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    20% OF GYUMRI RESIDENTS IS POOR

    Story from Lragir.am News:
    http://www.lragir.am/index.php/eng/0/society/view/28333
    11:41 07/12/2012

    24 years have passed since the 1988 earthquake but the number of
    homeless people in the disaster area still continues growing.

    The state has been unable to resolve this issue over the past 24
    years. According to the head of the Gyumri-based Shirak Center NGO
    Vahan Tumasyan, there are 3500 homeless families in Gyumri.

    Families who lost their apartments in the result of the earthquake and
    are now on the waiting list for compensation are 4270. In 2010 1056
    apartments were provided, this year 1756 will be ready, next spring-
    420. Still, after these efforts 1034 families will still have no place
    to live. There are another 300-400 families in the rural areas of
    Shirak Marz. 300-400 of the 1034 families have not been included in the
    housing program due to lack of certain documents, says Vahan Tumasyan.

    According to him, the government's criteria are too tough. There are
    another 3500 families who are not registered anywhere and live in
    temporary cottages. But this number keeps growing. There are a lot of
    large families of 10-15 people who get a one or two-room apartment. 18
    thousand people live in cottages and their future is vague. In other
    words, 20% of Gyumri residents live in the street, says Vahan Tumasyan.

    The government promises to finish reconstruction of the disaster
    area in 2013 after which, they say, they will deal with the issue
    of non-registered homeless people. According to official data, 50%
    of Gyumree's population is poor, 5% is extremely poor.

    According to Tumasyan, people have been affected by having to live in
    temporary cottages for long years. They have psychological problems
    which are harder to tackle than the consequences of the disaster.

    The 1988 earthquake killed 25 thousand people mainly in Spitak and
    Gyumree towns. 140 thousand people suffered losses, over 500 thousand
    people were left homeless.

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