Farida Langer Musaevna
Date of eviction
Land confiscation
Land tenure
- Private
Real property title
- Private ownership
Victim
Farida Langer Musayevna was interviewed by project researchers on 24 April 2022 (1). Langer lives in the Yunusabad district on Niyozbek Yuli Street,Tashkent in a residential property that she owns (ibid.) Decision No.1544 of Tashkent City Hokim dated 21 November 2017, allocates Steel Quality Business LLC a land plot for the construction of multi-storey buildings on the territory of Yunus-Abad and Mirzo-Ulugbek districts of Tashkent, including Niyozbek Yuli Street (2). The decision provides for the demolition of residential buildings and non-residential premises located on this territory, with the provision of compensation to the owners (ibid.)
Langer claims that in December 2018 she was offered compensation by Steel Quality Business LLC that she found to be insufficient (1). A letter dated 22 December 2020 was sent to Langer by Steel Quality Business offering her compensation (3). The letter claims that the total area of Langer’s home was 53.62 square feet, and on that basis offers her the possibility of the acquisition of another equivalent well-equipped residential premises of her choice at the expense of Steel Quality Business LLC; the payment of monetary compensation in the amount of USD 40,000, or the provision of an apartment in a new development with a total usable area equivalent to the demolished apartment and payment for temporary housing until completion of construction (ibid.)
Langer explains that she found the compensation to be insufficient because she claims that the total area of her house is 93 square feet (1). She also says that she lives with her grandchildren who attend a school nearby to her Niyozbek Yuli property and thus would need adequate space for her family (ibid.) She claims that Steel Quality Business offered her an apartment on the 13th floor of a building, but she is elderly and does not want to live on a higher floor than her current residence (ibid.) Langer alleges that she asked Steel Quality Business to provide her with a first-floor apartment in a building being built near to her Niyozbek Yuli residence which was refused by the company (ibid.) She asserts that a realtor named Rustam was hired by Steel Quality Business to intimidate her, and visited her house several times, saying that if she did not agree to the offered compensation, she would be forcibly evicted from her home (ibid.) Langer states that during this time her health deteriorated (ibid.)
Excerpts from Langer’s interview can be found here: “I was taken to court. How nervous. My leg hurts, and sometimes my blood pressure goes up. I am not young, I am 66 years old. I didn't ask them much. I asked them to compensate me for the total area of my house. My grandson has been attending schools here since 1st grade. Now he is in 7th grade. So I asked them to give me a one-bedroom apartment and my children a two-bedroom apartment. I didn't ask them anything stupid. The construction company took me to court. We need to find out who a guy named Rustam is. He has no rights or documents at all. He's trying to get me out of the house. The LLC wants to give me an apartment on the 13th floor from another district. I explained to them humanely: ‘I don’t need a house elsewhere. Give me an apartment on the first floor here. Understand me, I was born here, I grew up here and I want to spend the rest of my life here.’ Eventually, the builder sued me. Employees of the Republican Forensic Expertise Center named after H. Sulaymonova came to me to assess the cost of my house. Everything was agreed with them. The builder brought the employees in his car. The judge and his assistants came together. They valued my house at [USD] 15,000. But when the judge saw the condition of my house, he told me that the compensation I was asking for was real. The general condition of my house is very good. The judge then told me that I could live in my own house. But the case is not closed yet" (ibid.) (translated by project researchers).
On 10 March 2021, a statement of claim (case no. 2-1001-2104/6284) was filed by Steel Quality Business with the Mirzo Ulugbek Inter-District Civil Court that aimed to terminate Farida Langer’s ownership of her property (4). On 22 April 2021, Mirzo Ulug'bek Inter-District Court Judge D. Dadajanova ruled that an independent expert evaluate Langer's property and provide the court with a sound evaluation (5). Langer subsequently accepted the compensation, vacated her premises and the case against her was withdrawn on 25 August (10).
Note: The court decisions and any case files that may contain sensitive information are available upon request.
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Farida Langer Musayevna was interviewed by project researchers on 24 April 2022 (1). Langer lives in the Yunusabad district on Niyozbek Yuli Street,Tashkent in a residential property that she owns (ibid.) Decision No.1544 of Tashkent City Hokim dated 21 November 2017, allocates Steel Quality Business LLC a land plot for the construction of multi-storey buildings on the territory of Yunus-Abad and Mirzo-Ulugbek districts of Tashkent, including Niyozbek Yuli Street (2). The decision provides for the demolition of residential buildings and non-residential premises located on this territory, with the provision of compensation to the owners (ibid.)
Langer claims that in December 2018 she was offered compensation by Steel Quality Business LLC that she found to be insufficient (1). A letter dated 22 December 2020 was sent to Langer by Steel Quality Business offering her compensation (3). The letter claims that the total area of Langer’s home was 53.62 square feet, and on that basis offers her the possibility of the acquisition of another equivalent well-equipped residential premises of her choice at the expense of Steel Quality Business LLC; the payment of monetary compensation in the amount of USD 40,000, or the provision of an apartment in a new development with a total usable area equivalent to the demolished apartment and payment for temporary housing until completion of construction (ibid.)
Langer explains that she found the compensation to be insufficient because she claims that the total area of her house is 93 square feet (1). She also says that she lives with her grandchildren who attend a school nearby to her Niyozbek Yuli property and thus would need adequate space for her family (ibid.) She claims that Steel Quality Business offered her an apartment on the 13th floor of a building, but she is elderly and does not want to live on a higher floor than her current residence (ibid.) Langer alleges that she asked Steel Quality Business to provide her with a first-floor apartment in a building being built near to her Niyozbek Yuli residence which was refused by the company (ibid.) She asserts that a realtor named Rustam was hired by Steel Quality Business to intimidate her, and visited her house several times, saying that if she did not agree to the offered compensation, she would be forcibly evicted from her home (ibid.) Langer states that during this time her health deteriorated (ibid.)
Excerpts from Langer’s interview can be found here: “I was taken to court. How nervous. My leg hurts, and sometimes my blood pressure goes up. I am not young, I am 66 years old. I didn't ask them much. I asked them to compensate me for the total area of my house. My grandson has been attending schools here since 1st grade. Now he is in 7th grade. So I asked them to give me a one-bedroom apartment and my children a two-bedroom apartment. I didn't ask them anything stupid. The construction company took me to court. We need to find out who a guy named Rustam is. He has no rights or documents at all. He's trying to get me out of the house. The LLC wants to give me an apartment on the 13th floor from another district. I explained to them humanely: ‘I don’t need a house elsewhere. Give me an apartment on the first floor here. Understand me, I was born here, I grew up here and I want to spend the rest of my life here.’ Eventually, the builder sued me. Employees of the Republican Forensic Expertise Center named after H. Sulaymonova came to me to assess the cost of my house. Everything was agreed with them. The builder brought the employees in his car. The judge and his assistants came together. They valued my house at [USD] 15,000. But when the judge saw the condition of my house, he told me that the compensation I was asking for was real. The general condition of my house is very good. The judge then told me that I could live in my own house. But the case is not closed yet" (ibid.) (translated by project researchers).
On 10 March 2021, a statement of claim (case no. 2-1001-2104/6284) was filed by Steel Quality Business with the Mirzo Ulugbek Inter-District Civil Court that aimed to terminate Farida Langer’s ownership of her property (4). On 22 April 2021, Mirzo Ulug'bek Inter-District Court Judge D. Dadajanova ruled that an independent expert evaluate Langer's property and provide the court with a sound evaluation (5). Langer subsequently accepted the compensation, vacated her premises and the case against her was withdrawn on 25 August (10).
Note: The court decisions and any case files that may contain sensitive information are available upon request.
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