YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 12, NOYAN TAPAN. At the September 11 sitting, the Armenian government approved the draft decision on establishing the deadline for re-registration of the families in the settlements of the earthquake zone and on making additions and amendments to the RA governmental decision No 432 of June 10, 1999. The RA minister of urban development Vardan Vardanian said following the sitting that based on the decision, November 1, 2008 has been established as the deadline for re-registration of the homeless families in the earthquake zone. He underlined that knowing the exact number of homeless families is important in terms of ensuring the efficiency of the programs on solution of housing problems of such families. The minister said that 6,875 homeless families are currently registered. It is planned to build 4,200 apartments in Shirak marz (including 3,000 in the city of Gyumri) and 1,805 ones in Lori marz to provide such families with apartments.

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