MRDI to Build New Housing for 780 IDP Families

The Municipal Development Fund (MDF) of the Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia (MRDI) conducted an Open Day for real estate developers on the topic of constructing residential buildings for IDPs and presented the bidding announcement to the companies in attendance.

There are plans to construct nine buildings that will house 780 IDP families in Zugdidi, Samegrelo and Tskaltubo, Imereti.

The meeting held with the developers was attended by Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Regional Development and Infrastructure Maia Tskitishvili and Minister of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labor, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia, Davit Sergeenko.

“We are proceeding with the meetings within the Open Day format and the concerned parties and developers at those meetings will be able to familiarize themselves with the particular projects. Since 2012 we have provided 16 thousand households with housing, however it is only part of the need that we are facing nowadays. Today we have talked about the construction of 9 buildings in the towns of Tskaltubo and Zugdidi and it represents only a tminor part of plans that we are to implement by means of the MDF. For the next year we intend to spend GEL 50-60 million in this direction and respectively, we will hold such type of meetings in future too,”  said Tskitishvili. 

Each new apartment will have gas hot water and room heaters, the buildings will have outdoor infrastructure, access roads to residential houses, and parking lots. 

“The governmental changes that took place several months ago resulted in dividing activities that we had been performing for IDP housing, however, the work process was not weakened. I do consider that by the end of the year we will be able to present the increased budget in this direction. As for today’s meeting and its format, it will be useful for developers as they will have a clear awareness of the quantity of work that we are to commence in the forthcoming months, that will be completed in two years," said Sergeenko. 

By Samantha Guthrie

Photo: Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure