Development trends of housing construction in the Republic of Karelia municipalities

The article characterizes development trends of housing construction in the Republic of Karelia and highlights factors promoting the dynamics of indicators. The feature of the research is analysis of the indicators of housing construction in the municipalities, which helps to get an in-depth regional characteristic in this area. We present the statistical data review on housing construction for the period 1995-2021: total amount of new housing supply and volumes of individual housing construction, distribution of residential houses in urban and rural areas, their distribution of wall materials and stores, specifi c indicators of individual housing construction share in the structure of the total amount of new housing supply, as well as calculate rates of implementing individual houses in the total amount of new housing supply in the republic’s regions. The work uses methods of economic and mathematical modeling, retrospective and statistical analysis. When analyzing housing construction in the municipalities, we have developed a typology of the Republic of Karelia districts on the rate of implementing residential houses. In the context of the region’s municipalities, we present a graphic material on the rate of implementing apartment blocks and individual houses. According to the results of the analysis of indicators in the fi eld of the region’s housing construction, we note the main factors and trends of the identifi ed changes. We identify the key areas of the production and construction cluster of the Republic of Karelia in housing construction. The research results can be useful for public authorities when working out strategic development programs of the region, and for members of business association and professional community.