News and announcements IUE

30.10.2018

Nadezhda Kosareva, President of IUE, delivered a presentation on creation and work of housing-construction cooperatives at a training seminar organized for regional public authorities and hosted by the city of Kazan

In Kazan, officials from State Duma, the Council of Federation, the Ministry of Construction, discussed “housing aspects” of the presidential message delivered by Putin. Regional authorities were tasked with ensuring a 1.5 times increase in housing construction. One solution is to look as far back as Soviet times and restore the mechanism of housing construction cooperatives (HCCs) with... more

29.10.2018

The British scientific publishing house Routledge has issued a Handbook of Contemporary Issues in Expropriation with a Chapter on the situation in Russia prepared by experts of the IUE

The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Issues in Expropriation reviews the contemporary major issues involving expropriation (eminent domain/compulsory purchase) in an international context. Expropriation is a right reserved to all governments, and, thus, it has an impact on all societies. This book, the first of its kind, considers the essential issues from the point of view of both... more

22.10.2018

RSA Russia Conference 2018: Tatyana Polidi, Executive Director (IUE), made presentation «Economic Development and Economic Structure of the Major Russian Metropolitan Areas»

Regional Studies Association Conference 2018 «Urban and Regional Resilience: Strategies for Success» are held 22-23 October and takes place within the Russian All Russia Strategic Forum in St Petersburg.  The Forum is held annually since 2002 and has already firmly and justifiably gained the right to be regarded as the main platform for discussion of methods and tools of... more

10.10.2018

HSE’ conference ‘Urban Renewal Policy: Balancing between Housing Affordability and Urban Sustainability’ started with open talk on national housing policy in Russia and European countries with Prof. Alexander Puzanov and Prof. Michael Oxley

On 10 October 2018 an International Scientific and Practical Conference ‘Urban Renewal Policy: Balancing between Housing Affordability and Urban Sustainability’ held by the Graduate School of Urbanism of the HSE Faculty of Urban and Regional Development took place at the Higher School of Economics. Passing through rapid economic and spatial growth cities are facing similar problems... more

5.10.2018

IUE' Urban Economy Department Director Irina Gentzler took part in the UNECE events, on October 4 and 5 in Geneva

The Seventy-Ninth session of the Committee on Housing and Land Management, which took place in Geneva on 4 and 5 October 2018,  discussed concrete steps on how the Committee is aligning its activities with the 2030 Agenda, the New Urban Agenda and the Geneva UN Charter on Sustainable Housing. Innovative experiences and best practices on housing, urban development, and land... more

25.09.2018

Russian scientific journal "Property relations in the Russian Federation" published IUE' experts article Analysis of judicial practice on issues related to apartments in Russia

The authors of the article analyze the judicial practice for the period 2012 -2018, related to disputes over the legitimacy of the creation of apartments and the legality of their use. Legal risks of development of the illegal market of apartments are revealed. The need for a legal analysis premises, they are treated as residential on the market, which generates numerous litigation. ... more

13.09.2018

Irina Gentzler, IUE, Urban Economy Director, spoke at the conference “Housing Management, Maintenance and Modernization in Central Asian countries” organized by UN-HABITAT and held in the city of Almaty

On September 11-12, 2018, Almaty (the Republic of Kazakhstan) hosted an international conference on housing management, maintenance and modernization in Central Asian countries. Irina Gentzler, IUE, Urban Economy Director, who works on UNDP project in the Republic of Kazakhstan as a consultant, made a presentation on current trends in management of multi-unit residential buildings in the UNECE... more

20.08.2018

Nadezhda Kosareva, IUE President and an economics columnist for the Izvestia newspaper, writes about the prospects for increased housing construction in Russia in 2024

In 2017, 80 million square meters of new housing were built in Russia. Yet the sufficiently high figure was the result of what had been achieved in previous years. The Presidential Decree of May 7, 2018, establishes the provision of housing as the national goal. This strategic objective entails the attainment of certain quantitative indicators. A key measure – an increase in construction of... more

13.08.2018

Russian scientific "ECO journal" published IUE' experts article "The Outline of the New State Policy towards Russian Cities and Urban Agglomerations"

In the article necessity of state policy correction in relation to the cities in Russia towards decentralization and differentiation is stated. The mechanisms that allow to increase autonomy of the large cities and urban agglomerations are offered along with the corresponding calculations and expert estimates. Also attention is paid to the problems of absence at the state... more

25.07.2018

IUE hosted a discussion club “An Analysis of the Legal Aspects of Direct Contracts on Provision of Utility Services between Utility Providers and Owners of Premises in Apartment Buildings”

On July 19, 2018 IUE hosted a discussion club “An Analysis of the Legal Aspects of Direct Contracts on Provision of Utility Services between Utility Providers and Owners of Premises in Apartment Buildings”. Nadezhda Kosareva, President (IUE) moderated the event. A. Sidyakin, First Deputy Chairperson of State Duma’s Committee on Housing Policy and Housing and Utilities Sector, participated in... more