Jobs and housing in Karabakh

Housing in Karabakh: who and how

Apartments and houses are allocated by the state to former internally displaced persons — they are not sold or rented out.

• Those resettled are families registered in the area before the First Karabakh War; a family can return only to its own district of registration.
• Families living in unsafe buildings, dormitories and sanatoriums come first in the queue; the specific apartment is assigned by lottery.
• The possibility of citizens from other regions buying homes in Karabakh has been announced, but the procedure and start date have not been published.
• Selling or renting out allocated homes by resettled families is not provided for at this time.

For questions about the queue, documents and your address, contact the State Committee (link below).

Jobs in Karabakh

Workplaces are mostly in public institutions, construction, agriculture, education and services; vacancies are filled through the official employment system.

• The State Employment Agency holds job fairs in Khankendi and other cities — a single fair offers hundreds of vacancies (Khankendi: 222).
• How to apply: the regional employment branch or a DOST centre for your actual address of residence; vacancies are listed on the e-Sosial portal.
• Karabakh University (Khankendi) has operated since 2024 — teaching and staff vacancies are announced separately, and staff are provided housing in Khankendi.
• Private-sector Karabakh vacancies (construction, hotels, logistics) are usually posted with a Baku address — search for “Karabakh”, “Shusha”, “Khankendi”.