Key Findings on Montenegro’s Housing Policy Presented at UNECE Session

At the session of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Committee on Urban Development, Housing and Land Management, held from the 14th, Radmila Lainović, national coordinator of the project “Country Profile of Montenegro in the Areas of Urban Development, Housing and Land Management,” presented the profile’s key findings and the results of feasibility studies, with particular emphasis on improving housing policy in Montenegro. In her address, she highlighted the importance of recommendations for reforming the legislative and institutional framework, as well as the need to establish a sustainable system of social and affordable housing. She particularly stressed the importance of developing a national housing fund, establishing long-term and stable financing models, and constructing energy-efficient homes accessible to citizens, especially young families and other vulnerable groups. Lainović pointed to the challenges Montenegro faces, including an insufficient supply of affordable housing, an informal rental market, and regional development disparities. She emphasized that addressing housing issues requires a balanced approach combining market mechanisms and state intervention, along with more efficient use of the existing housing stock and the development of new social and affordable housing models. The recommendations contained in the studies, including the “Velje Brdo” model and the concept of affordable, energy-efficient social rental housing, provide an important foundation for further developing a sustainable national housing policy and improving the quality of life of Montenegro’s citizens.