Work on renewing the permanent exhibition at the Tartu City Museum was originally due to be completed in time for 2024, Tartu's year as European Capital of Culture. However, now the city has postponed the renewal for an unspecified period of time, citing a lack of available funds. The proposed construction of a new cultural center in the heart of Tartu, which is estimated to cost €90 million, remains firmly in the city's plans.
Both state and local authorities are struggling to complete the development of numerous cultural facilities due to soaring construction costs. The extension of the Tartu City Museum (Tartu Linnamuuseum) has been postponed and it is unlikely that a shared art museum repository project and a new TV house for Estonian Public Broadcasting will be finished on schedule.
The improvement of schools' ventilation systems being so time-consuming and costly have forced local governments to buy air purifiers instead. It will be years before schools see updated ventilation systems installed.
While previous years had seen a steady decrease in the number of subsistence benefit recipients in Estonia, the number of subsistence benefit applications submitted in March doubled, due primarily to the arrival of war refugees from Ukraine.
Due to increased construction costs, several of Tartu's educational facilities won't be renovated until much later than expected. It will be another five years before some older buildings in critical state undergo renovations; some new buildings, meanwhile, may have to wait until at least 2040.