Last year, 6.5 million square meters of housing was commissioned in cities and towns, while 2.86 million square meters of housing was put into operation in rural areas. Some 43.7% of total housing was commissioned as single-family houses, the share of houses with two or more apartments was 56%, while public housing accounted for 0.3%, the agency said.
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However, a mere 30,300 square meters, or 0.3% of total commissioned housing, was built with the use of budget funds, which was 42.3% down from 2015.
As UNIAN reported earlier, commissioning of new housing in Ukraine grew by 13.3% in 2015 from 2014, to 11 million square meters.
