ДЕПАРТАМЕНТ ЖИЛИЩНОЙ ПОЛИТИКИ И ЖИЛИЩНОГО ФОНДА ГОРОДА МОСКВЫ

The organization, Departament Zhilishchnoj Politiki I Zhilishchnogo Fonda Goroda Moskvy (Department of Housing Policy and Housing Fund of Moscow City), is a sectoral body of the executive power of Moscow City, subordinate to its government. It was established to manage housing policy and housing fund matters in Moscow. The department has been mentioned in various news articles since 2007, with the head of its housing policy division, Vladimir Brykov, stating that they would sell apartments to Moscow residents at cost price. In 2009, the department refused to privatize a rental apartment, citing a specific provision in the Federal Housing Code of the Russian Federation. Additionally, the department is responsible for collecting rent revenue from tenants in commercial housing buildings.