When is a house considered unsafe or dilapidated?
The grounds for recognizing an apartment building as unsafe are specified in Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of January 28, 2006 No. 47.
When a house is considered unsafe:
- Inconsistency with sanitary and hygienic requirements, background radiation levels, sources of vibration, noise, and electromagnetic fields.
- Destruction, damage, deformation of supporting structures, if there is a danger of collapse.
- Damage or destruction of a house as a result of a man-made or other accident.
A house may also be declared uninhabitable if it is located in a hazardous area. For example, in areas of probable destruction during accidents, landslides, avalanches, mudflows, or in areas that are regularly flooded by flood waters, if flooding cannot be prevented using technology.
Note: housing is not simply recognized as unsafe. It is extremely important that the commission gives an opinion that even major repairs will not eliminate the shortcomings. If it is possible to simply carry out major repairs, no one will be resettled.
