Housing and living conditions

Even today, the majority of Roma live in the so-called ''wild settlements". Such ''villages'', except for the low standard of living, and mainly over construction of disorderly environment, are marked by the character of temporariness. Many Roma settlements were not recorded in the existing spatial plans of local and regional self-government units (LGUs). Many settlements were built outside the area of ​​the planned land for building settlements.

 

This prevents continuous solutions based on the location permits, and is also reflected in defects or non-existent municipal infrastructure. In many places property relations are not resolved. Part of the problem is also updating of land registers. Therefore, much of the houses inhabited by the Roma were built illegally. In addition to the stated problems, the legalization of houses and settlements, there is the problem of costs, that many Roma families can not cover themselves. And in cases where a settlement is legalized and has utility infrastructure, the houses are often not connected to electricity, water or sewage system. There are many families who have difficulties with the payment of municipal contributions.

 

The legal construction of residential facilities for the Roma is hampered by the lack of financial resources required for the project documentation for the family home, municipal contributions and other costs when issuing construction documentation. The problem of legalization of Roma settlements is conditioned by the ignorance of the law, the lack of financial resources to initiate proceedings and difficult access to institutions that provide such services. All these factors combined result in the spatial separation of the Roma minority.

 

An example of a Roma settlement-The City of Rijeka