Translation. Region: Russian Federal
Source: Government of the Russian Federation – Government of the Russian Federation –
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Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova chaired a regular meeting of the Government Council on Social Guardianship. The agenda included proposals for the effective implementation of existing housing support programs for young families and families with children. The meeting was attended by council members and experts, representatives of the Ministry of Construction, the Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Labor, the Ministry of Education and Science, the Ministry of Education and Science, and other federal agencies, as well as the government of Khabarovsk Krai.
"Housing is a top topic in sociological surveys of young families and families with children. It is, in many ways, a determining factor in young people's decisions about having a child. At both the federal and regional levels, there are a significant number of housing programs that support families. The most ambitious program is the 'Family Mortgage,' which is an integral part of the national 'Family' project, which launched in 2025," said Tatyana Golikova.
She noted that in addition to the Family Mortgage program, there are also the Young Family, Rural Mortgage, and Far Eastern and Arctic Mortgage programs.
The maternity capital program, thanks to which nearly 10 million families have improved their housing conditions, has been extended.
Upon the birth of a third child and subsequent children, a 450,000 ruble mortgage payment is provided. More than 880,000 families have received this support. In eight regions of the Far East, the payment has been increased to 1 million rubles, reaching nearly 4,000 large families in the region.
Starting this year, 41 regions of the country with low birth rates will receive 12.5 billion rubles annually from the federal budget to implement additional measures to support the birth rate. These measures include increasing the mortgage payment to 1 million rubles for the birth of a third and subsequent child, as well as providing young families with 50% rent compensation for the birth of their first child and 75% for the birth of their second and subsequent children.
The program for the integrated development of rural areas includes models for housing construction in rural areas.
As the Deputy Prime Minister stated, villages have always been the basis for large families, and their birth rate remains quite high. This trend must be maintained, given that the share of young people in rural areas is 24.6%.
Tatyana Golikova emphasized that over the past two years, the number of large families in the country has increased by 17.4%, reaching 2.8 million. This trend must be supported, and having many children should become the norm in our country.
"Improving the demographic situation and supporting birth rates and large families are our absolute priorities. Insufficient housing affordability for young families and families with children, inadequate infrastructure, and its inadequacy to meet the needs of families with children are becoming a serious obstacle to having children," said Tatyana Golikova.
At the council meeting, reports were presented by Lilia Ovcharova, head of the council section "Older Generation", vice-rector of the National Research University Higher School of Economics; Fyodor Lukyanov, member of the council, chairman of the Patriarchal Commission on Family Issues, Protection of Motherhood and Childhood of the Russian Orthodox Church; Elena Beregovaya, head of the council section "Regional Development and Comprehensive Social Issues", director of the charitable foundation "Lifestyle"; Artem Melnikov, vice-governor of Khabarovsk Krai; Natalya Karpovich, head of the council section "Family, Motherhood and Childhood", head of the regional public organization "Association of Large Families of the City of Moscow"; Albert Sarbalaev, member of the council, chairman of the All-Russian public organization "Commonwealth of Orphanage Graduates "Children of the Whole Country"; Dmitry Horvat, director of the Center for the Development of the Campus Ecology of the Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education "National University of Science and Technology "MISiS".
Following the meeting, Tatyana Golikova instructed government agencies to create a working group to assess the impact of all current support measures for young families and families with children on the birth rate, the interrelationships between existing support measures, and the need for their fine-tuning to support the birth rate and the country's demographic potential.
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