About 300 forcibly displaced Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians apply for  housing programme in less than one month 

ArmInfo.About 300 Artsakh residents have applied for participation in the government's housing  program, Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs David Khachatryan said on July 11 in parliament.

"Many applications were rejected, 28 of them have already been  approved and certificates have been issued to beneficiaries," said  the deputy minister.

At the same time, payments under the social assistance program in the  amount of 40+10 thousand drams to pay for housing and utilities for  internally displaced persons from Artsakh will continue until the end  of this year, regardless of receipt of the certificate. Starting from  the new year, the terms of assistance will be revised, Khachatryan  said.

We would like to remind you that earlier in May the procedure for  implementing the state program to provide housing for internally  displaced persons was approved. Over the next 10-12 years, the  Armenian authorities will spend about 700-800 billion drams on the  implementation of the program. The program consists of three  components. One component is the acquisition of an apartment or  private house through the issuance of a certificate, the second is  the issuance of a certificate for the construction of a private  house, the third is the repayment of a mortgage loan. The amount of  financial assistance does not depend on the component and is  determined by the locality chosen by the program beneficiary where he  plans to purchase/build housing.

The certificate issued to each person provides for the allocation of  3 to 5 million drams for each family member. The area of the  purchased apartment must not be less than 12 square meters per family  member, and the price of the apartment cannot exceed 55 million  drams.

Thus, in the case of the acquisition/construction of housing in any  of the 242 settlements approved by the government (Goris in Syunik,  Berd in Tavush, etc.), the amount of assistance for each family  member, including a minor, will be 5 million drams, and if chosen  places of residence from the list of 148 settlements (Vardenis,  Noyemberan, Kapan, Kajaran, etc.) funding will amount to 4 million  drams. In all settlements, including Yerevan (with the exception of  the first and second zones), the amount of assistance will be 3  million drams. If a person has an existing mortgage loan, the  government will provide support in the amount of 2 million drams for  each family member. Mortgages in the first and second price zones of  Yerevan are also not considered here. When choosing the second  component (issuing a certificate for the construction of a private  house), the family can use 3 million drams from the provided  financial assistance to purchase a land plot. In this case, the area  of the acquired land should not be less than 400 sq.m.

The project will be implemented in three stages. At the first stage,  families with 3 or more minor children will be included; in the case  of building a house, families with 2 minor children. At the second  stage, families with two minors will be included, and in the case of  building a house - families with one minor.  The program starts no  later than January 1, 2026. At the third stage, families of any  composition will be included. The program starts no later than  January 1, 2027. A prerequisite for participation in the program is  RA citizenship.

The project will be financed by partner banks, the amount of support  and interest on it will be paid by the Government. Funds in the  established amounts will be provided to beneficiaries free of charge.  The procedure arising from the program, as previously reported, was  to be approved by June 15. From this moment on, the apartment  purchase component will be in effect, from July 15 - the private  house construction component, and from August 1 - the mortgage loan  repayment component.