The upper house of Tajikistan's parliament approved the new Housing Code of the RT

On March 15, the members of the Majlisi Milli (the upper house of parliament) supported the draft of the new Housing Code of Tajikistan, previously approved by the Majlisi Namoyandagon (the lower house of parliament) of the Majlisi Oli of the RT.

The draft Housing Code of the RT consists of 8 sections, 18 chapters and 141 articles and regulates the right to housing, housing legal relations, issues of housing funds, the competence of state bodies in the sphere of housing construction, the management of housing funds, payment for communal services and other relations in the sphere of housing law, reports the PO «Independent Human Rights Protection Center».

Section I «General Provisions» contains 3 chapters and 17 articles, section II «The Right of Ownership of Housing» - 3 chapters and 11 articles, section III «Management of the Housing Fund» - 4 chapters and 16 articles, section IV «Housing of the State Housing Fund» - 4 chapters and 60 articles, section V «The Housing Cooperative» - 1 chapter and 9 articles, section VI «The Rental of Housing» - 1 chapter and 16 articles, section VII «Payments and Benefits in the Housing Sphere» - 1 chapter and 7 articles, section VIII «Final Provisions» - 1 chapter and 4 articles.

It should be noted that Article 4 of the draft Housing Code of the RT is devoted to the basic concepts - «residential premises», «residential building», «residential house», «multi-apartment building», «apartment», «room», «housing fund», «total area of an apartment», «technical passport of a residential building», «common property of a multi-apartment building», «social tenancy», «adjoining house territory», «managing organization», «homeowners’ association» and «housing cooperative».

Let us recall that in 2009 President Emomali Rahmon, in his address to parliament, proposed preparing a new modern Housing Code.

Thirteen years later the draft law, after discussions, was nonetheless approved by the Majlisi Namoyandagon.

The Housing Code approved by the upper house of parliament must still go through the procedure of being signed by the country’s president, and after publication in the official press it will come into force.

You can learn about the history of the preparatory and legislative drafting work on the Housing Code of Tajikistan by reading our material.

Source: Asia-Plus