Armenian Ministry of Social Labor advises Artsakh residents to  contact interdepartmental commission over denied housing 

ArmInfo.Artsakh residents who applied for participation in the state housing program and were  rejected due to their absence from the database of the Migration and Citizenship Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Armenia (MIA) can appeal to an interdepartmental commission by submitting the relevant documents to the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs of  Armenia. This was announced on the Ministry's Facebook page by Nver Kostanyan, press secretary of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs.

He also warned that citizens should not contact third parties, paid  services, or organizations regarding this matter, explaining that the  commission accepts applications exclusively on behalf of those whose  applications were rejected. "After this, the application documents  are reviewed in the established manner, if necessary, in cooperation  with other agencies," Kostanyan concluded.

As a reminder, on September 19, 2023, Azerbaijan, under the pretext  of an "anti-terrorist operation," initiated a large-scale aggression  against Artsakh, which led to the complete de-Armenization of the  NKR.  This followed a nearly 10-month blockade of the republic. Since  the enemy aggression that began in the fall of 2020, which culminated  in the complete ethnic cleansing of Artsakh in September 2023, over  150,000 Artsakh residents have lost their homeland and become  refugees.

The terms of the state housing program for Artsakh residents have  recently been amended, according to which Artsakh residents of all  target groups can apply for participation in the housing program,  regardless of the number of minor children in the family or the  presence of individuals from other vulnerable groups.

Furthermore, an interdepartmental commission has been established to  study the individual cases of applicants who applied for  participation in the housing program but were not granted beneficiary  status.  However, as reported by the Council for the Protection of  the Rights of Artsakh Residents, even after some changes agreed to by  the government, the most important proposals were not adopted  following the negotiations.