Housing care programme for Homeland War victims

The Housing care programme for Homeland War victims is implemented on the basis of needs determined by the Ministry of Veterans' Affairs, which is responsible for housing care for Homeland War victims. The Housing care programme for Homeland War victims includes organised construction of apartments and family houses with special adaptations for Homeland War veterans with 100% disability, the purchase of completed apartments or apartments completed to a high degree at new locations, adaptation of apartments and access to apartments as well as family houses for veterans with 100% disability.

The Programme of organised construction of apartments is implemented at various locations throughout the Republic of Croatia pursuant to the Act on the Rights of Croatian Homeland War Veterans and their Family Members (OG 174/04, 92/05, 02/07, 107/07, 65/09, 137/09, 146/10, 55/11, 140/12). Local self-government units (cities and municipalities) are obliged to provide land for housing construction equipped with utility infrastructure, while organised construction is conducted by the Ministry of Construction and Physical Planning. By the end of 2012, under the Programme of organised construction of apartments a total of 5.542 apartments at 240 locations was provided and handed over to the Ministry of Veterans' Affairs. Between 2004 – 2008, on the basis of Decisions of the Government of the Republic of Croatia, public call procedures for purchase of apartments on the market were carried out and a total of 619 apartments at 77 locations were purchased in accordance with the priorities set by the Ministry of Veterans' Affairs. In the period 1997 - 2012 a total of 6.161 apartments at 317 locations were handed over to the Ministry of Veterans' Affairs with a total value of investments 2.270.444.644,20 kuna. 87 apartments in a high degree of completion are currently under construction, consequently in 2013 a total of 6.248 will be finished and handed over to a Ministry of Veterans' Affairs.

By handing over the last 184th family house in April 2008, the Ministry of Construction and Physical Planning concluded the Programme for construction of family houses with special adaptations for Homeland War veterans with 100% disability.

Pursuant to the Act on Amendments to the Act on the Rights of Croatian Homeland War Veterans and their Family Members (OG 140/12) from the beginning of 2013 the Agency for Transactions and Mediation in Immovable Properties implements Housing care programme for Homeland War victims in cooperation with the ministry responsible for construction and urban planning.

For further information on Programme implementation as of 01 January 2013 please refer to the website of the Agency for Transactions and Mediation in Immovable Properties: www.apn.hr.