When returning property to the heirs or other persons, local authorities did not check very thoroughly the documents submitted.

Before 1940, 80% of all dwelling houses had been mortgaged in Latvian banks   and the owners of these houses got loans,which were never paid back.

Birznieka Upisha street, Riga

1940 – nationalised as a compensation for debts,

1993 – property returned to pre-1940 owner

(15) 2014 – no water, no heating

2015 – no sewer.

18 families live in the house.

the owner set a goal: to free the apartments from tenants and sell them.