Next wave of Georgian IDPs gifted new homes
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The Government of Georgia is upgrading the living conditions and offering new homes to Georgian Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) - people who were forced from their homes due to conflicts on Georgian soil.
At today’s Governmental meeting Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili said 347 internally displaced families would be gifted private ownership of accommodation in various parts of Georgia before the end of the year.
He said the new homes would be located in eastern areas of Tbilisi, Mtskheta, Rustavi, Marneuli and the western territories of Kutaisi, Senaki, Abasha, Tskaltubo , Chkhorotsku and Khobi.
Furthermore, before the New Year holiday ended several IDPs would be gifted properties within the nine apartment buildings in the Olympic Village, near Tbilisi Sea.
Before the New Year 330 IDPs will be gifted apartments in the Tbilisi Sea Olympic Village. Photo by www.skyscrapercity.com
After the 2015 European Youth Olympic Festival, held in Tbilisi in July, the local government purchased several accommodations blocks from developer Hauling Group, to offer back to IDPs, as many currently lived in sub-standard conditions in temporary housing settlements.
Georgia’s Minister of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Accommodation and Refugees Sozar Subari said before December 31, 330 internally displaced families would be offered flats in the Tbilisi Sea Olympic Village, while another 300 would be gradually moved into the area from February to June 2016.
In total, this and next year 1,100 homes would be granted to IDPs.
Hundreds of Georgian people displaced by conflict and violence who live in collective centres have been gifted apartments in their name for symbolic price of one GEL.
Georgia’s internally displaced persons (IDPs) will be granted one-time financial assistance from the Government this winter to help them pay their gas and power bills.
More than 100 Internally Displaced families will meet New Year in new apartments in Georgia.
The Georgian Government has announced a tender for a development company to provide apartments for Georgia’s internally displaced persons (IDPs).
The Prime Minister of Georgia has delivered a poignant speech at a special session within the 69th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) where he spoke about the issues facing internally displaced persons.
"Georgia is committed to pulling its weight in the global migration struggle and will continue to welcome and provide education to migrants,” vows Georgia’s Prime Minister Kvirikashvili.
191 internally displaced families from the Russian occupied regions of Georgia – Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) have received village houses with plots of land to produce their own agricultural products in Kvemo Kartli.
445 internally displaced families from Russian occupied regions of Georgia – Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) received brand new apartments in central Georgian town of Gori to ring in the New Year 2018.
A total of 140 IDP families have received homes in a new residential building in the mineral resort town of Tskaltubo in western Georgia. 420 other IDP families will also receive apartments soon.