Housing – rroma.org https://rroma.org Wed, 04 Mar 2026 16:29:10 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://rroma.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-greenwheel_large-1-32x32.png Housing – rroma.org https://rroma.org 32 32 Roma in Slovenia https://rroma.org/roma-in-slovenia-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=roma-in-slovenia-2 Wed, 04 Mar 2026 16:29:10 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=31686 A review of land owenership in one of the largest settlements in Novo Mesto shows that the largest share of land is still owned by the state (44.1%). 13.2% of the land is owned by Roma, and 22.3% is owned by others. The municipality of Novo Mesto owns 20.4% of the land.

Why they put a picture of poor Tuskish Roma from Istanbul as a picture is somewhat strange …

]]> Roma Palaces https://rroma.org/roma-palaces-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=roma-palaces-3 Mon, 16 Feb 2026 16:51:51 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=31488 Another one of these articles on Roma palaces, this time in the Ukrainian press about these houses in Romania.

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  • Секрети палаців румунських ромів: чому ці будинки вражають та де на Закарпатті є село “палаців”. In: Golos Karpat. 11.02.2026. https://goloskarpat.info/society/698cbbe02aa8e/
]]> Slovakia: New Housing https://rroma.org/slovakia-new-housing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=slovakia-new-housing Thu, 05 Feb 2026 16:30:00 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=31364 In early February, the Office of the Plenipotentiary of the Government of the Slovak Republic for Roma Communities approved three more projects aimed at improving housing in municipalities included in the Atlas of Roma Communities, totaling over 6.6 million euros. The investments are directed to Rudny, Chminianske Jakubovy and Gemerská Hôrka, where new or renovated housing is to help almost three hundred residents.

]]> Fire https://rroma.org/fire-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fire-2 Mon, 29 Dec 2025 13:55:04 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=30917 A fire burned in the Soifia “Lyulin” district at night. Accirding to the article, “It houses a temporary accommodation center. Socially disadvantaged Roma families are accommodated there. People from the area have been complaining for years about numerous problems related to crime, poor hygiene and aggressive behaviour of some of the residents. The place has become a ghetto.”

]]> Housing in Bulgaria https://rroma.org/housing-in-bulgaria/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=housing-in-bulgaria Tue, 09 Dec 2025 10:08:56 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=30730 79% of Roma live in overcrowded housing compared to 34% of the entire Bulgarian population, experts announced at a national roundtable on the topic “From data to action: Conclusions on the situation of Roma in Bulgaria from the study of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights” in Sofia. Organizers are the Centre for the Study of Democracy and the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA).

The first and most visible problem for our society regarding Roma citizens is forced eviction from their homes, said Ombudsman Velislava Delcheva during a the National Roundtable.

]]> Housing in Slovakia https://rroma.org/housing-in-slovakia-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=housing-in-slovakia-2 Mon, 01 Dec 2025 16:40:33 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=30646 We take care of our Roma because they are decent people. They want to work and live at a high standard, says the mayor of Buzica in the Košice-okolie district, Jozef Mohňanský (SMK), about a project to improve the quality of housing for the Roma community.

Buzica is one of 13 municipalities that received a non-refundable financial contribution from the Office of the Government Plenipotentiary for Roma Communities.

The money is to be used for the reconstruction and construction of rental apartments worth a total of more than 26 million euros. This will create or reconstruct housing capacities for 1,193 people.

Nice, but not sustainable … It means over 20’000 euros per relodged person, this in a region where the house prices are often lower than that.

]]> Slovakia and Roma Settlements https://rroma.org/slovakia-and-roma-settlements-6/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=slovakia-and-roma-settlements-6 Sat, 22 Nov 2025 16:28:02 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=30552 The Office of the Government Plenipotentiary of the Slovak Republic for Roma Communities has approved another series of projects aimed at improving living conditions in municipalities included in the Atlas of Roma Communities. Thanks to the approved projects, social rental housing capacity for 1,193 people will be created, 8.15 kilometres of sewage will be built or reconstructed, and waste will be removed from an area of ​​almost 3,200 square meters.

This is a very small drop in a very large ocean.

]]> New Estate https://rroma.org/new-estate/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-estate Tue, 11 Nov 2025 16:01:37 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=30423 The plan of the city of Šluknov (Czechia) to buy out approximately 400 apartments in a socially excluded locality and transfer them to its own administration has provoked a reaction from the civil part of the Government Council for Roma Minority Affairs and the platform of Roma and pro-Roma organizations RomanoNet. Although they consider the plan to be potentially beneficial, they point out serious shortcomings in the proposal that may lead to destabilization of the community and violations of the rights of residents.

]]> Stara Zagora: Another Article https://rroma.org/stara-zagora-another-article/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stara-zagora-another-article Tue, 26 Aug 2025 13:17:33 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=29567 An action to remove 101 illegal buildings near the Stara Zagora “Lozenets” quarter is underway. In the months before it, 14 buildings were voluntarily removed; another 30 are awaiting a court decision under an appeal procedure. A total of 450 illegal Roma buildings in and near the quarter have been removed in recent years.

]]> Stara Zagora – Demolitions https://rroma.org/stara-zagora-demolitions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stara-zagora-demolitions Tue, 26 Aug 2025 13:16:01 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=29561 The Stara Zagora municipality in Bulgaria has started the demolition of more than a hundred “illegal” Roma houses. According to the municipality, there was no way that these houses could be regularised. A few families have apparently accepted the offers for municipal housing, but most have not.

Bad.

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