Roman Lacko lived with his wife and two children in a shed in a Roma settlement in Važec, Slovakia. He lost his house in a fire in November. The municipality sayas that it tried to help them.

The Liptov village of Važec offers its residents emergency housing 100 kilometres away in another district and region. It bought apartments and a family house there, allegedly because they were cheaper than under the Tatras. According to the association of local governments, however, the problems of socially excluded communities cannot be shifted onto the shoulders of other local governments.

• O dom prišli pri požiari, núdzové bývanie im našli sto kilometrov ďaleko. ZMOS hovorí o presúvaní problémov. In: Spravy. 10.12.2024. https://spravy.rtvs.sk/2024/12/o-dom-prisli-pri-poziari-nudzove-byvanie-im-nasli-sto-kilometrov-daleko-zmos-hovori-o-presuvani-problemov/