The ground breaking ceremony of the first site for the construction of social housing units in Serbia was held in Kragujevac on the 1st of March, in presence of Mr. Daniel Biau, Director of UN-HABITAT Regional and Technical Cooperation Division, H.E. Velimir Ilic Minister for Capital Investments, H.E. Alessandro Merola Ambassador of Italy in Serbia, the Mayor of the City of Kragujevac, representatives of the Kragujevac City Housing Agency, and Mayors of the other six Municipalities beneficiaries of the UN-HABITAT Programme.
The site will see the construction of the first 32 social housing units of a total of 96. The first public rental apartments will be handed over to beneficiaries by the end of 2006. |