The second home of the citizens of the USSR

The vast majority of second homes — garden houses — are, strictly speaking, not housing, but belonging to an additional workplace in a vegetable garden or garden plot.

Almost all suburban and garden settlements are characterized by an extremely low level of improvement — furnace heating, cesspools, water from wells or columns. Only 20% of construction materials for this sector are purchased legally. Manual labor dominates the homesteads. As a result, as K. Kartashova's research has shown, the presence of two primitive dwellings instead of one full-fledged one does not increase, but, on the contrary, reduces the quality of life, leads to overspending of land.

So it would be wrong to simply continue the practice of building the current squalid "second homes". But it would be an even greater mistake to dismiss it dismissively. After all, this is, in fact, the only outlet through which the need of the population for modern, environmentally normal housing, which has long been recognized and implemented in other countries, for example, in the USA, where almost 3/4 of the population lives in comfortable family cottages.

According to sociological surveys, an individual house is preferred: in Tallinn — 39%, in Kalinin — 25%; in Siberia, on KATEK, this figure reaches 70%, and in rural areas — almost everywhere — 100%. However, this need is ignored. The commissioning of low-rise housing accounts for only a little more than 20% of the total volume of housing construction, although more than half of the population lives in small towns (including urban-type settlements) and rural areas.

Once again, we emphasize that the demand is for modern housing — with complete landscaping, homestead, outbuildings, garage, etc. Mass construction of such houses will increase competition for cash loans, building materials and construction crews. In the future, the struggle for land between citizens and the population of the suburbs will also escalate. Second homes will increasingly become a means of capitalizing income. The speculative rise in price associated with this will make it difficult for people with medium and low incomes to access them.

All this requires a radical revision of the existing practice of gardening and cottage construction. Mandatory standards for the improvement of second homes are needed (that is, the current restrictions on their quality "from above" should be replaced by restrictions "from below"). And in order for these new restrictions not to turn into a mockery of the poorest part of the population, we need a modern base for low-rise construction and the already mentioned system of financial assistance to developers and buyers. Melbet's welcome bonus covers all the sports betting options. Simply create an account, use the Melbet promo code and when you use it during registration, you can claim an exclusive sports betting welcome bonus worth 130% up to €/$130. Current promo codes for MelBet ✓ Promotion 2023 ✓ Bonus Codes ✓ Registration bonuses ✓ Loyalty Program ✓ Cashback!