Tbilisi Mayor urges residents to join programme replacing dilapidated housing

Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze has called on residents living in unsafe and deteriorating apartment buildings to take advantage of the city’s housing replacement programme, pledging that the municipality will ensure the timely completion of all related construction projects.

Speaking at a government meeting of the capital on Wednesday, Kaladze reassured citizens that the initiative was designed to improve living conditions and ensure safety for thousands of residents.

“I would like to once again appeal to all families and people who live in dilapidated buildings - use the programme for replacing these structures, which is offered by the municipality,” Kaladze said. “We stand fully behind it and take responsibility for the completion of every construction project under the programme.”

He added that a separate component of the scheme focuses on historical districts, where residents will be supported through investor-backed rehabilitation projects.

“We also have a programme specifically for historical areas. With the involvement of investors, residents are given the opportunity to restore and renovate deteriorated homes. Buildings and structures with cultural heritage status are especially important to us,” Kaladze noted.

He said that the Tbilisi Development Fund was overseeing restoration work for protected buildings and that rehabilitation efforts on Ingorokva and Sulkhan-Saba streets will begin in the near future.

“In addition to this, I urge you not to be afraid to participate in the replacement programme. We are by your side in every way. Municipal and state institutions will ensure the construction works are completed, so you can continue living in safe and improved conditions,” the mayor concluded.