Announcement issued by Municipality of Athenswith which it characterizes the statements of the Minister of Social Cohesion and Family as “inaccurate” Domas Michaelidou About the program ‘Housing“, Implemented by the Municipality and then analyzes its own positions and quotes its details.

“Following her inaccurate statements about the Athens Nursing Home, the Minister of Social Cohesion and Family Domna Michailidou is returning today with another lie. This time for the program ” Social Housing and Work ”, implemented by the Municipality of Athens through its development company, “the announcement initially said and continues:

“Mrs Michaelidou, appearing in a morning show, argued that the Municipality of Athens”could not cope” at liabilities of program and ”left behind” In relation to the municipality of Thessaloniki. The reality, however, is completely different, as the minister compares apples with oranges.

In Thessaloniki, the Ministry finances the utilization of public buildings. In Athens, on the other hand, the Minister insists on funding private real estate, despite the repeated proposals of the Municipality to allow not only municipal buildings, but also real estate owned by legal entities of private law (NPIs), institutions and bodies,

The Municipality of Athens has repeatedly sent documentary requests to the Ministry of Social Cohesion and Family to modify the program in order to make it more attractive and more functional, with the possibility of housing in renovated municipal buildings or NPI buildings. However, all requests were rejected.

In spite of the obstacles, the ‘social housing and work’ program at Athens is proceeding normally. To date (October 2025):

  • 15 properties have been included in the program through three integration decisions.
  • All the agreements with the owners have been signed.
  • Nine properties have already completed renovation work and are ready to lease to our vulnerable fellow citizens.
  • 30 autopsies and payments of over 100,000 euros have been made for advances and integrated tasks.

At the same time applied Extensive communication plan to attract owners. However, the response remained limited, as the ministry insisted on covering only private real estate, with adverse financial and technical terms.

The low participation is due not to the inaction of the Municipality, but to a design problematic framework that the ministry itself formed and refused to modify, although it was aware of the difficulties of activating private owners and the proposals of the Municipality for the utilization of municipal buildings and NPIs. “

And the announcement concludes: “Mrs Michaelidou must, instead of postponing responsibilities, to answer Why refused to fund municipal real estate and because he chooses to hide the truth. So does the Minister realize cooperation with the largest municipality in the country? This is also facing the funding that the Municipality of Athens is persistently claiming critical social infrastructure? “