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Agreement on cooperation in social housing signed
Belgrade,
2 October 2008
Serbian Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning Oliver Dulic and Dean of the Faculty of Architecture at the Belgrade University Vladimir Mako signed today an agreement on cooperation in construction of flats for socially vulnerable population groups.
Dulic announced that construction could start next year and pointed out that signing the agreement is an important step regarding the Ministry’s intention to implement a social housing project in Serbia.
He stressed that students and professors at the Faculty of Architecture, using their knowledge and experience, will help the country to develop and carry out the project.
According to him, flats will be organised in urban units, which will consist of modern buildings and offer good living standards.
The Faculty of Architecture, besides giving professional help to the Ministry, will participate in writing bylaws and strategies concerning social housing, announced the Minister and stressed that it is important that socially vulnerable groups are able to secure housing under commercial conditions.
Dulic said that the aim is to prevent the creation of ghettos and integrate socially vulnerable groups, considering the fact that earlier in similar cases certain parts of the city were excluded from social developments.
The state will build flats for socially vulnerable groups to be available under very favourable terms, for a rent ranging from €50 to €70, and to be leased without possibility of purchase, explained the Minister. He said that the state will continue to build flats for other categories of population as well, university employees, sportspeople, civil servants, etc.
According to Dulic, providing social housing and increasing the number of residential facilities will regulate the real estate market in Serbia, and reduce demand and prices.
Mako said that the agreement signed today is the first document which establishes cooperation on an expert, scientific and educational level between a ministry and a university department in Serbia.
He said that the aim is to make students work on specific problems which will await them when they begin their professional life, since it is important to make them capable of dealing with real social problems while they are still studying.
He stressed that students and professors at the Faculty of Architecture, using their knowledge and experience, will help the country to develop and carry out the project.
According to him, flats will be organised in urban units, which will consist of modern buildings and offer good living standards.
The Faculty of Architecture, besides giving professional help to the Ministry, will participate in writing bylaws and strategies concerning social housing, announced the Minister and stressed that it is important that socially vulnerable groups are able to secure housing under commercial conditions.
Dulic said that the aim is to prevent the creation of ghettos and integrate socially vulnerable groups, considering the fact that earlier in similar cases certain parts of the city were excluded from social developments.
The state will build flats for socially vulnerable groups to be available under very favourable terms, for a rent ranging from €50 to €70, and to be leased without possibility of purchase, explained the Minister. He said that the state will continue to build flats for other categories of population as well, university employees, sportspeople, civil servants, etc.
According to Dulic, providing social housing and increasing the number of residential facilities will regulate the real estate market in Serbia, and reduce demand and prices.
Mako said that the agreement signed today is the first document which establishes cooperation on an expert, scientific and educational level between a ministry and a university department in Serbia.
He said that the aim is to make students work on specific problems which will await them when they begin their professional life, since it is important to make them capable of dealing with real social problems while they are still studying.
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