Most Russians positively perceive the new buildings and redevelopment projects of old buildings implemented in their city in the last few years. This is evidenced by the results of a survey conducted by the Center for Social Research and Technological Innovation (SITI) of the HSE Faculty of Urban and Regional Development.
According to a study conducted with 3.2 thousand people in settlements where new buildings have been built in the last 3-5 years, 72 percent of the respondents said they liked the new houses, 25 percent said they didn’t like it, and 3 percent said they had difficulty in responding. this question. question
Among citizens who have rebuilt old buildings in their cities, 72% of the respondents also gave a positive assessment of the final result. The proportion of those who did not like the result of the reconstruction was lower than for the new buildings – 11%, 17% had difficulty responding.
Analysts also say that when respondents were asked what function old buildings should have after redevelopment, they replied that they rarely had residential buildings to appear there, and more often expressed their readiness to place social or commercial infrastructure facilities in such buildings.
At the same time, when asked directly a question – are participants ready to buy housing in a building after redevelopment – participants showed a different attitude depending on the past purpose of the building.
Thus, a number of objects traditionally associated with harmful conditions cause higher levels of insecurity as a future housing object: 81% of respondents refused the opportunity to purchase housing in the building of a former power station, 14% allow this option , however, it does not provide any additional value for them and only 3% stated that they would like to live in such a house, while 2% had difficulty in responding.
The residents of the neighborhood gave similar answers to the questions about the residences, which used to be the buildings of heavy industry enterprises.
“The study shows there is a high potential for public confidence in redevelopment projects, especially if citizens have already seen results in their own city. So, if the difference between positive and negative reviews of new houses in Russian cities is 47%, then in the case of reconstruction of old buildings, the balance of positive and negative reviews is even better: +61%. Evgeny Mihaylenko, Dean of the Faculty of Urban and Regional Development at HSE, Director of the CITY Center.