KIEV, Sept. 14 ??“ The government will allocate UAH3 billion from the draft 2007 state budget to stimulate housing construction in Ukraine, First Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Mykola Azarov said Wednesday.

"For the first time, we foresee about UAH3 billion from all sources to stimulate housing construction," Azarov said, according to a report carried by Interfax-Ukrsine.