Duma Moves to Second Reading on Expanding Housing Support for Military Families

Overview

• The State Duma scheduled the second reading for December 9 on a bill expanding housing assistance tied to military service, according to Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin.
• The latest amendment, co-authored by a group led by Volodin, would let regions introduce extra housing measures for families of servicemembers who died in the line of duty under regional rules.
• The bill broadens priority access to housing or subsidies to include active and former servicemembers on housing-need registries who live with one or more children disabled from childhood.
• The proposal was introduced in August by senators Inna Svyatenko, Elena Perminova, Sergey Gornyakov and deputy Yaroslav Nilov and passed first reading in October.
• The same session is set to address extending anti-sanctions economic special regulation for 2026, a wording change on crosses in the state emblem, and tighter Lake Baikal protections, while a separate faction plans to submit a bill to waive preschool fees for veterans and servicemembers.