A home has been identified in Zabbar to be used as a community home for people with a disability, the Parliamentary Secretariat for Persons with a Disability said.

It said in a statement that the home would be able to take in seven people. Preliminary renovation works have already started.

At the same time, the final structural works on another home in Siggiewi were being carried out and it would be able to take its first four residents in the next few weeks.

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