The initial plan of the Moscow Urban Renewal Initiative included the demolition of 7,934 structures and the resettlement of 1.6 million people. This information was indicated in a presentation prepared for a meeting with State Duma deputies on the eve of the presentation of the bill. Between March and April, as a result of consultations with municipal deputies and house elders, a door-to-door telephone survey was conducted and protest activity was monitored, structures from 40 districts of Old Moscow and 15 settlements in the territories included in Moscow in 2011-2012 were excluded from the list.[12]​ The list of houses to be included in the renovation program was compiled with the participation of a scientific council under the Department of Cultural Heritage of the City of Moscow and the Archnadzor social movement. Advocates in Moscow secured the exclusion from the program of historical monuments without protected status. Houses in 40 workers' neighborhoods built in the 1920s and 1930s were excluded from the program and marked for renovation and not demolition.[13]​.

In May, the mayor's office published a preliminary list of 4,566 structures in 85 districts of the city: 1,064 in the Eastern Administrative District, 673 in the Southeastern Administrative District, 535 in the ZAO, 524 in the Northeastern Administrative District, 460 in the Southwestern Administrative District, 426 in the Southern Administrative District, 363 in the Southern Administrative District, 340 in the Central Administrative District, 50 in TiNAO and 34 in Zelenograd. The formal criteria for inclusion were structures built between 1957 and 1968, use of typical wall and roof products, condition, and structures no higher than 5 stories. In addition to buildings from the period of industrial housing construction, the list includes about 100 buildings from other years, including pre-revolutionary ones, houses from the period of the architectural avant-garde), late Stalinist buildings and houses built according to individual projects. Between May and June 2017, the mayor's office held a vote for the inclusion of houses from the preliminary list in the renovation program between apartment owners and tenants. Citizens could cast their vote via the Active Citizen application. To include a house in the program, it was necessary to collect two-thirds of the votes "in favor", for the exclusion one third plus one vote "against", the votes of those who refused to participate in the vote were distributed proportionally between those in favor and those opposed to participation in the program.[14]​.

The renovation program was supported by 4,087 structures on the preliminary list, while 452 structures opposed it. In 31 districts, all houses on the list supported participation in the program, in 2 districts, more than half of the structures were excluded from the program: 55% in the Moskvorechye-Saburovo district) and 51% in the Izmaylovo district). Voting did not take place in 7 structures on the list, because they were abandoned by residents or otherwise resettled. Of the 452 structures excluded from the program, 377 were found to be built of brick. The proportion of brick house residents was 84% ​​of all votes against. After studying the voting results, RBC journalists concluded that the choice of Muscovites was practically not affected by the proximity of their structures to Moscow metro stations and political preferences in the 2013 mayoral elections. Before the adoption of the renewal law, residents of structures not included in the preliminary voting list could hold meetings of owners and submit applications for participation in the program to district councils.

The preliminary lists did not include the 9-story houses that were written into the final version of the bill.[15] In an interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda on May 4, Sergei Sobyanin noted that the mayor's office would consider the possibility of their demolition with the consent of residents if the houses were included in the quarterly development and fell into disrepair. As a result, around 100 nine-story houses were included in the renovation program. At the end of 2017, 5,171 homes were included in the renovation program.[16]​ At the same time, the decisions of homeowners' associations on individual objects were appealed in court, so this list was not final until the resolution of these cases.

The bill's provisions guaranteed that apartment owners in buildings included in the renovation program would receive "equivalent" housing upon resettlement. This concept was first defined in the Renewal Law and means an apartment that has a total area greater than the unoccupied living area, equal to or greater, and the number of rooms. In addition, an "equivalent" apartment is provided with finishes and must meet the improvement standards set by legislation. Resettlement in "equivalent" apartments will be carried out within the area where the unoccupied apartment is located, an exception is made for Zelenograd and the New Moscow Territory"), where resettlement will be carried out within the boundaries of the administrative districts from January 1, 2017. If the apartment is not inhabited by minors, persons with limited legal capacity or incapable citizens, the owner has the right to choose to receive equivalent housing or monetary compensation. The owner also You can pay extra to get a larger apartment, including through the use of maternity capital, housing allowance or social payments. Tenants under a social tenancy agreement will receive equivalent housing and the opportunity to register it as private property.

In accordance with the Moscow law of May 17, 2017 No. 14 "On additional guarantees of housing and property rights of individuals and legal entities in the course of renovation of the housing stock in the city of Moscow", owners of commercial premises in houses included in the renovation program will be able to count on monetary compensation at the appraisal value or equivalent property. The state is willing to compensate the cost of relocation for socially unprotected residents.[17] According to the Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry, there are about 1,500 privately owned and about 400 municipally owned business premises in the renovation zone. According to RBC, the renewal will affect about 2,500 small businesses.[18]​.

According to Sergei Sobyanin, the number of newly built apartments in the renovation zone will be determined individually for each district and will be from 6 to 14 apartments. Previously, Moscow's deputy mayor for urban planning and construction policy, Marat Jusnulin, reported that in some areas of the city the construction of structures up to 20 stories high is possible.[19] Each of the houses built under the renovation program, according to the capital's urban planning policy department, goes through six stages of quality control.[20] In the first stage, the layout is checked in accordance with urban planning standards. Secondly, compliance with safety requirements in residential premises, as well as compliance with soundproofing standards. Thirdly, compliance with the requirements of the "comfortable housing" standard. In the fourth, the quality of the materials used. In the fifth, there is general control by Mosgosstroynadzor. In the sixth stage, the project receives a conclusion and, if all construction systems are in good condition, the house receives a commissioning permit.

In 2017, an international architectural competition was held to develop development projects for five pilot sites, taking into account the principles of creating a comfortable urban environment.[21]​ The projects had to be delicately integrated into the existing urban environment, have a comprehensive architectural image, optimize the use of the territory, create high-quality open spaces, include a well-developed landscaping strategy, offer a barrier-free environment with convenient access to social and transport infrastructure and commercial premises on the plants. lows. The competition was announced on Sergey Sobyanin's Twitter, and his personal invitations were received by the British architecture firm Foster and Partners and the Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron.[22] The competition jury valued the approach to the use of the territory, the variety of housing typologies and the fundamental spatial planning decisions of the neighborhoods. The competition received 120 applications from 277 architecture studios, including representatives of 43 international consortia.[23]​.

In November 2020, the Look of Renovation competition was launched to develop architectural solutions for houses within the framework of the renovation program. Contest participants had to offer an individual view of rooms within one of 31 competitive lots, which included 89 sites out of 453 included in the program. The competition received 105 applications from architects from 17 countries. 55 architectural firms were selected to participate in the second phase of the competition, including Ginzburg Architects, MLA+, Zaha Hadid Architects, Tsimailo Lyashenko and Partners, Asadov, Citizenstudio, Megabudka, Unk project, Master's Plan, Apex Project Bureau and Kamen Architects.[24]​.

On April 26, the Moscow City Duma considered and supported amendments to the Moscow budget for 2017 proposed by Sergei Sobyanin. These amendments increased the expenditure side of the city budget by 96.5 billion rubles, which the mayor's office plans to spend on preparatory measures for the renewal program: the formation of land plots for new construction, the preparation of fill sites for wave resettlement in the renewal neighborhoods and adjacent territories, pre-project implementation and design work.[25]​ In May 2017, in an interview with Dmitry Kiselyov"), Sergei Sobyanin said that the start of the first wave of resettlement under the program was planned for 2-3 years.

At the beginning of the program, the mayor's office estimated that implementation would take between 10 and 15 years. The city plans to independently determine the parameters and volumes of new construction, select contractors through competitive procedures and control the process through a specially created state renovation fund.[26]​ In August 2018, the first Khrushchevka was demolished within the framework of the dilapidated housing renovation program. The house was located in the north of Izmailovo"). The demolition of houses under the program uses a technology called "smart demolition", which sends a significant part of the materials for recycling.

On March 28, 2019, the first planning projects for the renewal of neighborhoods in the districts of Solntsevo, Ochakovo-Matveyevskoye, Ivanovskoye, Metrogorodok, Severnoye Tushino and Mitino were submitted to public hearings. In 2019, 12,000 Muscovites received new apartments under the renovation program.[27]​ In December 2019, the city portal reported that more than 16,000 people had already received new apartments under the program during the two years of its existence.[28]​ Some people chose new apartments in a larger area, but with a surcharge.

As of June 30, 2020, the resettlement stages for renewal were not officially published. The stages of the relocation were published on August 12, 2020.[29] Three stages are planned:

According to Minister of the Moscow Government, Head of the Moscow City Property Department Maxim Gaman"), as of July 15, 2021, Molzhaninovsky District") became the first district of the capital where the renovation program was completed. All residents included in this program in the district settled satisfactorily.

Until 2023, there have been 500 documented protests in Moscow, in which residents demanded that their houses be included in the renovation program. According to Rossíiskaya Gazeta, about 35,000 people attended the spontaneous actions.[30]​ The participants of the protests declared the deplorable state of their houses, demanded their inclusion in the program if the house was not on the preliminary list and immediate resettlement. At these rallies, deputies of the State Duma and the Moscow City Duma, members of the Moscow Public Chamber spoke to the people of the city: Ivan Teterin, Larisa Kartavtseva, Alexander Kozlov, Pyotr Tolstoy.

Opponents of the Moscow Urban Renewal Initiative have also organized demonstrations. The events were organized by municipal deputies Yulia Galiámina and Elena Rusakova"), journalists Tatiana Kosobokova") and Ekaterina Vinokurova") and declared apolitical: participants stood with signs and banners reading "We are for the renewal of power", "Against the renewal", "No to demolition", "Don't break our house", "Izmailovo") is against the renewal", "Save to Bogorodskoye")", "Marfino") is against".[31] Activists of the White Counter movement counted 22,000 people for the demonstration. In addition to the opponents of the renovation, a representative of the city council tried to present her arguments at the demonstration, but the crowd booed her and the organizers turned off her microphone. Politician Dmitry Gudkov"), who planned to speak at the rally, withdrew from his speech in solidarity with Alexei Navalny, who was removed from the rally by the police at the request of one of the organizers. The resolution of the rally included demands for the rejection of bill No. 120505-7, the abolition of the Active Citizen vote, the expansion of the powers of landowners, and a broad discussion on Moscow's future master plan. After the event, Sergei Sobianin promised to take into account the opinions of Muscovites and pay close attention to the significant statements made at the demonstration.[32]​.

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The leader of the Communist Party, Gennady Zyuganov, said that his party's deputies conceptually supported the idea of ​​renewal and that after the amendments "the entire bill on renewal was redone in the interests of Muscovites."[34] In addition, Zyuganov presented a proposal to extend the renewal to all of Russia.

The idea of ​​demolishing Khrushchevka was criticized by several deputies and the media. The criticism was largely that the state does not have the money and resources for this, or that the program is a public relations campaign.

Among critics, the editor of "Rapsi" noted that there is a successful experience of capital reconstruction of five-story houses in East Germany without evicting their tenants, after which the apartments in these houses became even more comfortable than in new buildings in Russia. They note that there are similar experiments in isolated reconstruction in Moscow. However, the state is campaigning for the demolition of five-story buildings.[35]​ The reason for this may be the desire to receive material benefits from the compaction of residential areas through the construction of multi-story buildings and the sale of apartments in them. Taking into account isolated cases of demolition of Khrushchev districts by private developers and the construction of new buildings, on average, the population density increased by 3.3 times. It was argued that such programs caused traffic jams to form in Moscow.[36] The environmental organization Greenpeace has estimated that in the areas where the reforms will be carried out, up to 25% of green spaces will be lost, among which especially environmentally effective areas that clean the city's air stand out.

According to Konstantin Jankauskas, deputy mayor of the Zyuzino district, massive densification is highly undesirable in already overcrowded Moscow. He argued that it will create an even greater burden on social and transport infrastructure and lead to, for example, emergency power outages, queues for spaces in kindergartens, schools and additional hours in traffic jams.[37] Residents of areas not included in the renewal program will feel the damage; The expected growth in the supply of cheap housing near the Moscow metro may lead to a decrease in prices and a freeze in interest in secondary housing. Particularly at risk are owners of mortgage apartments in five-story buildings, who risk finding themselves in a legal vacuum.

Critics pointed out the strange criteria for the demolition of five-story houses and that the highest priority was given to houses located closer to the city center and the most valuable land. Many of these structures were built in the late 1950s of brick and are considered more comfortable than the panel houses of the 1960s. Fontanka editors noted that there are buildings from the early Brezhnev era in the city that are already in worse condition than some in Khrushchevka. Aleksey Abanin of the RTVi website published a list of the most controversial buildings that fall into the "renovation" list, which includes pre-revolutionary buildings, Stalinist buildings and German huts, some of which have recently been restored. However, these buildings are united by a low population density.[38]​.

Another serious problem is the eviction of residents from five-story buildings. Jankauskas noted that there is a situation where a landowner must be a landowner when paying contributions and taxes, but when it comes to signing a resettlement agreement, he is no longer a landowner. And current laws do not protect you from forced eviction. Galina Khovanskaya"), State Duma deputy from Fair Russia, noted the opacity of the bill and fears that it will leave owners completely unprotected from forced eviction and relocation to less comfortable housing. Therefore, residents have a great opportunity to get into the same small apartment in a panel house near the Moscow Ring Road"), which will cost 2 times more than the old Khrushchevka housing. Similarly, Sergei Mitrokhin of Yabloko noted that the first wave of renovations led to the forced relocation of native Muscovites to remote areas, for example, Muscovites from Ostankino were resettled in Otradnoye by a court decision.

The initial plan of the Moscow Urban Renewal Initiative included the demolition of 7,934 structures and the resettlement of 1.6 million people. This information was indicated in a presentation prepared for a meeting with State Duma deputies on the eve of the presentation of the bill. Between March and April, as a result of consultations with municipal deputies and house elders, a door-to-door telephone survey was conducted and protest activity was monitored, structures from 40 districts of Old Moscow and 15 settlements in the territories included in Moscow in 2011-2012 were excluded from the list.[12]​ The list of houses to be included in the renovation program was compiled with the participation of a scientific council under the Department of Cultural Heritage of the City of Moscow and the Archnadzor social movement. Advocates in Moscow secured the exclusion from the program of historical monuments without protected status. Houses in 40 workers' neighborhoods built in the 1920s and 1930s were excluded from the program and marked for renovation and not demolition.[13]​.

In May, the mayor's office published a preliminary list of 4,566 structures in 85 districts of the city: 1,064 in the Eastern Administrative District, 673 in the Southeastern Administrative District, 535 in the ZAO, 524 in the Northeastern Administrative District, 460 in the Southwestern Administrative District, 426 in the Southern Administrative District, 363 in the Southern Administrative District, 340 in the Central Administrative District, 50 in TiNAO and 34 in Zelenograd. The formal criteria for inclusion were structures built between 1957 and 1968, use of typical wall and roof products, condition, and structures no higher than 5 stories. In addition to buildings from the period of industrial housing construction, the list includes about 100 buildings from other years, including pre-revolutionary ones, houses from the period of the architectural avant-garde), late Stalinist buildings and houses built according to individual projects. Between May and June 2017, the mayor's office held a vote for the inclusion of houses from the preliminary list in the renovation program between apartment owners and tenants. Citizens could cast their vote via the Active Citizen application. To include a house in the program, it was necessary to collect two-thirds of the votes "in favor", for the exclusion one third plus one vote "against", the votes of those who refused to participate in the vote were distributed proportionally between those in favor and those opposed to participation in the program.[14]​.

The renovation program was supported by 4,087 structures on the preliminary list, while 452 structures opposed it. In 31 districts, all houses on the list supported participation in the program, in 2 districts, more than half of the structures were excluded from the program: 55% in the Moskvorechye-Saburovo district) and 51% in the Izmaylovo district). Voting did not take place in 7 structures on the list, because they were abandoned by residents or otherwise resettled. Of the 452 structures excluded from the program, 377 were found to be built of brick. The proportion of brick house residents was 84% ​​of all votes against. After studying the voting results, RBC journalists concluded that the choice of Muscovites was practically not affected by the proximity of their structures to Moscow metro stations and political preferences in the 2013 mayoral elections. Before the adoption of the renewal law, residents of structures not included in the preliminary voting list could hold meetings of owners and submit applications for participation in the program to district councils.

The preliminary lists did not include the 9-story houses that were written into the final version of the bill.[15] In an interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda on May 4, Sergei Sobyanin noted that the mayor's office would consider the possibility of their demolition with the consent of residents if the houses were included in the quarterly development and fell into disrepair. As a result, around 100 nine-story houses were included in the renovation program. At the end of 2017, 5,171 homes were included in the renovation program.[16]​ At the same time, the decisions of homeowners' associations on individual objects were appealed in court, so this list was not final until the resolution of these cases.

The bill's provisions guaranteed that apartment owners in buildings included in the renovation program would receive "equivalent" housing upon resettlement. This concept was first defined in the Renewal Law and means an apartment that has a total area greater than the unoccupied living area, equal to or greater, and the number of rooms. In addition, an "equivalent" apartment is provided with finishes and must meet the improvement standards set by legislation. Resettlement in "equivalent" apartments will be carried out within the area where the unoccupied apartment is located, an exception is made for Zelenograd and the New Moscow Territory"), where resettlement will be carried out within the boundaries of the administrative districts from January 1, 2017. If the apartment is not inhabited by minors, persons with limited legal capacity or incapable citizens, the owner has the right to choose to receive equivalent housing or monetary compensation. The owner also You can pay extra to get a larger apartment, including through the use of maternity capital, housing allowance or social payments. Tenants under a social tenancy agreement will receive equivalent housing and the opportunity to register it as private property.

In accordance with the Moscow law of May 17, 2017 No. 14 "On additional guarantees of housing and property rights of individuals and legal entities in the course of renovation of the housing stock in the city of Moscow", owners of commercial premises in houses included in the renovation program will be able to count on monetary compensation at the appraisal value or equivalent property. The state is willing to compensate the cost of relocation for socially unprotected residents.[17] According to the Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry, there are about 1,500 privately owned and about 400 municipally owned business premises in the renovation zone. According to RBC, the renewal will affect about 2,500 small businesses.[18]​.

According to Sergei Sobyanin, the number of newly built apartments in the renovation zone will be determined individually for each district and will be from 6 to 14 apartments. Previously, Moscow's deputy mayor for urban planning and construction policy, Marat Jusnulin, reported that in some areas of the city the construction of structures up to 20 stories high is possible.[19] Each of the houses built under the renovation program, according to the capital's urban planning policy department, goes through six stages of quality control.[20] In the first stage, the layout is checked in accordance with urban planning standards. Secondly, compliance with safety requirements in residential premises, as well as compliance with soundproofing standards. Thirdly, compliance with the requirements of the "comfortable housing" standard. In the fourth, the quality of the materials used. In the fifth, there is general control by Mosgosstroynadzor. In the sixth stage, the project receives a conclusion and, if all construction systems are in good condition, the house receives a commissioning permit.

In 2017, an international architectural competition was held to develop development projects for five pilot sites, taking into account the principles of creating a comfortable urban environment.[21]​ The projects had to be delicately integrated into the existing urban environment, have a comprehensive architectural image, optimize the use of the territory, create high-quality open spaces, include a well-developed landscaping strategy, offer a barrier-free environment with convenient access to social and transport infrastructure and commercial premises on the plants. lows. The competition was announced on Sergey Sobyanin's Twitter, and his personal invitations were received by the British architecture firm Foster and Partners and the Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron.[22] The competition jury valued the approach to the use of the territory, the variety of housing typologies and the fundamental spatial planning decisions of the neighborhoods. The competition received 120 applications from 277 architecture studios, including representatives of 43 international consortia.[23]​.

In November 2020, the Look of Renovation competition was launched to develop architectural solutions for houses within the framework of the renovation program. Contest participants had to offer an individual view of rooms within one of 31 competitive lots, which included 89 sites out of 453 included in the program. The competition received 105 applications from architects from 17 countries. 55 architectural firms were selected to participate in the second phase of the competition, including Ginzburg Architects, MLA+, Zaha Hadid Architects, Tsimailo Lyashenko and Partners, Asadov, Citizenstudio, Megabudka, Unk project, Master's Plan, Apex Project Bureau and Kamen Architects.[24]​.

On April 26, the Moscow City Duma considered and supported amendments to the Moscow budget for 2017 proposed by Sergei Sobyanin. These amendments increased the expenditure side of the city budget by 96.5 billion rubles, which the mayor's office plans to spend on preparatory measures for the renewal program: the formation of land plots for new construction, the preparation of fill sites for wave resettlement in the renewal neighborhoods and adjacent territories, pre-project implementation and design work.[25]​ In May 2017, in an interview with Dmitry Kiselyov"), Sergei Sobyanin said that the start of the first wave of resettlement under the program was planned for 2-3 years.

At the beginning of the program, the mayor's office estimated that implementation would take between 10 and 15 years. The city plans to independently determine the parameters and volumes of new construction, select contractors through competitive procedures and control the process through a specially created state renovation fund.[26]​ In August 2018, the first Khrushchevka was demolished within the framework of the dilapidated housing renovation program. The house was located in the north of Izmailovo"). The demolition of houses under the program uses a technology called "smart demolition", which sends a significant part of the materials for recycling.

On March 28, 2019, the first planning projects for the renewal of neighborhoods in the districts of Solntsevo, Ochakovo-Matveyevskoye, Ivanovskoye, Metrogorodok, Severnoye Tushino and Mitino were submitted to public hearings. In 2019, 12,000 Muscovites received new apartments under the renovation program.[27]​ In December 2019, the city portal reported that more than 16,000 people had already received new apartments under the program during the two years of its existence.[28]​ Some people chose new apartments in a larger area, but with a surcharge.

As of June 30, 2020, the resettlement stages for renewal were not officially published. The stages of the relocation were published on August 12, 2020.[29] Three stages are planned:

According to Minister of the Moscow Government, Head of the Moscow City Property Department Maxim Gaman"), as of July 15, 2021, Molzhaninovsky District") became the first district of the capital where the renovation program was completed. All residents included in this program in the district settled satisfactorily.

Until 2023, there have been 500 documented protests in Moscow, in which residents demanded that their houses be included in the renovation program. According to Rossíiskaya Gazeta, about 35,000 people attended the spontaneous actions.[30]​ The participants of the protests declared the deplorable state of their houses, demanded their inclusion in the program if the house was not on the preliminary list and immediate resettlement. At these rallies, deputies of the State Duma and the Moscow City Duma, members of the Moscow Public Chamber spoke to the people of the city: Ivan Teterin, Larisa Kartavtseva, Alexander Kozlov, Pyotr Tolstoy.

Opponents of the Moscow Urban Renewal Initiative have also organized demonstrations. The events were organized by municipal deputies Yulia Galiámina and Elena Rusakova"), journalists Tatiana Kosobokova") and Ekaterina Vinokurova") and declared apolitical: participants stood with signs and banners reading "We are for the renewal of power", "Against the renewal", "No to demolition", "Don't break our house", "Izmailovo") is against the renewal", "Save to Bogorodskoye")", "Marfino") is against".[31] Activists of the White Counter movement counted 22,000 people for the demonstration. In addition to the opponents of the renovation, a representative of the city council tried to present her arguments at the demonstration, but the crowd booed her and the organizers turned off her microphone. Politician Dmitry Gudkov"), who planned to speak at the rally, withdrew from his speech in solidarity with Alexei Navalny, who was removed from the rally by the police at the request of one of the organizers. The resolution of the rally included demands for the rejection of bill No. 120505-7, the abolition of the Active Citizen vote, the expansion of the powers of landowners, and a broad discussion on Moscow's future master plan. After the event, Sergei Sobianin promised to take into account the opinions of Muscovites and pay close attention to the significant statements made at the demonstration.[32]​.

[33]

The leader of the Communist Party, Gennady Zyuganov, said that his party's deputies conceptually supported the idea of ​​renewal and that after the amendments "the entire bill on renewal was redone in the interests of Muscovites."[34] In addition, Zyuganov presented a proposal to extend the renewal to all of Russia.

The idea of ​​demolishing Khrushchevka was criticized by several deputies and the media. The criticism was largely that the state does not have the money and resources for this, or that the program is a public relations campaign.

Among critics, the editor of "Rapsi" noted that there is a successful experience of capital reconstruction of five-story houses in East Germany without evicting their tenants, after which the apartments in these houses became even more comfortable than in new buildings in Russia. They note that there are similar experiments in isolated reconstruction in Moscow. However, the state is campaigning for the demolition of five-story buildings.[35]​ The reason for this may be the desire to receive material benefits from the compaction of residential areas through the construction of multi-story buildings and the sale of apartments in them. Taking into account isolated cases of demolition of Khrushchev districts by private developers and the construction of new buildings, on average, the population density increased by 3.3 times. It was argued that such programs caused traffic jams to form in Moscow.[36] The environmental organization Greenpeace has estimated that in the areas where the reforms will be carried out, up to 25% of green spaces will be lost, among which especially environmentally effective areas that clean the city's air stand out.

According to Konstantin Jankauskas, deputy mayor of the Zyuzino district, massive densification is highly undesirable in already overcrowded Moscow. He argued that it will create an even greater burden on social and transport infrastructure and lead to, for example, emergency power outages, queues for spaces in kindergartens, schools and additional hours in traffic jams.[37] Residents of areas not included in the renewal program will feel the damage; The expected growth in the supply of cheap housing near the Moscow metro may lead to a decrease in prices and a freeze in interest in secondary housing. Particularly at risk are owners of mortgage apartments in five-story buildings, who risk finding themselves in a legal vacuum.

Critics pointed out the strange criteria for the demolition of five-story houses and that the highest priority was given to houses located closer to the city center and the most valuable land. Many of these structures were built in the late 1950s of brick and are considered more comfortable than the panel houses of the 1960s. Fontanka editors noted that there are buildings from the early Brezhnev era in the city that are already in worse condition than some in Khrushchevka. Aleksey Abanin of the RTVi website published a list of the most controversial buildings that fall into the "renovation" list, which includes pre-revolutionary buildings, Stalinist buildings and German huts, some of which have recently been restored. However, these buildings are united by a low population density.[38]​.

Another serious problem is the eviction of residents from five-story buildings. Jankauskas noted that there is a situation where a landowner must be a landowner when paying contributions and taxes, but when it comes to signing a resettlement agreement, he is no longer a landowner. And current laws do not protect you from forced eviction. Galina Khovanskaya"), State Duma deputy from Fair Russia, noted the opacity of the bill and fears that it will leave owners completely unprotected from forced eviction and relocation to less comfortable housing. Therefore, residents have a great opportunity to get into the same small apartment in a panel house near the Moscow Ring Road"), which will cost 2 times more than the old Khrushchevka housing. Similarly, Sergei Mitrokhin of Yabloko noted that the first wave of renovations led to the forced relocation of native Muscovites to remote areas, for example, Muscovites from Ostankino were resettled in Otradnoye by a court decision.