According to the residents, the building was constructed in 1968 and was intended for employees of the Ministry of Finance, as well as teachers preparing future economists. Among the first residents were participants of the Great Patriotic War and large families. Later, the building was transferred to the Academy of Management under the President of Kyrgyzstan and became a general educational institution. The process of privatization began in 1998.
Residents emphasize that the Bishkek city hall issued an order changing the status of the premises to residential apartments. Based on this document, technical passports were obtained for all 15 apartments, and they became private property. They claim that the entire privatization process was legal, and they have all the relevant documents.
However, in September 2025, the residents received lawsuits from the prosecutor's office, which is challenging the legality of the privatization. This came as a surprise to them. The prosecutor's office believes that the building belongs to educational institutions and should not have been privatized as residential property.
Residents, in turn, assert that the house was originally designed as residential, and all apartments have the same layout. "We have all the necessary documents, and no one has questioned the legality of the privatization for almost three decades," the residents express their dissatisfaction.
As of today, the cases are being considered in two courts: lawsuits for seven apartments are in the Administrative Court, while the other eight are in the Lenin District Court.
Residents express confusion over the division of cases. "For the three apartments that have already been considered in the Administrative Court, additional lawsuits were filed in the Lenin Court, and now we have received notifications that all subsequent transactions will be declared invalid," they report.
Owners also note that although the privatization occurred in 1998, the prosecutor's office challenged its legality 26 years later by filing a lawsuit to restore the statute of limitations. The court granted it and began proceedings on the case of the illegality of the privatization.
Residents complain about the lack of proper hearings and constant delays from the prosecutor's office. "We live in a state of stress, not knowing what will happen to our housing," they say.
Some residents, who have lived in the building since 1968, feel that they have been deceived by the state.
"We worked for many years and waited for our housing, and now we risk losing it. We hoped for privatization, but now we are told that all of this was in vain," one of them says.
Residents have appealed to President Sadyr Japarov and the head of the State Committee for National Security, Kamchybek Tashiev, asking them to pay attention to their problem and help protect their rights.
They emphasize that they are law-abiding citizens and have no relation to large businessmen. "We are teachers who have trained many specialists. Now, in old age, we risk losing our only home," they state.
