Housing problem not solved yet

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| 12:12:22 | 20-06-2005 | Regions |

HOUSING PROBLEM NOT SOLVED YET

The distribution of the house-buying certificates by the Government has not
started yet ion the Shirak region. Although the costs of the certificates
are already known, taking into account the costs of houses in the market it
is not hard to guess what the lingering of the program may cause.

Artashes Sargsyan, head of the municipality urban development
administration, says that if the 1 billion dram allotted by the program is
not realized till the end of the year, that will be a serious problem.
According to him, before starting the program the list of the shelterless
people should have been checked a second time. Besides, some decisions of
the Government should have been reconsidered.

Artashes Sargsyan claims that the program has not failed yet. But as «Tsayg»
TV company reports, from the 1600 families only 129 have applied to
participate in the program. 300 have refused, and the others have not made
up their mind yet.