Tbilisi Mayor hands over apartment to family of homeless Tbilisi resident

“Believe in your dreams, they do come true. My dream has come true after ten years. Thank you for making this possible,” said Nino Khojava, who has official homeless status, as she welcomed Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze, who handed over an apartment to her family for use today, the Tbilisi City Hall reported.

Speaking to journalists, Khojava said that a Tbilisi City Hall programme had turned her family’s decade-long dream into reality.

“My children were little when we lost our apartment. Today, I believe that dreams do come true. My dream has come true after ten years. We submitted an application to City Hall in 2016. After all these years, I had completely lost hope. Kakha Kaladze has done a great kindness for me, and I hope this kindness will be returned to him.

I urge everyone who is in the same situation as me not to give up. I have fought hard throughout my life. I always thought I was completely alone, but now so many people are standing by my side, and my dream has come true in such a tangible way,” Nino Khojava said.

Kakha Kaladze personally congratulated the family on moving into their new home.

“As you know, the programme to provide housing for homeless people was an election pledge of Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia, and it is now being successfully implemented,” the Tbilisi Mayor said.

Nino Khojava will live in the new apartment with her daughters, Tamar and Ketevan Nikoladze. The apartment has been fully renovated and equipped with essential furniture and kitchen appliances.

The family was granted official homeless status several years ago by an interagency commission of Tbilisi City Hall and was allocated residential space for use.

This year, housing has been provided to 40 families with official homeless status, while renovation work is underway on 12 additional apartments.