The Government of Armenia intends to use non-standard political and legislative mechanisms in order to finally settle the long-standing problem of legalization of houses in Yerevan’s Haghtanak (4th village) district. Moreover, the dismantling of houses inhabited for decades is definitely excluded.

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced this during the government session held on April 18. According to the head of the executive, the regular administrative orders aimed at solving the problem are always facing legal obstacles, which the state system’s links are unable to overcome on their own.

In the created situation, the citizens, actually owning their property, are deprived of the opportunity to manage it legally, sell it or inherit it.

The Prime Minister emphasized that the issue requires high-level intervention and, if necessary, appropriate legislative changes. It was proposed to create a special working group for the effective settlement of similar long-term and crisis problems.

It should be reminded that the residents of the mentioned district have held protests many times in the past, demanding to settle the issue of their property rights, but the problem has remained unsolvable until now.

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