“4089 certificates giving the right to social benefits for the purchase or construction of housing in return for lost in the floods in the Irkutsk region in the summer of 2019, worth 12 billion rubles were paid. This means that just so many families affected by the emergency have already purchased new houses and apartments, ”the official portal of the Irkutsk region says.

According to data on Wednesday, November 27, 6,739 applications were received, 6,587 certificates were issued.

It is clarified that for those who have not yet decided on the purchase of housing, the rent will be compensated at the expense of the regional budget.

Earlier, a spokesman for the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov said that the Kremlin is aware that in the situation with the assistance to flood victims in the Irkutsk Region, "not everything is going smoothly."

According to him, some still have not received an apartment, and someone has not been renovated.

In October, Russian leader Vladimir Putin criticized the pace of issuing repair certificates in the Angara region, noting that only 50% of the certificates for a major overhaul after the flood were issued to victims.