dormitory. Like in Pechora, they do not have the money to compensate for the purchase of equivalent housing.

"The only way is to go to court and demand from the municipality that the purchase price be paid, which includes the cost of this ramshackle house," said Svetlana Razvorotneva, deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Construction and Housing and Communal Services.

To ensure that compensation is not minimal, the Ministry of Construction and deputies want to change the norm. Previously, the market value of emergency housing was determined by eye, but now they offer to pay for it at least 50% of the price per square meter in the region. The law has not yet been adopted, but residents of Pechora are already collecting documents to the court demanding proper housing.

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In January, it was reported that in Tyumen, in 2025, a program for the resettlement of citizens from residential buildings of blocked buildings was completed. The city administration said that a program has been completed to relocate citizens from residential buildings in blocked-off buildings that were declared emergency before January 1, 2017, and apartment buildings that were declared emergency before January 1, 2017 for reasons unrelated to physical wear and tear during operation.

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