Country Profiles on the Housing SectorTajikistan

Abubakr SafarovAgency for Construction and Architecture Government Republic of Tajikistan

Geneva, 24-25 September 2012

U N E C E73 Session of the Committee on Housing

and Land Management

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Contents:• SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS AND HOUSING

INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK

• HOUSING CONDITIONS, HOUSING CONSTRUCTION AND

PUBLIC UTITLITIES

• HOUSING FINANCIAL AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK

• URBAN PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

• LAND ADMINISTRATION

• RECOMMENDATIONS

Mortgage market is poorly

developed in Tajikistan.

One of the limiting factors inaddition to the consistency of financialinstitutions, is the low level of income,which makes it impossible for mostpeople to use this financialinstrument.

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o only 62.6 million m2 of floor space;

o 8.5 m2 average per capita total area of residential premises;

o110.7 units is number of apartments per 1000 people of population.

� These figures indicate an acute shortage of living space, taking into account that the floor space for one person is 12 m2, and the number of people in average for one apartment is 7 inhabitants.

Housing Statistics - Tajikistan

�About 50% of the existing housing stock was built in 1960-70 and requires an urgent overhaul.

�These issues are difficult to be solved and there are

real risks of:

�potential accidents during refurbishment ; and

�land loss due to dilapidated state of existing

structures.

History and Current Challenges

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Housing distribution of property categories in Tajikistan

Land Allocation Process

� In Tajikistan, the land belongs exclusively to the

State.

� It is allocated for construction activities, which are

governed under the documentation for construction

and town-planning.

Recent Trends

� In recent years, developing the construction of apartment houses with improved planning, taking into account national systems.

�The total area of studio apartments in such buildings is in average 54 m2; 1 m2 costing around 600-700 U.S. dollars (without trim).

Strategic priorities

• Achieving consistent regularization of the roles

and functions of central and local executive power

bodies and local authorities;

• Ensuring an effective investment policy in the

housing sector;

• Creating conditions for support for homeowners;

• Develop measures to decrease construction costs

• Funding for water supply and sewerage system

rehabilitation

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•Rehabilitation of the district heating system as

well as energy efficiency and renewable energy

technologies should be promoted

•The mortgage legislation should be improved and

the prerequisites for viable capital markets should

be created

•The green spaces in cities should be preserved

and further developed

•The development of one-stop-shop principle

•And others…

First steps to implement the recommendations

� developed a new Urban Code of the Republic of Tajikistan, and after coordination with the relevant ministries and agencies is now under the review of the Parliament

� drafted Government Decree "On Approval of the Concept of energy efficiency in housing and communal services in the Republic of Tajikistan until 2020 year." After receiving the instructions of the Government under the base of this document, is preparing Program of energy efficiency of the housing sphere

� developed the Sequence of passing administrative procedures associated with the construction activities in Tajikistan and was approved by the Government. One of the principles of this order is - the principle of one-stop shop.

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PRESENTATION OF THE

COUNTRY PROFILE ON THE HOUSING

SECTOR OF TAJIKISTAN

26 October 2012 Dushanbe, Tajikistan

Thank you for attention!

Abubakr Safarov

Agency for Construction and Architecture Government Republic of Tajikistan

goskomstroy@mail.ru