The Larnaca District Local Government Organisation has escalated its regional structural safety response, confirming that 889 buildings across the district have been classified as potentially hazardous. Angelos Hadjicharalambous, the president of the organization, announced on Friday that four additional inhabited apartment blocks falling under the state-sponsored "KtiZO" housing structural renewal scheme will be officially declared dangerous next week.
The declaration follows a comprehensive synchronization of property registries inherited from former local administrative authorities. The baseline records initially detailed 563 problematic structures, including 104 in Larnaca Municipality, 359 under the Larnaca District Administration, 23 in Aradippou, 36 in Lefkara, 32 in Dromolaxia-Meneou and nine in Athienou.
Under the modernized audit registry completed on 12 May 2026, the figure has risen to a total of 889 properties. The updated breakdown includes 427 structures within Larnaca Municipality, 23 in Aradippou, 80 in Lefkara, 34 in Dromolaxia-Meneou, 12 in Athienou and 313 located across rural community clusters.
Structural assessments and immediate interventions
Engineers have initiated rapid visual inspections on 150 high-risk buildings, with 100 assessments fully processed. The structural evaluations have already classified 23 inhabited and 40 uninhabited buildings within the Larnaca municipal boundaries under "Category C," indicating a visible and immediate risk of collapse.
Apart from the primary residential complex developments under review, two specific buildings have already received formal hazardous classifications. One has been fully vacated, while an official evacuation warning has been served to the second.
During municipal field inspections carried out on Wednesday 20 May, social workers identified 40 occupants residing inside the newly flagged block. Financial and administrative assessments are currently underway, with an additional residential building expected to be declared unsafe by Monday.
Enforcement and zoning safety
Local authorities have accelerated security fencing operations around the highest-risk vacant properties to prevent injuries from potential structural failure. Out of the 40 abandoned buildings identified with severe stability issues in the urban centre, ten have been fully cordoned off, alongside an additional structural enclosure completed in Aradippou Municipality.
The looming emergency declarations for the four inhabited "KtiZO" properties are expected to trigger rapid relocation procedures for dozens of families, expanding the emergency housing support program currently managed in coordination with welfare services and the Ministry of Interior.
