Home lever: payments for housing resettlement will be counted in a new way
Compensation for housing seized during resettlement will correspond to real prices — such a bill was supported by the government. Currently, the amount is fixed at the time of making a decision on the integrated development of the territory, but the settlement itself may begin years later. During this time, real estate prices increase, but the amount of compensation does not change. The amendments also fix that the amount of payment will be approved 60 days before sending the housing transfer agreement to the owner. The initiative was supported in the State Duma, indicating that the amendments would eliminate the current unfair practice. How the mechanism will work is described in the Izvestia article.
What is the problem of compensation
The Government of the Russian Federation has supported a change in the procedure for determining compensation to homeowners in the implementation of integrated territorial development projects. It gave a positive opinion on the relevant draft law developed by the Arkhangelsk Regional Assembly of Deputies, Izvestia found out.
The CRT mechanism has been operating in Russia since 2020. It is a tool for the systematic renovation of urban buildings. It involves the demolition of dilapidated housing, the renovation of neighborhoods and the formation of a new urban environment. At the same time, it establishes guarantees for property owners. In particular, the house cannot be included in the program without the consent of the majority of residents. And with consent, compensation for the seized property is guaranteed. The landlord has the right to choose the option of providing a new apartment.
The premises in apartment buildings included in the boundaries of the KRT become the property of the state, the municipality or the company that implements the project.
In March 2026, the first Deputy Minister of Construction and Housing of the Russian Federation, Alexander Lomakin, announced at a parliamentary hearing in the Federation Council that in five years the area of CRT projects in Russia had reached 42.61 thousand hectares.
— The actual commissioning of real estate is 4.2 million square meters, including housing — 3.5 million square meters, — he said. — The resettlement of citizens has already been carried out on an area of 382.33 thousand square meters. m. in 32 regions.
He added that more than 1.3 thousand territories are currently being developed in 81 regions: their potential is 158.2 million square meters of residential space alone, and in total, including infrastructural and social facilities, 210 million square meters. In addition, there are plans to develop more than 1.9 thousand territories.
But, as noted by Ilya Vasilchuk, a judicial lawyer and an expert on the security of electronic transactions and real estate transactions, there are cases where the price of the seized property does not match the current market value.
The fact is that the compensation is calculated on the day preceding the day of the decision on the CRT.
This is also noted by the authors of the bill: due to the time gap between the decision day and the start of the project, the real cost of housing may increase significantly. As a result, the properties are being bought back from the owners at an undervalued price when compared with current market prices. There are such examples in the Arkhangelsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Penza, Samara, Sverdlovsk regions, and Komi, the explanatory note to the bill says.
"From the date of conclusion of the lease agreement to the date of conclusion of the agreement providing for the transfer of ownership of residential premises, the market value of residential premises, for example, in the Arkhangelsk region has a steady growth trend," the document says. "At the same time, the simultaneous conclusion of these agreements is not possible due to the stage—by-stage implementation of the approved documentation on the planning of the territory."
As an example, the situation in one of the projects is given: investors offered to conclude contracts for the transfer of ownership of residential premises at a price of 60 thousand rubles per 1 square meter (the price on the day of the decision on the CRT), and at the time of the conclusion of the contract for the transfer of ownership, the real market value was already at least 90 thousand rubles.
How can the mechanism change
The bill proposes to set a different deadline for determining compensation — no earlier than 60 days before the date of sending the transfer agreement to the owner, Vladimir Gruzdev, Chairman of the Board of the Russian Bar Association, told Izvestia.
"This approach is aimed at increasing the protection of the rights and legitimate interests of residential owners," the expert noted.
He added that the proposed deadline complies with the provisions of the Land Code of the Russian Federation. Vladimir Koshelev, first deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Construction and Housing and Communal Services, noted that the bill gives a chance for fair compensation for the transferred housing.
— The owner gets the market value for today, not for yesterday. The main reason for lawsuits is going away," he said. — It will become unprofitable for an investor to stall for time in order to save on the price difference. And people will stop being afraid that they will be resettled at the price of three years ago.
The proposed changes to the CRT mechanism are spot-on, but fundamentally important, said Alexander Yakubovsky, a member of the State Duma Committee on Construction and Housing and Communal Services: the bill establishes a guarantee of housing valuation as close as possible to the time of withdrawal and unifies the terms of use of assessment reports.
— It seems to me that the initiative needs to be supported, as it strengthens confidence in the CRT tool, which the state is actively using today to renovate the urban environment, resettle dilapidated housing and develop infrastructure, — said Alexander Yakubovsky.
Municipal authorities must respect the interests of the key participant in the development of the KRT territory — its residents," said Yulia Tokareva, Partner, Head of the CMWP Strategic Consulting Department.
"Without this, the reorganization process will just be the construction of new square meters," she said.
According to Alexander Yakubovsky, the current regulatory framework regarding the CRT needs further improvement: it is necessary to increase the transparency of decisions on the inclusion of houses in the program.
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