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Public Defender to Monitor Flat Assignment Process to IDPs

February 28, 2014
 
Eka Gulua

Ministry of Internally Displace People from Occupied Territories, Refugees and Accommodation of Georgia will assign flats to IDPs according to special criteria. Special forms are filled in, where IDPs write all information reflecting their current conditions. Received information is evaluated and points are granted. Families, who will receive highest points, will receive flats in the first stage.

Humanrights.ge has already reported about the story of Ineza Gigani, an IDP from Abkhazia. We checked information about Gigani’s accommodation problem in the Ministry of IDPs. The Ministry representatives confirmed that Ineza Gigani had taken necessary procedures to get a flat; she filled in the application form, received 7 points but could not receive flat in the first stage.

“Ineza Ggiani filed application form for the accommodation together with her non-IDP husband and two children. The commission studied her application and granted 7 points. Socially indigent status– 3 points; disabled son – 2 points; rents a flat – 1 point; often changes address – 1 point. 90 families from Temka IDP compact settlement received 7 points; the commission selected 11 families to give flat. Ineza Gigani was not among selected because she wrote false information about her income. Besides that, parents of Ineza Gigani’s husband own house in Agmashenebli str. 33a in Giorgitsminda. Information about granted points was already sent to Ineza Gigani to her address as indicated in her application form,” official information provided by the Ministry reads.

Ineza Gigani said she cannot understand what “false information” means. The Ministry representatives clarified that Gigani’s husband has house.

“It is false; my husband does not have house. If they mean my father-in-law’s house, we do not have relationship with him. The Ministry is writing about his house, that is mortgaged and strange family lives there. My family has no connection with that house. I am an IDP and have seperate family. If my father-in-law has some property my children and I shall not be punished for that! Besides that, my husband and I have not registered marriage. If I wanted to write false information in the form, I would not have written anything about my husband. Did I deserve similar response after my sincere application form?” Gigani wonders.

As we found out, years ago, the former government gave accommodation to the family. They lived in Isani military hospital. Although there were poor living conditions in there, they were satisfied to have a shelter. However, they lived there only during six months and soon the shelter was seized from the family.

“My child was sick and we spent two weeks in hospital. Then we went to my parents’ home for rehabilitation because it was impossible to take care in the hospital building. When we returned back, another family lived in our accommodation; our belongings were left outside. They explained since we did not live there, we did not need accommodation. I do not know what to do, whom to apply,” Ineza asked.

It is important to resolve accommodation problem as well as Luka’s medical treatment problems because they are connected to each other. The child needs proper conditions for recovery.

Ineza Gigani claims she does not care about location; she is ready to live even in the village though there is one problem. “Luka often cramps. In Vaziani, he lost conscious twice before ambulance reached us. We managed to take him to Lilo settlement and ambulance met us there. We are attached to the clinic. We will live anywhere except village because of child’s illness. Luka is almost 4 years old but he weighs 9 kilos.”

We informed Public Defender’s Office about Ineza Gigani’s problem. Deputy ombudsman Paata Beltadze said they monitor flat distribution process for IDPs. “It is very hard story. Public Defender’s Office receives many applications with similar problems. The family should submit letter to us and specialists will study her case too. We will do our best to resolve her case. PDO intends to monitor flat distribution process for IDPs.”

There are thousands pages of Luka’s medical documents, receipts, doctor’s prescriptions, analysis. Every page starts with the words: “was conducted”, “was concluded,” “needs…” The latter is the most difficult for the family because they already know they will not follow the prescription. They know they cannot afford to buy medicines or will at least buy medicines for few days and then stop medical treatment. 

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