Contracts for social housing flats building
The Minister of Environment, Mining and Spatial Planning, Oliver Dulić and the Mayor of Zrenjanin, dr Mileta Mihajlov have signed today, in the City Hall of Nis, the Contract on mutual relations in the implantation of Law on Ratification of Framework Loan Contract between the Bank for Development of the Council of Europe and the Republic of Serbia. The contracts were signed by the representatives of six more cities: Niš, Pančevo, Kikinda, Smederevo, Kraljevo and Pirot.
These contracts enable the building of 789 flats of social housing out of 1,700 planned ones. The building of 237 social housing flats are planned for Nis, 77 in Pančevo, 60 in Kikinda, 100 flats in Zrenjanin and Kraljevo, 150 in Smederevo and 65 in Pirot.
The Mayor Mihajlov remained that the programme of social housing had started in Zrenjanin back in 2010 when the Strategy of Housing was adopted, and then the Housing Agency was established.
In total 100 flats will be built in Zrenjanin, 70 for sale under nonprofitable conditions and 30 for renting, at the two locations, Pančevačka Street and Žarka Zrenjanina Street – said Mihajlov.
According to Minister the price will be 499 Euro per square meter, which is a very favourable price, and the socially vulnerable families will pay the rent pursuant tot he regulations of Social Housing Law – Dulić said.
The Director of Republic Housing Agency, Maja Lakićević, says that the total value of the project is 58 million Euro, and 32 million is provided by the loan of the Bank for Development of the Council of Europe and the rest is the participation of the State and local governments.