The Uncertain Future of Shurnukh Residents, Caught Between Their Lost and Newly Received Homes

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan handed over the keys to the newly built houses in Shurnukh to the residents two years and seven months later than initially planned. On June 16, Pashinyan visited the Shurnukh settlement of the Syunik region, where a ceremony was held to hand over the 13 newly constructed private houses.

Here’s what we discovered:

The RA Government

• constructed 13 houses over a period of three years and three months,
• spent 60-65 million AMD for each house,
• missed the deadline five times,
• paid 93 million AMD in compensation to residents who lost their homes,
• violated the terms for single-person urgent procurements,
• built houses that lack drainpipes,
• spent almost double the initial budget.
  

This investigation was conducted within "Student Journalism Investigations" project by "Investigative Journalists" NGO with the support of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom South Caucasus Yerevan Office.

The views and opinions expressed in this investigation do not necessary reflect the position of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom and its employees.