Volgograd: authorities state absence of appeals from tenants of ruined house on housing rent

A resolution has been signed on paying compensations for renting housing facilities; however, the tenants of the multi-storeyed house damaged by explosion have not applied for compensations to the operative headquarters, said the head of the Dzerzhinsky District of Volgograd. A woman-tenant of the house said that they are discussing the charter of the public organization "Tragedy at Kosmonavtov 47".

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on December 20 explosion occurred at No. 47 in Kosmonavtov Street in Volgograd, which destroyed a whole flight of the house from the second to the ninth level. 12 people were injured; and five dead bodies were found under the rubble.

The operative headquarters is still at work in the administration of the Dzerzhinsky District of Volgograd entitled to help the victims of the explosion, said Sergey Tatsiy, the head of the district administration.

"As of December 31, 86 people wrote applications for inclusion into the list of those who lost their housing," he said.

Earlier, tenants of the destroyed house expressed concern about the uncertainty of their situation, noting the absence of clear deadlines and forms of paying the compensations. Officials said that the settlement of the issue would take at least six months.

Sergey Tatsiy has stressed that on January 1 and 2 nobody addressed for compensation for rented housing.

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