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Nenets autonomous district to compensate housing costs for reindeer herders

17 february 2025

Young families in Russia’s Nenets autonomous district raising one or more children can opt for a compensation to a purchase or construction of traditional housing for young families of reindeer herders.

“A new measure of support for young families has been created in the Nenets autonomous district,” TASS quotes the head of the region, Yuri Bezdudny, as saying.

“A lot of work has been done, and at today's session, deputies of the district parliament adopted amendments to the law “On reindeer herding in the Nenets autonomous district.”

The funds will be issued in the form of a compensatory cash payment for the construction or purchase of traditional national housing and other buildings necessary for the implementation of traditional types of economic activity of tundra workers.

The funds are available to young people from 18 to 35 years old, the amount of a one-time payment is 600,000 rubles.

Theodor Lisovoy, Managing Editor, Rough&Polished