Tbilisi. On September 22, 2017, the Public Defender addressed the Mtskheta Municipal Council and Municipal Administration with a recommendation to register homeless people in the database, mobilize financial and/or infrastructure resources to protect them from homelessness and adopt legal acts for effective realization of the indentified resources in order to ensure realization of their right to shelter.

"As a result of studying the case, it was established that the Mtskheta municipality does not have regulations for addressing the problems of homeless people; resources could not have been found for developing programs tailored to their needs for years. Accordingly, they cannot enjoy their right to shelter and therefore, the legal right of the homeless people living in the municipality is violated”, is noted in the statement.

Source: ombudsman.ge