30 October, Vitebsk /Olga Bogacheva - BELTA/. The prosecutor's office demands enhanced control over the use of the manoeuvrable housing stock in Vitebsk. This opinion was expressed to a BELTA correspondent by Pavel Zaitsev, prosecutor of the department for supervision of legislation enforcement of the Vitebsk Regional Prosecutor's Office, commenting on the results of an inspection. According to him, the inspection revealed that the Vitebsk City Executive Committee had not ensured proper accounting of the manoeuvrable housing stock in the regional centre. The weak control in this area is evidenced by violations in the procedure for granting housing, the occupation of housing of this category by persons not legally entitled to reside therein, and cases of untimely vacating of premises of the aforementioned category. "In particular, in most cases, housing was provided not in accordance with the decision of the local executive and administrative body, but on the basis of decisions of the Vitebsk City Executive Committee on the approval of the title list of facilities for capital repairs, reconstruction, modernisation of the housing stock and engineering networks. Furthermore, careless drafting of tenancy agreements for special housing premises is allowed, and not all of the said agreements are registered in the prescribed manner," the prosecutor noted. He stressed that the lack of control over the targeted use of the manoeuvrable stock leads to unjustified expenses for its maintenance and violations of citizens' housing rights. Following the inspection, the Vitebsk Regional Prosecutor's Office submitted a representation to the Vitebsk City Executive Committee on the elimination of identified violations and the need to strengthen control in this area, as a result of which the guilty parties were held accountable. In accordance with the Regulation on Special Housing Premises of the State Housing Fund, approved by Resolution of the Council of Ministers of 24 September 2008 No. 1408, manoeuvrable housing premises are intended for temporary residence of two categories of citizens. Housing of this type is provided to tenantsFurthermore, residential premises of the reserve fund are intended for tenants registered at their place of residence in a residential building (apartment) subject to demolition, the owner of which has not been found as a result of measures taken in accordance with the legislation in connection with the seizure of his land plot for state needs, until the expiry of the lease agreements for the corresponding residential premises.-0-

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