Participants in the Chernobyl disaster relief efforts will have greater access to state-provided apartments following the first-reading approval of a draft law by Parliament. The proposed legislation expands the eligibility criteria for receiving free housing.
Lawmakers drafted amendments to the Law on the Free Transfer of Housing for the building located at 91/3 Alba Iulia Street in Chisinau. Authorities originally designated this building for individuals involved in the liquidation of the 1986 nuclear accident. Although the building contains 80 apartments, officials have allocated only nine, as most applicants did not meet the Law’s original criteria.
To accelerate the allocation process and widen access, the draft introduces exceptions for two categories of applicants: those who inherited housing that fails to meet technical or sanitary standards and those who participated in the privatization of a home alongside three or more co-owners.
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According to official data, as of early 2023, only 1,733 of the more than 3,500 Moldovan participants in the Chernobyl cleanup effort remained alive. Of those, 1,604 were living with various degrees of disability.