(Hina) - The centralised Housing Register, with data on properties owned or co-owned by physical and legal persons in which protected tenants live, has been established, and 3,118 applications for 2,158 properties have been received.
The register was developed under the law governing the execution of European Court of Human Rights rulings in the case Statileo vs Croatia and a Croatian Constitutional Court ruling that entered into force on 2 April.
On Wednesday, Minister for Physical Planning, Construction and State Assets Branko Bačić held a press conference on the register and the enforcement of the law concerning the 70-year-old problem of protected tenants.
Fact-finding is underway for each individual case, and it is estimated that the total number of protected tenants will be about 25% lower than the total number of applications, Bačić said, adding that between 1,5000 and 1,600 properties are expected to be at issue.
Ninety per cent of applications have been submitted in 12 cities, mostly in Zagreb (989), Split (437), Rijeka (153) and Dubrovnik (125).
Bačić said that the average size of the apartments listed in the register is 65.6 square metres.
The law has established a balance between the interests of apartment owners and protected tenants, and the government will provide significant financial support to resolve the tenants' right to housing, he said.
Bačić presented all five measures from the Program of Measures - settlement between the parties, paying out the protected tenant, the tenant moving into a state-owned apartment, exchange of apartments between the owner and the state, and the state buying the apartment from the owner.
In determining the settlement, the amount of the rent and the duration of the lease will be taken into account, and when paying out the protected tenant, the standard value of the apartment will be, depending on the location, between €50,787 and €60,945 plus between €12,000 and €14,000 for each household member.
When moving into a state-owned apartment, the protected tenant will pay rent in the amount of €2 per square metre, and will also be able to buy the apartment for €1,195 per square metre payable over a period of 20 years without interest.
In the case of an exchange of apartments between the owner and the state or if the state buys the apartment from the owner, the protected tenant living in the apartment will pay rent or will be able to buy it under favourable terms.
Starting from next year, the apartment owners will be paid the market value of the rent, ranging from €7.5 to €9.375 per square metre, depending on the location. The owners will also be able to sell the apartment or exchange it for another apartment owned by the state.
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