Pensioners Face Eviction in Leningrad Oblast
In Leningrad Oblast, pensioners may be evicted from their only home, in which they have lived for more than 30 years, as they are not allowed to privatize the property, which they have paid for over the years under a social rental agreement.
Consensus
- The Ermachkovs have lived in the apartment since 1984.
- The apartment is located in a dormitory building owned by Leningrad Oblast and assigned to a technical college.
- The Ermachkovs have been registered in the apartment since 1995.
- The Ermachkovs signed a social lease agreement in 2011.
- The Ermachkovs have consistently paid utility and maintenance fees.
- The Ermachkovs have no other housing.
- The local authorities and the technical college deny the validity of the social lease agreement.
- The Ermachkovs are seeking approval for privatization from the Leningrad Oblast government.
- At least nine other residents in the same building face similar risks of eviction.
- A court has already ordered the eviction of one resident in January 2026.
- The local administration recognized the Ermachkovs as in need of housing in April 2026, but not as low-income due to their income exceeding the threshold.
Points of divergence
- An individual from Tomsk learned about the death of a pensioner and attempted to seize her apartment in Moscow by using a woman resembling her to fraudulently privatize the property. — vm
Coverage (3 sources)
- Pensioners from Leningrad Oblast decided to be evicted from housing received in 1984 — Вечерняя Москва
- Residents of Tikhvin risk losing their apartment due to refusal of privatization — РИАМО
- In Leningrad Oblast, pensioners may be evicted from the only home they have lived in for more than 30 years — they are not given privatization... — Baza
Key entities
- Tikhvinom
- Leningrad Region
- Leningrad Oblast
- Baza
- Telegram channel Baza
- Tatyana Ermakova
- Petrom M. Petra
- Lenoblast Pensioners