10 February 2010, 14:11
Mykola Tomenko: There is a Need for the Law on Affordable Dwelling but not for the Land Corruption
The Parliament has scrutinized the Bills "On Affordable Public Housing" (Reg. No 5124) and submitted for the Parliamentary scrutiny by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine "On the State Aid regarding the Affordable Public Housing" (Reg. No 4722).
In the course of the Bills scrutiny, Mykola Tomenko, the Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine stated that it is the first attempt of the Parliament to harmonize the legislative basis concerning the public housing. "Though, there is one problem, neither the state authorities nor the people´s Deputies are able to suggest the optimal variant of its implementation", - M. Tomenko declared.
Speaking on the Bills, the Deputy Chairman emphasized obvious lobbyism of the Bill submitted by the People´s Deputies declaring that it is written to meet the interests of one commercial structure and expressed hope that there would be no such a Bills for the scrutiny "as it discredits the legislation idea in general."
Instead, M. Tomenko called for the adoption as a basis the governmental bill, emphasizing still, that it is also imperfect in the part of the building companies liability receiving land plots on the privileged conditions for the building of affordable dwelling.
The Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine deems the adoption of such a bill an extremely essential step, though he cautioned against the construction, under the aegis of the public dwelling, of the allocation mechanisms of the land in the central parts of Ukrainian cities.
In the result of the scrutiny, the Parliament adopted the governmental bill, it was adopted by 320 votes in favor.