I was deprived of the right. State banditry

Is there any time limit in the Law given by the Constitution? If this period is 37 years, is this the Right or its profanity? In St. Petersburg today (the book is written at the end of December 2017), apartments are received by waiting lists, registered before March 1, 1980, that is, more than 37 years ago. Civil servants believe that this is in the order of things. The author of the book has a different opinion.