Right of compensation of evicted residents of accident-prone buildings
in Yerevan restored

2008-03-22 21:42:00

ArmInfo. Residents of accident-prone buildings in Achapnyak community
will be provided with flats by a relevant instruction of Prime Minister
of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan. In particular, the government has put into
circulation a document saying that the registered citizens who are not
the owners of the flats they live in will also receive a right of
compensation. Earlier, only the housing owners had such right.

The lawyer of Armenian Center for Human Right Protection after A.
Sakharov Meri Khachatryan told ArmInfo the Center applied to the prime
minister with a relevant request. In 2000 the government adopted a
decision No 682 providing for compensation for eviction to renters,
owners and refugees. In March 2007, Yerevan Municipality made a
decision to evict 16 families of Sisakyan 22 building that was
recognized accident-prone. The residents of the building applied to the
Center against the decision of the Municipality. In its turn the Center
applied to the Municipality for revision of the decision but was
rejected. In the meanwhile, in mid January 2008, the prime minister
instructed the Municipality to take into account the proposals of the
Center for Human Rights Protection after A. Sakharov. In response, the
Municipality informed the Town Planning Ministry that all the residents
of Sisakyan 22 building and a similar building in 8a Arzumanyan Street
must be provided with flats. In total, the municipality provided 86
flats in the new residential buildings in Achapnyak, Malatia Sebastia
and Davidashen communities to evicted families.