Armenia government makes changes to housing program for families displaced from Karabakh

Thursday’s Cabinet session of the government of Armenia approved a draft decision on making changes and additions to the state support program for housing for families displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh.

According to the changes:

If a divorced member of the family included in the application has a minor child at the time of application, then this person is considered a mandatory member of the family of the parent with whom this person lives by a court decision. If there is no such decision, the child is considered a member of the mother’s family, and the father may be included in the application without the child.

If the data of all family members are available in the database of displaced persons registered by the Migration and Citizenship Service of Armenia, then a child of that family who is under 6 years old as of September 19, 2023 is considered a beneficiary, regardless of whether or not this child’s data are available in the database.

The positive balance within the framework of the program will be able to be used not only for home renovation, but also for the reconstruction of individual residential houses and the development of the area adjacent to the house.

One or two members of a family that has used the certificate, not included in the certificate, can combine their unused certificates with the certificate of that family. In this case, the amount of support can be used as a positive balance in the directions and within the limits set by the program.

And the financial support being provided cannot be blocked, confiscated, or offset against other obligations of the beneficiary.

At the moment, 6,856 families (28,187 people) displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh have received certificates within the framework of the housing program for them in Armenia, and 3,229 of these families (14,914 people) have already used these certificate.