Development of social housing in Serbia; public advocacy campaign

Employer Group 484 Implementation period 2009 Partners

Group 484 has started implementing the project Public advocacy for inclusion of issues of vulnerable social groups in the policy of social housing and formal cooperation with UDP has initiated by joint performance of bringing together representatives of vulnerable groups, as potential beneficiaries and local housing agencies, housing solidarity funds, other public and non-governmental institutions and professionals dealing with housing provision around unique goals and coordination of activities of common interest.
Main UDP activities were: Public advocacy for adoption of the Social Housing Law in the Parliament; advise to the parliamentary committees in defining amendments to the draft law; organization of regional public discussion on future social housing system in Serbia and collection and processing of recommendations for the formulation of the National Strategy for Social Housing; coordination of establishment of an informal network - National Alliance for Development of Social Housing.