649 IDP families receive houses in western Georgia

649 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 the western region of Imereti.

The Ministry of IDPs has been buying houses worth 17,000-31,000 GEL in different parts of Georgia for IDPs within "A House in the Village” state project.

The Ministry has bought village houses for more than 1,500 IDP families since 2013 including these 649 families. Photo by Ministry of IDPs

The families can choose where in the village they want to have their new house. All the houses include plots of land for further production and income.

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1,000 more displaced families from both Russian occupied regions of Georgia they will move to brand new village houses all around Georgia in near future.