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 ...
Cool response to housing incentives
Affordable housing involves more planning than merely putting together incentives
New government affordable housing plans have received lukewarm reactions as some are being seen as unfeasible and hold the prospect ...
Government increases subsidy for refugee estate residents
Beneficiaries of the grant scheme aiming to help displaced persons living in unsuitable buildings are eligible to an increased subsidy of €125 to temporarily move in with a relative.
The government ...
Government to spend €100 million to fix refugee homes
The government will spend €100 million over ten years to fix the problems at refugee apartment buildings, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Tuesday.
Speaking at a House refugee committee meeting, ...
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 the House refugee committee Nicos ...
Draft bill discussed to mean all homes in refugee estates can be inherited
A draft bill that would allow relatives of refugees to inherit homes on refugee estates built by the government following the 1974 invasion was discussed at the House refugees committee on ...
Squatters and drug pushers take over abandoned refugee homes
Among the detached houses in the Ayios Mamas refugee estate in Lakatamia stand five modern concrete buildings that once housed Greek Cypriot refugee families, but are now abandoned, and in ...