Ministry of Construction, Housing and Utilities

Ministry of Construction, Housing and Utilities of the Russian Federation
Министерство строительства и жилищно-коммунального хозяйства Российской Федерации; Ministerstvo stroitelstva i zhilishchno-kommunalnogo khozyaystva Rossiiskoi Federatsii
Agency overview
Formed	1 November 2013
Preceding agency	Rosstroy;
Jurisdiction	Government of Russia
Headquarters	Sadovaya-Samotechnaya str., 10/23, building 1, Moscow, Russia; 55°46′22″N 37°36′55″E / 55.77278°N 37.61528°E
Minister responsible	Irek Faizullin, Minister;
Website	Minstroyrf.gov.ru

The Ministry of Construction, Housing and Utilities (Minstroy; Russian: Министерство строительства и жилищно-коммунального хозяйства Российской Федерации (Минстрой России), romanized: Ministrestvo stroitelstva i zhilishchno-kommunalnogo khozyaystva Rossiyskoy Federatsii (Minstroy Rossii)) is a government ministry in the Cabinet of Russia.^[1]

The ministry is based on the federal construction agency Rosstroi, absorbs the functions of all the agencies overseeing the country's construction and utilities sectors according to the presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov.^[2]

Background

In his announcement on the decision to create the ministry in Novo Ogaryovo residence, President of Russia Vladimir Putin offered the post to the governor of Ivanovo Oblast, Mikhail Men^[3] and said that "construction is to a certain degree the economy driver. And with regard to housing, needless to say - we are already sick and tired of problems in this sphere”.^[4]