Housing in Azerbaijan

[8] Regulations and standards on construction required to be modified after Azerbaijan regained its independence, as previously they were applied throughout USSR without decently customized to local conditions.

[9] In addition, State Agency of Control on Security in Construction and the Ministry of Emergency Situations was established on December 29, 2006.

[8] Social policy of the Government used to focus mainly on housing problems of certain vulnerable groups, as refugees, IDPs, the war disabled or injured.

There are several government agencies that are dealing with this issue, like State Committee on Affairs of Refugees and IDPs, The Ministry of Social Protection, Mortgage Fund.

These collective centers are generally overcrowded and does not meet the need of people living there, as there are problems with kitchen, individual bathrooms.

[4] People injured during the conflict with Armenia, supported by the government have also been provided either with flats in multi-family residential buildings or with separate cottage-type houses.

In order to cover this issue, a specific section entitled “The improvement of living conditions for young families” was created in State Program in the Sector of Demography and Development of Population approved by the President of Azerbaijan in 2004.

[12] According to this program, responsible institutions were defined in order to create a system of discounted loans to make better the living conditions of young families in need.

Mortgage Fund under National Bank of Azerbaijan formed by the decree of the President, to develop living condition of population, create more effective housing finance mechanism,[13] started to handle the allocation process of loans since 2005.

858 on 11 April 2016 with the purpose to meet requirements of citizens in housing, improve their living conditions, and build multi-family residential.