Gov’t to ensure new housing for 1,000 vulnerable families
The Government session chaired by PM Irakli Garibashvili on Monday discussed three questions. Photo: Government press office
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The Government of Georgia on Monday discussed a draft decree for providing new accommodation to about 1,000 socially vulnerable families with three and more children.
Chairing the weekly Government meeting, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said the goal of the ₾50 million ($19 mln) initiative was to create “decent” accommodation for families facing challenging living conditions, the Government press office said.
Eligibility for the programme involves having children of families in question registered in the Social Service Agency’s unified database of the socially vulnerable.
Excluded from participation are families whose members are listed in the unified electronic database of displaced or eco-migrant families, managed by the Agency for Internally Displaced Persons, Ecomigrants and Livelihood, as well as homeless families who have already received accommodation from the state or appropriate monetary compensation for housing.
Decisions over housing for eligible families will be made by a dedicated commission that will consider the number of children and socio-economic situation of applying families. The programme is slated to run through 2025, the press office added.
Over 100 families affected by natural disasters in various parts of Georgia will receive accommodation and land across rural parts of the country, Georgia’s Ministry of Health said on Tuesday.
The Georgian Government has approved provision of new flats to internally displaced families in capital Tbilisi and western cities of Zugdidi and Kutaisi, the Government Administration said on Monday.
The Georgian Government will legalise housing, agricultural land and other plots to 500 internally displaced families in Tbilisi and other regions of the country in the coming months, the Government Administration said following the meeting of the Cabinet on Monday.
An “unprecedented” large-scale programme for providing accommodation to internally displaced families in Georgia will provide new housing for 13,000 families in the country over two years, with Georgia’s Prime Minister highlighting the matter as a “priority direction” for the Government.
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