BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 15. Kazakhstan
distributed 8,649 rental apartments in the first half of 2026, of
which 5,361 were privatized.


According to the Ministry of Industry and Construction of
Kazakhstan, this was stated by Kanat Mynbayev, Deputy Chairman of
the Committee for Construction and Housing and Communal Services of
the ministry.


As reported, more than 980,000 citizens across the country are
registered as being in need of housing. State support measures in
the form of rental housing and preferential mortgage loans are
available to them.


The ministry noted that rental housing is provided to citizens
with low or no income, based on their position in the queue and the
number of family members. The apartments are distributed according
to the following mechanism: 20% of the total number is allocated to
orphaned children, 50% to seven categories of citizens entitled to
priority housing, while the remaining housing is distributed among
other citizens registered as being in need of housing.







"If citizens acquire other housing as property, the rental
housing must be returned to communal ownership. In the event of the
death of a tenant of rental housing, the right to reside passes to
family members. When privatizing rental housing, citizens can
purchase it at its residual value either immediately or through
installments of up to 15 years. In addition, some citizens
specified by housing legislation can privatize rental housing free
of charge," Mynbayev explained, noting that privatization is a
voluntary choice.


It is also noted that preferential mortgage loans are issued
through Otbasy Bank JSC at rates of 2% and 5%. Loans at 2% are
provided to eight categories of citizens: WWII veterans, orphaned
children, mothers and families with many children, persons with
Group I and II disabilities, families raising children with
disabilities, veterans of military operations in other countries,
veterans equated in terms of benefits to WWII veterans, and
widows.


Citizens can also receive support in the form of a non-repayable
housing certificate to cover the down payment. A total of 1,976
such certificates were issued to Kazakhstanis in the first half of
the year. The amount of the certificates and the list of eligible
recipients are determined by decisions of local maslikhats.