“We have a historic chance in the foreseeable future, absolutely understandable, perhaps for the first time in the history of Russia, to radically solve the housing problem. We must not miss this chance, we need to work hard on it, ”the head of state said.

Putin stressed that this is one of the fundamental conditions for a normal person’s life, and asked the government to pay special attention to this area.

According to him, the goal, named by Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin, that 5 million families will be able to get housing by 2026, is realistic, but more can be achieved.

Earlier it was reported that Russian banks received almost 260 thousand applications for the issuance of preferential mortgages at 6.5%.