Residents of Yaroslavl risk becoming owners of illegal housing. We are talking about objects built in flood zones. The reason was the amendments to the water code of the Russian Federation, which entered into force on August 4, 2026. They significantly tightened the rules for use in areas near water bodies. "If earlier construction in flood and flood zones was possible provided that the facility was provided with engineering protection, now a complete ban has been introduced on the construction of capital construction projects within the boundaries of defined flood and flood zones," said the Rosreister Office of the Yaroslavl Region to the portal Yaroslavl, 1,000 dunams of land are classified as flood zones, and 4,000 dunams are classified as flood zones. In these territories there are plots of preferred categories of citizens for the construction of individual housing and sites for large-scale development projects. Now the region intends to change the boundaries of the flood zone and the flood towards a reduction. In immediate contact - in max.