Apartments will protect from seizure

Officials of the Ministry of economic development proposed to extend the ban on the sale of a single housing in the case of bankruptcy of the citizen apartments.

Recall now that the right to keep the only shelter in bankruptcy applies only to residential premises. Apartments to those not included. The office noted that because many citizens now live in apartments, there is no immunity to their sale in bankruptcy is a violation of the right to housing.

"Many people live in non-residential premises in the property or facilities under construction and, if the immunity (the right not to sell a single housing in the case of the bankruptcy law) only applies to residential premises, and violated the fundamental right to housing", - quotes the edition of "Vedomosti" the words of the reply of the Ministry on the draft amendments to the law on bankruptcy prepared by the Ministry of justice.

In addition, the Ministry of economic development proposes to extend the immunity to the proceeds from the sale of a single housing, and to oblige the regions to determine what is considered luxury housing.

Source bkn.ru