Izvestia: rejection of migrants can increase the cost of housing in Russia by 10-40 percent
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A complete rejection of migrants at Russian construction sites can increase the cost of housing by 10-40 percent, writes Izvestia, citing the results of a survey of developers across the country. The study was conducted by Vladimir Koshelev, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Construction and Housing and Utilities, with the support of Delovaya Rossiya.
According to 24 percent of the respondents, it will be impossible in principle to refuse foreign labor. 28 percent said that this could happen within 3-5 years, 47 percent mentioned a period of one or two years, 1 percent mentioned 5-10 years. Koshelev himself believes that Russia is not yet ready for a radical change in the staff at construction sites.
“In the current situation, a complete ban on migrants, in fact, will lead to the suspension of construction, the failure of developers to fulfill their obligations to citizens on time,” predicted Aleksandr Yakubovsky, a member of the State Duma Committee on Construction and Housing and Utilities.
The office of Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin told the publication that today it is difficult to talk about a complete rejection of migrants. Labor shortages are significantly affecting construction costs, officials said. The Ministry of Construction noted that foreign labor is needed to solve the large-scale tasks facing the construction industry.
According to Koshelev, 30-50 percent of Russian developers are experiencing “personnel shortage”, so it is necessary to improve the qualifications of Russian workers and increase the popularity of construction professions. The deputy and “Delovaya Rossiya” plan to send to the Ministry of Construction a proposal to launch a federal program for the training and advanced training of domestic personnel in the construction industry.
Earlier it became known that labor migrants in Russia will be issued patents for work in the form of a card with a chip containing an electronic image of a face and fingerprints from December 29, 2021. The corresponding order was signed by the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Vladimir Kolokoltsev.
