"As to housing matters, yesterday I had a meeting with colleagues and gave an instruction: by September 15 they will have introduced proposals about what we can do together with the regions to develop housing infrastructure at a better rate."
The work of the State Duma on the National Projects during the latest session and the situation in Ukraine were discussed during the meeting.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with Vagit Alekperov, president of LUKoil
The newest technology applied at the plant in Kaliningrad, launch of terminal, work with Gazprom and the LUKoil activity abroad were discussed during the meeting.
"Our task is to form the prerequisites for moving on to a qualitatively new phase in housing development. I have said that only 18% of our citizens can afford to pay for their housing themselves. We must bring that figure to at least 60%, so that 60% of our citizens could solve their housing problems, given certain government instruments, independently."
The proposal of some amendments to the Charter of the United Russia party was discussed during the talks.