KAPAN, JANUARY 25, ARMENPRESS. The housing problem of 453 families who had become homeless after the 1988 earthquake will be solved in 2020, PM Nikol Pashinyan said during a press conference titled “100 Facts About new Armenia: Part III”.

He said the funds allocated for solving the protracted issue have been increased more than 6 times in the 2020 budget, and an additional 3 billion drams will be allocated for a final solution of the problem.

“As a result, the housing problem of 453 families will be solved in 2020,” he said, noting that previously only 40-45 families who were victims of the disaster were receiving apartments per year.

Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan