Has the housing stock in Bulgaria been managed properly? Who should support it?
A national housing strategy for 2018-2030 was drafted in 2018, but it has not yet been adopted.
Learn more about Habitat Bulgaria’s recommendations for improving the local housing policies and practices in the video below.
Habitat Bulgaria is implementing the project „Research Based Arguments for New Housing Policies in Benefit of All” in the period from October, 2019 to April, 2022. The project has been funded within the first call for strategic projects of Active Citizen Fund Bulgaria with the Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Area.
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