More than 3,800 homes have been purchased through the governmental program “First House” since its launch. According to the Ministry of Finance, the banks lent a total of over 1.9 billion lei for the purpose, with the guarantees coming to almost 957 million lei, IPN reports.
Most of the beneficiaries are families, while slightly over 1,000 are unmarried young people. The average age of the applicants is 31.3. The average area of the dwellings bought through the program is 60 square meters, while the average value of a home is 591,000 lei. Only 241 of all the bought homes are situated in rural areas, the rest being in towns.
The governmental program “First House” is intended for Moldovan citizens aged between 18 and 45 who work officially for a state institution or a private company in Moldova and have official incomes. Further information is available on the program’s official website.
