RHP | Regional Housing Programme

18May2017: Montenegro started construction of 51 additional apartments in Konik

An inauguration event took place today at the newly opened construction site in Konik, near Podgorica. The event was organised by the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare of Montenegro to mark the beginning of construction works for 51 apartments.

The apartments are expected to be finalised in the second half of 2018. They come in addition to another 120 apartments in the same location, which are already under construction and which shall be handed over…

17May2017: Slavka and Janko Ivanišević, Knin, Croatia

Janko (68) and Slavka (65) Ivanisevic fled from Knin, Croatia, in 1995 with their two young children and came to Subotica, Serbia, where they found accommodation in a collective centre made of bungalows from the former vacation settlement near the Palic Lake.

The family returned from the refuge in 1999 and came to their old house near Knin, rebuilt on the ruins of their devastated family house.

In 2006, the house became unsuitable for living,…

12May2017: Construction works almost completed in Glina and Knin, Croatia

The reconstruction works on a home for the elderly and disabled in Glina and the construction of 40 apartments in Knin will be completed in the next few weeks.

Reconstruction of a home for 75 elderly and disabled persons in Glina

The RHP sub-project in Glina encompasses the reconstruction and extension of a home for the elderly and disabled refugees, returnees and internally displaced persons in order to provide them with adequate accommodation as well…

28Apr2017: Ane Plavcic, Vitez, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ane Plavcic (70) had lived in the old house in Travnik for 45 years, until the very beginning of the war. When the house was damaged by the grenade, she moved with her family to her sister’s house right next to their plot. Her sister lives in Germany, so they could use it – it only got a bit crowded during the holidays. Ane applied to RHP for a reconstruction of the old house, but as it…

26Apr2017: 20th RHP RCF meeting held in Sarajevo

RHP stakeholders visit beneficiaries and construction site in Zenica

Today, the 20^th RHP Regional Coordination Forum took place in Sarajevo. The meeting was hosted by the Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Participants to the Forum included representatives of the four Partner Countries, Donors, CEB, UNHCR and OSCE.

The meeting was opened by Minister of Human Rights and Refugees Semiha Borovac who expressed her satisfaction with the current pace of RHP implementation….

08Apr2017: Bulatovic family, Berane, Montenegro

Dragana Bulatovic came in 1999 from Djakovica (Kosovo) to Berane, with her husband, mother-in-law and five children. They settled in the Berane refugee camp, built by UNHCR in 1995 as a temporary solution for refugees from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia. Small, two-room houses, built from non-solid material, became the home for some 100 families, refugees from BiH and Croatia, and later, for IDPs from Kosovo. The families had to stay in the camp much longer than…