People are dying waiting for new homes, MPs hear

The House refugee committee on Tuesday called on authorities to speed up work of the government’s Ktizo plan to rebuild dangerous apartment buildings on refugee estates.

MPs said there are delays in the works to rebuild and restore some of the buildings.

According to committee head and Akel MP Nikos Kettiros, MPs were told by the town planning department that the 19 apartment buildings had been identified and steering committees had been appointed while in some cases, tenders...