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The Ministry of Construction proposed to extend for another year the moratorium on home buyers collecting penalties from developers for failure to deliver projects on time or for poor-quality construction, Kommersant newspaper.
According to the agenda of the meeting of the Russian Government Commission on Legislative Activities dated December 15, the Ministry of Construction proposed its amendments for the second reading of the bill amending the Urban Planning Code. In it, the department proposed to consolidate a number of measures to support developers for 2026. For example, extend the moratorium on the accrual and recovery by shareholders of most of the losses caused by developers.
In addition, it is assumed that the deferment of execution of court decisions in favor of housing equity holders, which entered into force until 2023 inclusive, will be completed on February 1, 2026, and fines already collected from developers for 2024-2025 are subject to payment in installments in quarterly payments during 2027.
A publication source close to the government indicated that the government approved the amendments. At the same time, the Ministry of Construction itself responded that they are carrying out systematic work aimed at improving the quality of life of citizens and the development of the industry.
The documents to the government commission say that the draft amendments to the bill developed by the Ministry of Construction caused disagreements with the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Economy, but they were resolved by Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin, the article also notes.
Initially, a moratorium on fines for developers for failure to deliver keys to shareholders was adopted in 2020 during the pandemic, then renewed in the spring of 2022 and extended until June 2023. From March 2024, the measure was reintroduced until December 2024 and then extended until the end of 2025.
