IDPs will settle in Tbilisi Olympic village
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Sixteen buildings of the Olympic village in Tbilisi, built for the upcoming European Youth Olympic Festival, will be gifted to Georgian internally displaced people (IDPs) after the games are over.
Georgia’s Prime Minister announced the news today.
He said the Government had purchased the Olympic village, which was built near Tbilisi Sea by a Chinese company for the upcoming European Youth Olympic Games, and the apartments would be given to IDPs after the sporting event had ended.
"We all know the Chinese company Hualing Group is putting a huge investment in Georgia,” Garibashvili said.
"In Tbilisi, the company invested $300 million for the Olympic village, which was bought by the state and will be handed over to IDPs after the games are over.”
Tbilisi will host the international festival in July, in which more than 4,000 athletes from 49 countries are expected to participate.
Representatives of the upcoming Youth Olympic Games have met with Georgian leader and inspected the facilities that will be used in the July 2015 international festival, where more than 4,000 athletes from 49 countries are expected to participate.
Hundreds of people displaced from Georgia’s breakaway regions, forced to flee their homes and live in sub-standard collective centres, have received new housing through a Government initiative to rehome vulnerable citizens.