Second wave of projects approved by the Assembly of Donors of the Regional Housing Programme (RHP)

PARIS - The RHP Assembly of Donors, hosted by the CEB, today approved the second wave of six new projects to be financed from the RHP Fund. These projects for a grant amount totalling € 38.6 million will provide durable housing solutions for over 1 700 families.

The projects approved consist of reconstruction of pre-war homes in Bosnia and Herzegovina for 780 families; construction of a home for the elderly and two apartment buildings for 40 families in Croatia; construction of a home for the elderly and two apartment buildings for 120 families in Montenegro; and construction of apartments and pre-fabricated houses as well as purchasing of village houses and provision of building material for 870 families in Serbia.

With the projects submitted in the first wave, the number of approved projects is now ten for a grant amount totalling € 46 million. While the Partner Countries are now concentrating their efforts on the implementation of already approved 

The Regional Housing Programme (RHP) is backed by the European Commission, the United States of America, the UNHCR, the OSCE as well as the CEB which manages the RHP Fund and the Housing Programme itself. The RHP aims at offering housing solutions to about 27 000 households or 74 000 refugees and displaced persons that are considered as most vulnerable, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia (the Partner Countries). The total investment cost of the Programme, over an estimated five-year period, should amount to € 584 million.

For more information:
Website of the Regional Housing Programme
www.regionalhousingprogramme.org 

CEB Contact:
Secretariat of the Regional Housing Programme (ceb-rhp[at]coebank.org).