House plenum to decide on releasing Ktizo scheme beneficiaries
The House plenum will vote on Thursday on three bills to allow eligible refugees to withdraw from the Ktizo plan and receive the compensation they are entitled to, House refugee ...
Contract signed to demolish apartments under Ktizo housing plan
The town planning department on Tuesday signed a contract for the demolition of two apartment buildings in the government housing settlement of Platy in Aglandja, Nicosia, as part of the ...
Work begins on new refugee homes
The government’s Ktizo plan, which aims at improving living conditions in refugee estates, is progressing according to schedule, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Tuesday visiting a construction site ...
Use of one in seven Turkish Cypriot properties illegal
Violations of lease agreements were found in one in seven contracts regarding Turkish Cypriot properties in the Republic, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Tuesday.
Speaking at the House refugees ...
Little work done on upgrading refugee homes
Previous occupants of condemned refugee buildings due to be demolished as part of the government’s Ktizo plan revealed on Tuesday that not only has the process not moved ahead, ...
People are dying waiting for new homes, MPs hear
The House refugee committee on Tuesday called on authorities to speed up work of the government’s Ktizo plan to rebuild dangerous apartment buildings on refugee estates.
MPs said there ...
Akel says ‘little progress’ in state’s housing policy
Akel leader Stefanos Stefanou on Thursday outlined a list of “problematic points” in the government’s housing policy.
Speaking at a press conference, he first took credit for the positive ...
Demolition of unsafe refugee housing begins (video)
Bulldozers began knocking down the first of refugee buildings deemed inadequate on Friday, at the Apostolos Andreas estate in Latsia, Nicosia.
The first demolitions were attended by Interior Minister Constantinos ...
Demolition of unsafe refugee housing due to start
Within the coming week, the demolition of the first condemned refugee apartment buildings within the Latsia municipality will begin as part of the initial phase of the plan to demolish ...
Demolition of condemned Latsia apartment blocks set to begin
A contract was signed on Tuesday for the demolition of five condemned apartment blocks in the refugee estates in Latsia.
They will be demolished within the scope of the government’...
Over 100 applicants seek aid through ‘Ktizo’ scheme for condemned buildings
As of the beginning of August, about 100 people have filed applications under the Ktizo’ scheme, a government official said Thursday.
‘Ktizo’ – meaning ‘build’ in Greek – is a scheme providing grants ...
Minister reiterates support for condemned refugee home owners
The government will do everything it can to stand by those who need to move to new housing while their current refugee homes are demolished as part of the state ‘...