"Until April 15, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Construction, together with the Bank of Russia, will prepare proposals for the further implementation of preferential mortgage programs," the statement on the website of the Cabinet of Ministers said.

Earlier, the chairman of the Bank of Russia Elvira Nabiullina in an interview with the Izvestia newspaper said that the anti-crisis program of preferential mortgages for housing in new buildings could be extended in 24 Russian regions.