Russia needs to move away from building “human filing cabinets,” said Nina Ostanina, head of the State Duma Committee on Family Affairs.
She believes priority should be given to constructing low-rise housing with well-developed infrastructure, rather than “mortgage-funded studio apartments barely eight square meters in size.”
Ostanina pointed out that people avoid living in the regions due to the lack of comfortable living conditions. Young families want their children to have opportunities comparable to those in Moscow — including access to extracurricular programs and social infrastructure.
The initiative is expected to help reduce population outflow from the regions, encourage settlement of underpopulated areas, and boost the national birth rate.
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