293 IDP families receive houses in eastern Georgia

293 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.

All the houses include plots of land for further production so that the IDP families could have their additional source of income. Photo by the Ministry of IDPs

The Ministry of IDPs has bought village houses for more than 1,500 IDP families since 2013 including these 293 families within ‘A House in the Village’ project.

Visiting the families today, Sozar Subari, Georgian Minister of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Accommodation and Refugees of Georgia, said the "A House in the Village” project is working very well.

Minister Subari promised 1,000 more displaced families will move to brand new village houses all around Georgia. Photo by the Ministry of IDPs

The IDPs families have the opportunity to choose the houses worth 17,000-31,000 GEL in different parts of Georgia according to their preferences and move to their own new apartments.