Mortgage payments for families with many children have been suspended in several regions.
In Sakhalin, Jewish Autonomous, Amur, Smolensk, Vladimir, Novgorod In the Khabarovsk Krai, Adygea, and St. Petersburg regions, mortgage payments for large families have been suspended. The amount was 550 rubles. The federal program, which provides 450 rubles for mortgage repayments, remains in effect. NeMoskva found information about the program suspensions on the DOM.RF website.
As NeMoskva economics columnist Tatyana Rybakova explained, regional budgets are drawn up with deficits. Therefore, social programs are being cut, among other things. For example, the Sakhalin Region's budget deficit at the end of 2025 was 62 billion rubles, while at the end of 2024 it was only 27 billion rubles. In the Novgorod region approved The last budget had a deficit of 3,6 billion rubles, and before the war at the end of 2021 it was only 485 million rubles.
Residents of the Khabarovsk Krai reported problems. The regional Ministry of Social Protection explained that funds for the program had not yet been allocated, so payments would not be made for now. Officials added that they were "doing everything possible." In February, the support was discontinued. wrote in St. Petersburg, but the program suspended still.
This support measure is still in effect in Udmurtia, but here it is less: up to 300 thousand rubles per child.