Majority of refugee homes not connected to sewage due to cost
Almost 80 per cent of households in the villages of Dherynia, Achna, Sotira, Avgorou, Acheritou, Frenaros, Liopetri, Xylofagou, Ormidia, and Xylotymbou are not connected with...
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Latsia mayor threatens to involve police in refugee removals
Latsia mayor Christos Pittaras told the House refugees committee on Tuesday he could “not rule out” involving the police should refugees living in apartments set...
Payments for temporary refugee housing have begun
Payouts for rent subsidies as part of the ‘Ktizo’ scheme for refugee housing have already begun, with more set to follow, the government said on...
Title deeds for refugee home owners delayed
Lawmakers have postponed discussion of a bill regulating the issuing of title deeds to people living in refugee housing estates until September following a clash...
Minister thanks organisations for ‘humanitarian’ refugee housing help
Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Wednesday presented the support plan ‘ktiZO’ for renovation and new apartments at refugee housing estates. Speaking at the conference, Ioannou...
Laws regulating refugee housing set to pass before summer recess
Lawmakers said on Tuesday they want to pass a package of bills relating to the issuing of title deeds to refugees or people classed as...
20 refugee complexes in immediate danger of collapse
Twenty complexes in refugee housing estates have critical stability issues and will need to be evacuated immediately, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Tuesday. He...
MPs debate housing discrimination among refugees
MPs on Tuesday sought to put an end to the discrimination among refugees by amending the law to allow everyone living in refugee housing to...
Government announces €130 million plan to fix refugee housing
The government on Friday decided to undertake a €130 million project to provide “respectable living conditions” on refugee estates. Expected to span across the next...
Some refugee apartment blocks need ‘immediate demolition’
The state of certain refugee housing units is so desperate that some apartments will have to be demolished as they are beyond repair, head of...
