The regulation will facilitate the sale of 2,800 houses and flats from 2011 to 2013 to beneficiaries under the legislation on housing provision in the areas of special state concern and to former tenancy rights holders who in the meantime have been given the status of the protected tenants in state-owned flats in eastern Croatia.
Deputy Prime Minister Petar Cobankovic hailed today's decision as a step forward in solving this issue.
It will redress the injustice in light of the fact that 400 complaints have been filed by protected tenants to the Vukovar municipal court, the minister added.
Deputy Prime Minister Slobodan Uzelac agreed that the regulation would put an end to the unequal treatment of some of the Croatian citizens.
The starting price will be around EUR 700 per square metre of flat or house. The government will also offer price discounts, depending on the condition of the property in question. Prices will be reduced by 33 per cent for apartments older than 25 years, while a 50 percent discount will be offered for one-off payments. The payment in instalments can last no longer than 25 years.
Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor said that as a result, a 60-square-metre flat in Vukovar would cost EUR 10,500, or EUR 175 per square metre.
It is the third regulation of this kind.
From 2008 to 2010, about 1,000 houses were sold in the areas of special state concern. In that period, 4,600 housing units were donated to Croatian war veterans and Bosnian Croat war veterans and to families of the killed and missing war veterans living in the areas of special state concern.