A family from Uzbekistan lost 12 years of savings over unfinished housing: more than 600 families affected

How the apartment was purchased

A resident of Uzbekistan told the outlet Daryo the story of how her family lost savings accumulated over 12 years by buying an apartment in the Komila project. She saw the advertisement on Telegram: the building was promised to be completed in just three months. On December 30, 2024, the manager, according to her, called repeatedly and demanded payment within one day, otherwise the apartment would be sold to someone else. In the end, the family barely scraped together and paid 156.9 million soums in cash for a 46-square-meter apartment on the ground (minus first) floor.

Promises not kept

Upon checking, the documents looked legitimate: there were cadastral papers and QR codes for the construction site. The apartment was supposed to be handed over in the first quarter of 2025, by spring, but the promise was not fulfilled. Requests for help were met with pleas to wait, and the responsible employee, according to the buyer, assured her: 'I give you a one hundred percent guarantee, we will finish building it this summer and hand over the keys.' The housing was not delivered in 2026 either. In the summer, other buyers called her and asked whether she had bought an apartment there, and then told her that the developer had fled — until then she knew nothing. After that, she filed a statement with investigative authorities; it turned out that more than 600 families had been affected by the project, including people with disabilities, single mothers, and widows.

Consequences for the family

The woman says this money was the result of 12 years of labor — the family could have spent it on themselves and their children, but saved it for a home of their own. The scandal, according to her account, destroyed peace in the family and led to constant quarrels on the verge of divorce; under the stress, she developed diabetes. The situation also affected the children: the younger son is three years old, still does not speak and eats almost nothing; the second son has suffered from epilepsy since he was nine months old and needs regular expensive medications and injections. The family now lives in someone else's rented apartment; the older son is in the 9th grade.

Searching for a solution

According to the woman, the family turned to investigative authorities, the Supreme Court, lower courts, and various agencies, but there has been no result yet. She claims that the suspects took out a loan of about 43 billion soums and managed to leave the country, while the wife of the main suspect 'calmly attends meetings with a lawyer'; she also compares the situation with how quickly measures are taken against an ordinary citizen who owes just 300,000 soums to the BPI. These claims are presented based on the woman's own words — the outlet does not report their confirmation by the investigation. The publication does not mention any measures taken to return funds to the victims.