TIRANA, Jan 22 /ATA/- The Parliamentary Committee for Economy and Finance chaired by the new head of this committee, Anastas Angjeli, approved the normative act for extending the term of the rent subsidy until the moment these families move into their new homes. Under the previous act, the rent subsidy was provided for 1 year after the earthquake.
Specifically, about 1.5 billion ALL are earmarked in the 2021 state budget to cover the rent subsidies for families affected by November 26, 2019 earthquake.
According to the General Director of the Budget at the Ministry of Finance and Economy, Mimoza Dëmbi, this act aims to fasttrack the procedures for the rent subsidy disbursement.
The Chairman of the Committee on Economy and Finance, Anastas Angjeli, said that the support for the affected families with rent subsidy until they move into new homes was necessary, as the lockdown triggered by the pandemic delayed the start of the reconstruction process.
General Director of Housing, Doris Andoni, said that in 2020 a total of 13,914 families benefited the rent subsidy. “The figure is dynamic and we expect the houses of these families to be completed any time soon. 300 families in Durrës have left the scheme, as they have already moved into their new homes. In this city, about 4 thousand families affected by the earthquake have received the rent subsidy.”
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