Application Procedure

To be accommodated in housing, the socially vulnerable individual or family shall apply to the territorial center of the Unified Social Service of their actual place of residence and be registered in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the Republic of Armenia.

The beneficiary selection criteria are:

1. being recognized as a refugee in the Republic of Armenia;
2. the capacity for self-care of at least one of the family members;
3. not possessing a residential space under the right of ownership and not having alienated any residential space in the Republic of Armenia within the last ten years;
4. being registered in the family social assessment system and having a vulnerability score higher than 0;
5. not being included in any state housing provision program, as well as in any housing provision program implemented by international and non-governmental organizations at the time of receipt.

Application Procedure

To receive compensation, the person recognized as a refugee in the Republic of Armenia, or in the presence of a family, one of the adult members of the family (hereinafter referred to as the Applicant) shall submit an application to the territorial center of the USS of the Ministry of Labor and Welfare of the Republic of Armenia (hereinafter referred to as the Territorial Center), in accordance with Form No. 1 (a sample of the application prescribed by Form No. 1 shall be provided to the Applicant at the Territorial Center of their place of residence). The identification documents of the family members shall also be attached to the application.

Compensation is provided to forcibly, and in certain cases, voluntarily returned persons to the Republic of Armenia for the purpose of renting temporary accommodation, for a period of 6 months, in the amount of 60,000 AMD.
The program consists of two components:

• provision of information support and referral according to needs;
• provision of accommodation.

The first component applies equally to forcibly and voluntarily returning citizens of the Republic of Armenia (hereinafter referred to as returning citizens of the Republic of Armenia), while the second component applies mainly to forcibly, and in certain cases, also voluntarily returned citizens of the Republic of Armenia.

Beneficiaries:
Citizens of the Republic of Armenia who have forcibly, and in certain cases, also voluntarily returned after residing abroad for at least one year, who apply to the program for assistance within a maximum of 3 months after their return, and who do not possess a residential space under the right of ownership in the Republic of Armenia, can become beneficiaries.

Application Procedure
To receive compensation, a person who has either forcibly or voluntarily returned to the Republic of Armenia, or in the presence of a family, one of the adult members of the family (hereinafter referred to as the Applicant) shall submit an application to the territorial center of the USS of the Ministry of Labor and Welfare of the Republic of Armenia (hereinafter referred to as the Territorial Center), in accordance with Form No. 1 of this Appendix No. 1 (a sample of the application prescribed by Form No. 1 shall be provided to the Applicant at the Territorial Center of their place of residence).

The identification documents of the family members, as well as other document (documents) certifying inclusion in the target group defined by the program, shall also be attached to the application.

Beneficiaries are:

• spouses in a registered marriage who have at least 1 minor child and possess citizenship of the Republic of Armenia, or
• spouses in a registered marriage who do not have a minor child and possess citizenship of the Republic of Armenia, the sum of whose ages does not exceed 75 (inclusive), or
• a single parent—a widow or widower—who has at least 1 minor child and possesses citizenship of the Republic of Armenia;
  in the case of separate settlements (currently: Gomk settlement, Vayots Dzor region), spouses in a marriage registered with the civil status acts registration bodies, who have at least one child under the age of 13 and possess citizenship of the Republic of Armenia, and who have not been registered in the city of Yerevan during the 1 year preceding the date of application to the program;

in the case of separate settlements, spouses in a marriage registered with the civil status acts registration bodies, who have at least one child under the age of 13 and possess citizenship of the Republic of Armenia, at least one of whom is a person meeting the requirements for a teacher.

Within the framework of the program, families receiving mortgage loans for the purpose of constructing an individual residential house or continuing construction in the Baghanis, Berkaber, Kirants, and Voskepar settlements of the Tavush region shall receive state support in the amount of up to 21 million AMD, provided they have been registered in the given settlement during the 1 year preceding the date of application to the program.

To construct a house in other borderline settlements defined by the program, it is necessary to possess a construction permit obtained up to and including September 1, 2024.
To benefit from the program, it is necessary to apply to one of the cooperating banks within the framework of the program.

Within the framework of the state program for ensuring housing accessibility for families in borderline settlements of the Republic of Armenia, the cooperating banks are:

• "ACBA Bank" OJSC
• "Ameriabank" CJSC
• "Evocabank" CJSC
• "Converse Bank" CJSC
• "Unibank" OJSC
• "Fast Bank"
• "FINCA" UCO