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Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 16 April 1997 No. 94-I "On Housing Relations"

Year: 1997

Type: Domestic law

Rights Category: Work & Workplace rights

Description

The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated April 16, 1997 No. 94-I "On Housing Relations" regulates relations related to the acquisition, use, management and protection of housing stock. It defines the grounds for the emergence and termination of the right of ownership and use of dwellings, the requirements for residential premises and the rules for their conversion. The law provides for the joint operation of residential buildings, the management of condominiums and the responsibilities of owners. It establishes the procedure for resolving housing disputes, including eviction only by judicial decision.

Selected provisions
Article 67. Registration of persons in need of housing and provision of housing from the housing stock of state institutions and state enterprises

1. State institutions and state enterprises shall maintain lists of persons in need of housing
and publish on their Internet resources the lists of persons registered as needing housing and
lists of persons who have received housing from the housing stock of state institutions and
state enterprises over the past twenty-four months, indicating the date of their registration as
needing housing.
The requirements to publish on their Internet resources lists of persons registered as
needing housing and lists of persons who have received housing from the housing fund of
state institutions shall not apply to the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan, other
troops and military formations, law enforcement agencies, special public authorities, and civil
defence agencies.
Housing provided from the state housing fund, excluding housing rented from the private
housing fund to civil servants, employees of budgetary organisations, military personnel,
cosmonaut candidates, cosmonauts, employees of law enforcement agencies, special public
authorities, civil defence agencies, as well as persons holding elected public office shall be
equated to service housing.
2. Dwellings from the housing stock of state institutions shall be provided for use by the
employees of these institutions who need housing in a given locality, with the exception of
cases provided for in paragraphs 4, 5, 6 and 7 of this article.
Dwellings from the housing stock of state institutions created for the purpose of
implementing active measures to promote employment shall be provided to citizens of the
Republic of Kazakhstan, kandas, participating in active measures to promote employment, in
accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on social welfare.
A mandatory condition for the provision of housing from the housing stock of state
institutions created for the purpose of implementing active measures to promote employment
to citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan, kandas participating in active measures to promote
employment, in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on social
welfare, is the absence of housing on the ownership right at the new place of residence,
including members of their families.
The housing provided by state institutions is service housing.
3. Dwellings from the housing stock of state enterprises are provided for use by
employees of these enterprises and shall be equated to service housing.
4. Dwellings from the housing stock of state institutions shall be provided for use to the
state bodies’ civil servants in need of housing in a given locality, supporting the activities of
the President, the Chambers of Parliament, the Prime Minister and the Government of the
Republic of Kazakhstan and not having the right to operational management of separate
property, as well as other persons determined by the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
5. Service housing from the departmental housing stock shall be provided for use by civil
servants in need of housing in a given locality, appointed to a position on a rotational basis,
for the period of performance of their official duties.
6. Service housing belonging to the housing stock of state institutions of national security
and internal affairs bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan, civil defence bodies in this
settlement, not subject to privatisation, shall be provided for the period of service (
employment) to employees (workers) who are recognised as needing housing and who are
members of the national security and internal affairs agencies of the Republic of Kazakhstan,
civil defence agencies, etc.
7. Housing from the housing stock of the municipal state institution in the sphere of
accounting and maintenance of the housing stock of the capital shall be provided for use by
civil servants and budgetary employees in need of housing in a given locality.
Footnote. Article 67 as amended by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated
22.11.2024 № 138-VIII (effective six months after the date of its first official publication); as
amended by Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan № 196-VIII of 24.06.2025 (shall take effect
on 30.06.2025); № 203-VIII of 30.06.2025 (shall enter into force on 01.07.2025).

Article 68. Citizens in vulnerable population groups

Footnote. Title of Article 68 as amended by Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated
22.07.2011 № 479-IV (enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after first official
publication).
Vulnerable population groups include:
1) veterans of the Great Patriotic War;
1-1) veterans equated in benefits to veterans of the Great Patriotic War;
1-2) veterans of combat operations on the territory of other states;
2) persons with the first and second disability groups;
3) families with or raising children with disabilities;
4) persons with severe forms of certain chronic diseases included in the list of diseases
confirmed by the authorized healthcare body;
5) retirement pensioners;
6) orphans and children without a custody of parents aged under twenty-nine years who
lost parents before coming age. When these persons are called to military service, the age
shall be extended for the term of performance of active military duty;
7) oralmans;
8) persons who lost their dwelling place due to ecological, natural or technical disasters or
emergencies;
9) mothers with many children, awarded with necklaces "Altyn alka", "Kumis alka" or
previously received the title "Mother-Heroine", as well as awarded with the orders of "
Maternal Glory" of I and II degrees, large families;
10) families of persons who died (were killed) while fulfilling state or public duties or
military service, preparing for or carrying out space travel, saving human life or protecting
law and order;
11) incomplete families;
12) widows (widowers) who have dependent minor children and children studying under
general education or professional programs in organizations of general secondary, technical
and professional, post-secondary education, higher, postgraduate education on a full-time
basis, but not more than until reaching the age of twenty-three.
Footnote. Article 68 as amended by Laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated
06.07.2007 № 276; 08.06.2009 № 163-IV; 29.05.2010 № 283-IV (for method of enforcement
see Article 2); 22.07.2011 № 479-IV (enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after first
official publication); and 06.01.2012 № 529-IV (enforced upon expiry of twenty-one calendar
days after first official publication); dated 06.05.2019 № 251-VI (shall be enforced upon
expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 06.05.2020 № 323-VI (
effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication); dated 24.11.2021 №
75-VII (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication); dated
27.06.2022 № 129-VII (shall be enforced ten calendar days after the date of its first official
publication); dated 22.11.2024 № 138-VIII (effective ten calendar days after the date of its
first official publication).

Article 69. Recognition of citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan, kandas as needing housing

1. Adult citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan, kandas shall be recognized as needing
housing if:
1) they do not have owned housing on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan within
the last five years at the time of registration as in need of housing in the unified republican
electronic database and the electronic database "Center for Housing Provision";
2) they do not have owned housing in a given locality when registering as in need of
housing and at the time of provision of housing from the housing stock of the state institution;
3) they do not have a home on the ownership right in the territory of the Republic of
Kazakhstan when registering as needing housing and at the time of provision of housing from
the housing stock of the state enterprise;
4) their only home is recognized as an emergency dwelling in accordance with the
procedure stipulated by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the registration of
which is carried out at the location of this home by local executive bodies.
2. The requirement to reach the age of majority does not apply to orphans, children
without parental care, under twenty-nine years old, or those who lost their parents before
reaching the age of majority. When such persons are called up for military service, the age
shall be extended for the duration of their compulsory military service.
3. Family members of a tenant (sub-tenant) who has received housing from the communal
housing stock cannot be recognized as needing housing from the communal housing stock on
the same grounds as the tenant (sub-tenant) of the housing.
4. Citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan, whose only dwelling is recognized to be in
emergency condition in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the
Republic of Kazakhstan, upon receiving housing from the communal housing stock shall
transfer the emergency dwelling they own into communal ownership in accordance with the
civil legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Footnote. Article 69 is envisaged in the wording of the Law of the Republic of
Kazakhstan dated 22.11.2024 № 138-VIII (effective six months after the date of its first
official publication).

Article 70. Right of citizens to dwelling place from state housing stock or dwelling place leased by a local executive body in private housing stock

A citizen (together with spouse and minor children) shall have the right to only one
dwelling place in this inhabited locality from state housing stock or a dwelling place leased by
a local executive body in private housing stock, with the exception of cases in which each
spouse had such dwelling place before marrying.
Footnote. Article 70 as amended by Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 7 July 2006
№ 182 (for method of enforcement, see Article 2).
Footnote. The title of Chapter 10 is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan
dated 22.11.2024 № 138-VIII (effective six months after the date of its first official
publication).

Article 71. Putting citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan, kandas on the register of needing housing by the housing construction savings bank having the status of a national development institute

1. Registration of citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan by the housing construction
savings bank having the status of the national development institute, citizens of the Republic
of Kazakhstan, kandas as needing housing in the electronic database “Center for housing
provision”, recognized as needing housing in accordance with Article 69 of this Law, shall be
made at the place of registration in the given locality in accordance with the rules of
registration of citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan, kandas on the account of those in need
of housing in the electronic database “Center for housing provision”.
Registration of citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan, kandas as in need of housing in the
electronic database “Center for housing provision” by the Housing Construction Savings
Bank, which has the status of the national development institute, shall be carried out in
compliance with the requirements of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On personal
data and their protection”.
When registering those in need of housing the Housing Construction Savings Bank with
the national development institute status, must obtain the consent of citizens of the Republic
of Kazakhstan, kandas and members of their families for collection and processing of
personal data in accordance with Article 8 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On
Personal Data and Their Protection”.
The decision on registration of citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan, kandas as needing
housing in the electronic database “Center for housing provision” with sending of a notice of
registration or a motivated refusal to register shall be made by the housing construction
savings bank, which has the status of the national development institute, and shall be sent to
the citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan, kandas via e-mail or cellular subscriber device to
his subscriber number in the form of a text message no later than fifteen working days from
the application filing date.
2. When registering citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan, kandas, as needing housing in
cities of national significance, the capital by a housing construction savings bank with the
status of a national development institute, registration at the place of residence over the last
three years is required. This requirement shall not apply to orphans, children left without
parental care (parent), under twenty-nine years old, or those who lost their parents before
reaching adulthood.
3. Legal representatives of orphans, children left without parental care (parent), shall be
obliged, within three months from the date of admission of orphans, children without parental
care (parent), to an educational, medical or other organization, or from the date of their
placement under guardianship or custody , or from the date of conclusion of an agreement
with a foster parent, adoptive parents, to register the child as needing housing at the place of
initial registration of orphans, children left without parental care (parent), or at the place of
actual residence of the legal representative.
In the event that orphans, children left without parental care (parent), are returned to
educational, medical or other organizations after adoption, guardianship or custody, foster
care by a foster family has been revoked, the children shall be reinstated in the lists of those
in need of housing until their transfer to an adoptive parent, guardian, custodian, foster carer
or foster parent.
Orphans and children left without parental care (parent) are registered as needing housing,
while keeping the initial date of registration as needing housing within the oblast.
Registration of orphans and children left without parental care (parent) as needing housing
in the electronic database “Center for Housing Provision” in case of change of their place of
residence shall be carried out in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2 of this article.
4. Citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan who are employees of state institutions or
state-owned enterprises, who are registered as budget employees in need of housing, are
recognized as employees of budget organizations in the event of reorganization of state
institutions and state-owned enterprises into state-owned enterprises on the right of economic
management, also in the case of transfer of the property complex of a state enterprise under a
trust management agreement.
5. Registration of persons in need of housing in the electronic database “Center for
housing provision” of citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan, kandas, who are registered with
the unified republican electronic database, shall not be allowed.
6. The inventory of lists of citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan, kandas, registered as
those in need of housing with the unified republican electronic database, the electronic
database “Center for Housing Provision”, shall be conducted at least once a quarter with the
publication of updated lists of citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan, kandas on the Internet
resource of the housing construction savings bank, which has the status of the national
development Institute.
Footnote. Article 71 as amended by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated
22.11.2024 № 138-VIII (effective six months after the date of its first official publication).

Article 72. Grounds for denying registration as needing housing

Citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan and citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan are
denied registration as needing housing in cases if:
1) they own or have owned housing on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan during
the last five years when registering as needing housing in the electronic database “Center for
Housing Provision”;
2) they own housing in a given locality when registering as needing housing from the
housing stock of a state institution;
3) they own housing in the Republic of Kazakhstan when registering as needing housing
from the housing stock of a state enterprise;
4) they have housing provided for use from the state housing stock or housing rented by
the local executive body in the private housing stock;
5) the submitted documents and/or information contained false data;
6) they had previously received and privatized housing from the state housing stock;
7) they have the only home recognized as emergency dwelling in accordance with the
procedure established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, which is located in
another populated area;
8) they acquired housing in ownership with the use of a mortgage housing loan within the
framework of the mortgage program approved by the National Bank of the Republic of
Kazakhstan, documents of the State Planning System of the Republic of Kazakhstan, state
housing construction programs, and the concept for development of the industry (sphere)
approved by the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Footnote. Article 72 as amended by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated
22.11.2024 № 138-VIII (effective six months after the date of its first official publication).

Article 73. Grounds for deregistration of citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan in need of housing, kandas

Footnote. The title of Article 73 as amended by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan
dated 22.11.2024 № 138-VIII (effective six months after the date of its first official
publication).
1. Deregistration of citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan in need of housing, kandas
registered as needing housing in the unified republican electronic database, the electronic
database “Center for Housing Provision”, shall be made in the following cases:
1) absence of grounds for recognition as needing housing in accordance with Article 69 of
this Law;
2) moving to another locality for permanent residence;
3) termination of employment in a state institution or state enterprise;
4) obtaining housing from the state housing stock;
5) submission of documents and (or) information as grounds for recognition as needing
housing, containing inaccurate data;
6) termination of citizenship of the Republic of Kazakhstan or receipt of a residence
permit or other document confirming the right to permanent residence in the territory of a
foreign state;
7) life imprisonment on the enforced guilty verdict of the court;
8) recognition as missing by the enforced court ruling;
9) death or declaration of death by enforced court ruling.
The following persons shall not be de-registered as needing housing, except for the cases
provided for in the first part of this paragraph:
1) orphans, children left without parental care, after they reach the age of majority;
2) families with or raising children with disabilities, after the child reaches the age of
majority or in the event of the removal (non-establishment) of the child's disability or his/her
death;
4) single-parent families after the children reach the age of majority or their death;
5) kandas, who have obtained citizenship of the Republic of Kazakhstan, arrived for
permanent residence in the regions determined by the Government of the Republic of
Kazakhstan;
6) widows (widowers) after their children reach the age of majority or after their death.
2. In the event of a citizen registered leaving for another permanent place of residence or
his death, the order shall be retained for the remaining family members registered with him,
unless the grounds for recognizing them as in need of housing have disappeared.
2-1. Excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 22.11.2024 № 138-VIII (
effective six months after the date of its first official publication).
3. Interested persons shall be notified of deregistration in writing, ten days after adoption
of the decision specifying the grounds for deregistration.
4. In cases where violations are discovered, when a citizen was registered as in need of
housing in the absence of grounds for this, but subsequently such grounds appeared (the
number of family members increased, the total family income decreased, etc.), he/she shall be
recognized as in need from the date the grounds appeared and, accordingly, his order is
transferred.
Footnote. Article 73 as amended by Laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated
07.07.2006 № 182 (for method of enforcement see Article 2); and 22.07.2011 № 479-IV (
enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after first official publication); dated 29.12.2014 №
270-V (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication);
dated 06.05.2019 № 251-VI (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first
official publication); dated 12.10.2021 № 67-VII of the LRK (effective ten calendar days
after the date of its first official publication); dated 27.06.2022 № 129-VII (shall be enforced
ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication); dated 15.03.2023 № 207-VII (
shall be enforced sixty calendar days after the date of its first official publication); dated
22.11.2024 № 138-VIII (effective six months after the date of its first official publication);
dated 15.07.2025 № 207-VIII (shall be enforced upon expiry of sixty calendar days after its
first official publication).

Article 74. Implementation of state support measures aimed to improve housing conditions

1. State support measures aimed to improve housing conditions shall be implemented to
citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan, kandas, registered as needing housing with the unified
republican electronic base, electronic base “Center for housing provision”, depending on the
income level and the date of registration as needing housing in accordance with the rules of
implementing state support measures aimed to improve housing conditions.
The rights of citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan, kandas, registered as needing
housing with the unified republican electronic base, electronic base “Center for housing
provision”, shall be recognized as equal.
Veterans of the Great Patriotic War, veterans equal in benefits to veterans of the Great
Patriotic War, veterans of combat operations in the territory of other states, orphans, children
left without parental care, mothers with many children awarded with the pendants "Altyn
Alka", "Kumis Alka" or who previously received the title of "Mother Heroine", as well as
those awarded with the Order of Maternal Glory of the 1st and 2nd degrees, large families,
families having or raising children with disabilities, persons of the first and second disability
groups, widows (widowers) shall have priority right to receiving state support measures
within the framework of the distribution year aimed at improving housing conditions
provided for in subparagraphs 1) and 3) of paragraph 1 of Article 10-8 of this Law, who are
provided with at least seventy percent of housing from the total housing volume.
2. When providing state support measures aimed at improving housing conditions, social
payments, pension payments received by persons caring for children with disabilities, state
scholarships in educational organizations received by orphans and children left without
parental care are not included in the income of citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
3. Citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan registered as needing housing in the unified
republican electronic database, the electronic database "Housing Provision Center", related to
the category defined by subparagraph 10) of Article 68 of this Law, shall be provided with
housing no later than one year by local executive bodies at the place of residence.
4. The decision to provide state support measures aimed at improving housing conditions
provided for in subparagraphs 1), 2) and 3) of paragraph 1 of Article 10-8 of this Law shall be
made by the housing construction savings bank having the status of a national development
institute in accordance with the rules for implementing state support measures aimed to
improve housing conditions.
Footnote. Article 74 as amended by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated
22.11.2024 № 138-VIII (effective six months after the date of its first official publication);
dated 15.07.2025 № 207-VIII (shall be enforced upon expiry of sixty calendar days after its
first official publication).