Meeting of working group to prepare State Council Presidium meeting 2018-12-21 16:30:00 Moscow Presidential Aide and State Council Secretary Igor Levitin held the first meeting of the working group to prepare the State Council Presidium meeting on developing the housing market and creating a comfortable urban environment. Head of the working group, State Council member and President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov informed the participants about the working group’s goals and objectives. Minister of Construction, Housing and Utilities Vladimir Yakushev expanded on the ministry’s work in the sphere of developing the housing market, establishing a comfortable urban environment and on emerging problems that need to be solved through the joint effort of federal and regional authorities. The participants also approved the structure of the working group’s report and decided to form subgroups responsible for certain areas. During the meeting, remarks were made by representatives of federal executive authorities, heads of several regions of Rusia and representatives of the academic and expert community.