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In Loznica, the keys to 60 apartments ceremoniously handed over to refugees from Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Croatia

Today on 19 June 2021, in Loznica, the keys of 60 apartments were handed over to refugee families from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia, who have a residence in the City of Loznica. The apartments were built within Subproject 5 of the Regional Housing Program in the Republic of Serbia (RHP).

Financial resources for the construction of these 60 apartments were provided mostly from the donor fund of the Regional Housing Program, managed by the Council of Europe Development Bank, and to a lesser extent from the budget of the City of Loznica. The amount of the donation from the Regional Housing Program Fund is 1.2 million euros.

The event was attended by Vladimir Cucić, Commissioner for Refugees and Migration of the Republic of Serbia, Vidoje Petrović, Mayor of Loznica, Dirk Lorenz, representative of the European Union Delegation to Serbia, Richard Holly, representative of the Swiss Embassy in Serbia, Ružica Banda, OSCE representative, Stefani Krause , UNHCR representative, Jovan Lazarov, Chief of Staff of the Director of the Public Sector Project Management Unit d.o.o. Belgrade, as well as representatives of other state and international institutions and organizations and users.

 The Regional Housing Program is a joint multi-year program of the Republic of Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and the Republic of Croatia, which aims to provide permanent housing solutions for the most vulnerable refugee families in the region. It is implemented with the support of the OSCE and the UNHCR, and is funded by the European Union, which is the largest donor, but also by the United States, Germany, Norway, Switzerland, Italy, Denmark, Turkey, Luxembourg, Spain, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia.