4.  The applicant was born in 1960 and lives in the town of Syktyvkar in the Komi Republic. 5.  On 28 January 2004 the Syktyvkar Town Court upheld the applicant's action against the Syktyvkar Town Council and ordered that the Council should:
“...provide Mr Nevolin Valentin Georgiyevich, whose family comprises one member, with well-equipped living premises in Syktyvkar, having a living surface of no less than 9 square metres that meet sanitary and technical requirements”. 6.  The judgment was not appealed against and became final. Enforcement proceedings were instituted. 7.  In July 2004 the applicant was offered a room in a hotel. He refused the offer. On 7 September 2004 bailiffs fined the Council because it had failed to enforce the judgment of 28 January 2004. On 25 February 2005 the Council offered the applicant a flat which he agreed to accept. However, in May 2005 the Council withdrew the offer because the flat was occupied. 8.  On 24 May 2005 the Council offered the applicant and his mother a two-room flat which they agreed to accept and moved into. The enforcement proceedings were closed. 9.  On 16 January 2005 the applicant lodged an action against the Syktyvkar Town Council and municipal housing maintenance authorities seeking compensation for non-pecuniary damage caused by the fact that for years he had been forced to live in a dilapidated house. 10.  On 9 February 2005 the Syktyvkar Town Court dismissed his claim against the Council but accepted the action against the housing maintenance authority and awarded him 1,000 Russian roubles. That judgment was upheld on appeal on 24 March 2005 by the Supreme Court of the Komi Republic.