Housing Stock (resources)

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HOUSING STOCK, residential houses and living quarters in other types of buildings. By 1917 the total area of housing stock in Petrograd amounted to circa 25 million square metres. The Central Executive Board for housing affairs and the Committee on mandatory occupancy of buildings and living quarters of the Petrograd Soviet was established after October 1917. In 1920, over 300,000 people (mainly workers' families) moved from the outskirts to the apartments located downtown. In the 1920-30s the area of the housing stock increased considerably due to construction of new housing; however living conditions of the majority of families remained extremely poor. During the Siege of 1941-44, a substantial part of the housing stock was destroyed. In the post-war period the housing stock grew by more than five times. In 2002, its total area amounted to 100 million square metres (with circa 1575 thousand apartments), 61.2% of which were municipal, 34.5% privately owned, and 4.3% - owned by the state housing fund. Some 99.7% of the housing stock are represented by large-panel and brick buildings with standard working life of 125 years. About 99.8% of the housing stock has central heating (in 1950 only as few as 25% had central heating), 99.99% of buildings have water supply and a sewage system, some 94.1% have hot water supply, 100% of all residential buildings have gas supply or electric stoves (in 1950 the number was 50%). Housing stock maintenance is carried out by the Committee for Housing Stock Maintenance of the St. Petersburg Government. The Committee is comprised of 20 district housing agencies (per number of city districts), several specialized contract operational repair service units and a hostel management directorate. Circa 1500 housing management agencies report to district housing agencies. Organizations and enterprises, servicing the St. Petersburg housing stock employ about 33,000 people; over 80% of staff are janitors, sanitary technicians, electricians, carpenters, roofers and other professionals who provide technical servicing of housing facilities.

Reference: Основные итоги экономического и социального развития Санкт-Петербурга в 2002 году и задачи на 2003 и последующие годы. СПб., 2003.

V. D. Rudoy, S. E. Sukhov. Основные итоги экономического и социального развития Санкт-Петербурга в 2002 году и задачи на 2003 и последуещие годы. СПб.