How to find out in what year there will be a major home renovation

Reasons for home renovation

Usually, the residents of the house begin to wonder when the house will be overhauled for the following reasons:

• the operational systems of the house fail (the roof leaks, the house is poorly heated, pipes break, the sewage system does not work, the elevator does not work, the general appearance of the entrance and the appearance of the house become unsightly);
• a new line began to be included in the rent payment receipt - a contribution for major repairs of the house. This means your home is participating in a regional home improvement program. For example, on December 25, 2014, a regional law was adopted in Moscow, according to which, from July 1, 2015, apartment owners are required to pay a monthly contribution for major home repairs. The program is designed for 30 years, and the minimum contribution amount is set at 15 rubles per square meter of housing area.

Who pays for major home repairs?

Previously, major home repairs were carried out using budget funds from the housing and communal services fund. The law on capital repairs that came into force on January 1, 2013 (FZ-271 dated December 25, 2012 “On amendments to the Housing Code of the Russian Federation and certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation and the recognition as invalid of certain provisions of legislative acts of the Russian Federation”) fully assigned the responsibility for financing overhaul of houses for apartment owners. Now apartment owners are required to pay a monthly fee for major home repairs at the established rate. Tariffs are determined by regional authorities and may vary depending on the region. On average, owners pay monthly to the capital repair fund from 5 to 7 rubles per square meter of living space.

The money is accumulated either in a special account at home or in the account of a regional operator. The procedure for storing and using money is determined by law.

Where to find out when the house will be renovated

There are several ways to find out when major renovations will be done on your home.

Contact your homeowners association.

First of all, it would be advisable to contact your home’s association, if one has been created. You can contact the chairman directly and receive information orally. You can send a written request, and then the answer will be received in a letter. To submit a written request, you must go to the HOA secretary and make a request. Be sure to make sure the request is accepted by the secretary and ask for a copy for yourself. Typically a written request is processed within 14 days.

IMPORTANT: one of the advantages of creating an HOA is that it makes it easier to achieve inclusion of the house in federal or regional programs for major home repairs.

Contact your city administration.

If there is no HOA in your house, to find out when the house will be overhauled, you need to contact the administration of your city directly. The management company of your building does not have such information. The administration will clarify which department is involved in your housing stock and will direct you there (this could be housing and communal services, or the municipal property management committee). You must make a written request and register it with the secretary of the relevant organization. Be sure to ask for a copy of the request for yourself. A written response must be received within 30 calendar days.

Contact the local council office.

To find out if your home is participating in any federal, state, or local home improvement programs, you can contact your local council office. You must also contact us in writing and in your request ask for clarification in which programs and under what conditions your home participates.

View a list of houses for major renovation on the Internet.

If your home is participating in a regional overhaul program, you can find out the latest information and monitor all stages of work through a special Internet portal created for these purposes. If you do not find yours in the list of houses for major repairs, you will have to contact the above authorities.

Rules for making a request

There is no strict form for compiling this document, however, to guarantee receiving a response, the request must be compiled according to certain rules:

• in the upper right corner the details of the official to whom the request is made are indicated;
• Below are the details of the applicants;
• then the name of the document (Appeal) is written in the center;
• in free form, describe the situation with the condition of the house and ask for information about including the house in the queue for major repairs;
• ask to include the house in the capital repair queue of apartment buildings if it is not on the regional lists;
• sign the document and date it.

Now you know how to find out if a house is included in the capital repair program. Next, we will consider questions about the priority of repairs, how long to wait for it and whether it can be brought closer.

How to find out when your home will be renovated

The rules for financing and the mechanism for carrying out major repairs of houses are regulated by Federal Law No. 271-FZ of December 25, 2012.

The law provides the opportunity for all apartment owners to receive complete and reliable information about the technical condition of the facility being operated and to exercise control over major repairs at any stage of work. For these purposes, the Internet resource “Housing Stock Monitoring” was created. This resource contains all the necessary information about all adopted regional capital repair programs and clearly demonstrates the schedule for capital repairs of houses in each region. To view information about your home, you need to:

1. Follow the link https://www.reformagkh.ru to the Housing and Communal Services Reform website.
2. In the “Find your home” field, enter the city, street, and house number.

3. The link that appears leads to the card of your apartment building.
4. This is a kind of electronic passport of your home. On the page you will find two tabs.

By looking at the “Types of Work” tab, you can find out what work has been carried out on your home and what is planned. In particular, here you can find information about:

• timing of work;
• types and scope of work;
• about the work performed.

By looking at the “Passport” tab, you can find out:

• what is the area of ​​your house;
• how many residents live in it;
• what is the volume of subsidies;
• what method of accumulating contributions is used: is a special account created for your home or the funds are accumulated and stored in the regional operator’s fund;
• How much money has been raised so far?

Also on this Internet resource there is information about all adopted regional overhaul programs. If you select your region, a list of houses included in the capital repair program will open. The following data is indicated here:

1. Address of the object;
2. Object area;
3. Year of commencement of operation of the building;
4. The total volume of planned work, including work already completed;
5. Next year of renovation.

Thus, if for some reason it is inconvenient for you to use the search or the search did not produce results and you could not find out when the house will be overhauled at your address, you can try to find a list of houses included in the overhaul program in your region.

Also on the Housing Fund Monitoring portal you can see the rating of your region for the implementation of the capital repair program.

How the list of houses included in the capital repair program is formed

Drawing up a plan and establishing the priority of houses for major repairs are within the competence of regional authorities. The local government determines the list of houses for major repairs based on information provided by local authorities for managing apartment buildings (such as management companies, HOAs, and so on).

The need for major repairs is determined based on a number of building codes. The following indicators influence the establishment of priority:

1. Service life of the facility;
2. Date of the last major overhaul;
3. The degree of wear and tear of the house;
4. Complete collection of money for major repairs;
5. Object area;
6. Scope of required repair work.

Extraordinary repairs

The order of major repairs of apartment buildings implies that the work is carried out in strict accordance with the list. Is it possible to somehow bypass it?

The possibility of carrying out repairs without any queues or organizing them in the near future exists. The law provides for a procedure for carrying out unscheduled repair work in the event of unusual situations.

In such circumstances, commissions are created whose functions include deciding whether to include the house in the repair program. The commission includes administration employees, employees of regulatory authorities (Gosnadzor and Zhilnadzor), representatives of regional operators, members of homeowners' associations and employees of management organizations.

Who is exempt from paying contributions for major repairs?

The obligation of apartment owners to pay contributions for major home repairs is regulated by Federal Law No. 271 in Art. 169 of the Housing Code of the Russian Federation.

However, there are cases when residents are not required to pay contributions for major repairs, and categories of persons who will be given a benefit in the form of compensation of 50% of contributions have also been defined.

Who may not pay the overhaul fee:

• owners of apartments in a building that is recognized as unsafe and subject to demolition;
• owners of apartments whose house is located on a site subject to seizure for state needs;
• homeowners in apartment buildings whose lifespan does not exceed 5 years (if there is a corresponding regional law, they are exempt from paying contributions during the first 5 years of operation of the house);
• elderly people over 80 years of age living alone or with retired relatives.

Who is entitled to benefits in the form of 50% compensation:

• elderly people over 70 years of age living alone or with retired relatives;
• disabled people of groups I and II;
• families raising disabled children.

Thus, on the basis of Federal Law 271 on capital repairs, owners of apartments in multi-apartment buildings independently finance the major repairs of their home. In accordance with the regional program adopted by local authorities, a list of houses for major repairs is approved in each region. You can find out when the house will be overhauled, as well as control the expenditure of funds and the progress of repair work on the official website “Housing Stock Monitoring”.

Who is forming a queue?

All coordination of work on organizing major repairs in the constituent entities is carried out by regional operators, which are non-profit organizations.

Their management is accountable to the subject of the federation, which, together with the all-Russian fund, is responsible for collecting and distributing funds for the reconstruction of buildings.

Local authorities, together with the foundation, draw up a plan for the repair of apartment buildings, compile lists of houses in need of repairs.

All apartment buildings, based on the information submitted by the management company and the homeowners association, are included in the queue for work. The degree of their necessity is determined on the basis of building codes.

Thus, the regional operator of the capital repair fund and local authorities are responsible for forming the order of major repairs of an apartment building. The management company or directly the HOA of a particular house are responsible for including a specific house in the queue.

The rules for forming a queue are established by Art. 168 (part 3) LCD. Priority criteria are established by the regional program.

Read about the regional fund for capital repairs of apartment buildings and its program here.

The need for repairs is determined by the following items:

1. Year of construction. The older the house, the closer it is in line for renovation.
2. State of the object. Determined by compliance with building codes.
3. The level of activity of owners who must decide on the need for repairs and take care of including their home in the queue.
4. Financial possibilities of MKD. If the owners of the premises decide to increase the amount of contributions for major repairs, the repairs can be carried out faster.
5. Availability of technical documentation and properly executed papers for the land plot at the house.