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Mayor of Odesa on a working visit to Finland
11:40 / 28.08.2012

ODESA, AUGUST 28th, 2012, CONTEXT-PRICHERNOMORIE ― Mayor of Odesa Oleksii Kostusev has set off on a working visit to Finland, Context-Prichernomorie correspondent reports.

The Odesa City Council Information Office reported today, 28 August.

According to the Office, during the visit the mayor is to hold talks on the implementation of the national project Affordable Housing. The purpose of the visit is negotiations in the framework of the national project for selection and potential purchase of equipment for the construction of housing.

Earlier, in July 2012, Oleksiy Kostusev, in the staff of the delegation, headed by Boris Kolesnikov visited Italy. The purpose of the visit was to study the experience of Italy in the field of affordable housing.

INFORMATION: The project Affordable Housing is a systematic social programme serving the purpose to build affordable housing for professionals in strategic priorities of the state, as well as participants of the programme adaptation of the Crimean Tatar people. It is envisaged that the cost of such housing will fluctuate within UAH 3―4 thousand for 1 square metre range, which is much cheaper than the existing market price. Affordable Housing today is the apartments that meet all modern parameters and requirements, but cheaper, due to economical technologies, the introduction of a model of public-private partnerships, and the absolute elimination of corruption component. This social programme provides apartments for citizens at an affordable price.