Nis, 10 August 2006

On August 09 2006, the City of Niš has celebrated a ceremony of opening of a building site for social housing units within the SIRP Programme. H.E. Mr. Velimić Ilić, Minister of Capital Investments in Government of Serbia officially inaugurated the building site. The hosts of this event was the City of Nis represented by the Mayor Mr. Smiljko Kostic, Nis City Housing Agency.

Through SIRP Programme, the City of Nis will receive total of 75 housing units aimed for social housing. This building site is located in Block 8, “Pasi Poljana” and it will evolve in first 45 social housing units planned for Nis. It is expected that the housing beneficiaries will be moving in these 45 units sometimes in March 2007.

For this first phase of construction the Italian Government is contributing with about 1,2 M euro, while the City of Niš provides its contribution in land and infrastructure.

The City Housing Agency of Niš, established within SIRP Programme, is strongly engaged in other activities within UN-HABITAT Programme in Serbia. Main result achieved during last several months is development of the draft Housing Profile as a part of the ongoing process of formulation of the City Housing Strategy.