The Finance Ministry has decided to temporarily provide apartments to people whose jobs have been claimed by the deepening recession.
The ministry said Friday it will open 775 apartments usually reserved for public servants to jobless people instead. The vacant units, a small portion of the 88,000 or so maintained across the country, are used to house public servants dispatched to regional agencies and bureaus.
The apartments will be provided through local municipalities, which will set the conditions for the tenants, and be available for up to a year, the officials said.