Public call for the allocation of assistance to improve the housing conditions of refugees through the provision of building materials and equipment

Pursuant to Article 7 of the Rulebook on the Conditions and Criteria for Selecting Beneficiaries of Assistance for Improving the Housing Conditions of Refugees through the Provision of Building Materials and Equipment, No. 020-345/2025-09 of 23 December 2025, and in accordance with the Grant Agreement for the Implementation of Assistance Intended to Improve the Housing Conditions of Refugees through the Provision of Building Materials and Equipment, concluded between the Commissariat for Refugees and Migration of the Republic of Serbia (hereinafter: the Commissariat) and the City of Smederevo (hereinafter: the City), registered with the City under No. 401-5089/2025-12 on 17 October 2025 and with the Commissariat under No. 9-9/587 on 13 October 2025 (hereinafter: the Agreement), the Beneficiary Selection Commission for the Allocation of Funds Intended to Improve the Housing Conditions of Refugees through the Provision of Building Materials and Equipment, established by Ruling No. 020-280/2025-09 of 6 November 2025 (hereinafter: the Commission), on 30 December 2025 issues the following

Public call

for the allocation of assistance to improve the housing conditions of refugees through the provision of building materials and equipment

Assistance in the form of building materials and equipment (hereinafter: the Assistance) may be granted to families of refugees who acquired refugee status in the Republic of Serbia as a result of the events of the period from 1991 to 1995, regardless of their status at the time their housing need is resolved, namely: refugees living in the territory of the City in collective centres or some other form of collective accommodation, formal or informal, and vulnerable refugees living in private accommodation without a durable solution in their country of origin or in the Republic of Serbia, who need assistance to improve their housing conditions through the provision of building materials and equipment and who meet the conditions for the selection of beneficiaries laid down in this Rulebook (hereinafter: the beneficiaries).

I

The applicant under the public call for the allocation of assistance (hereinafter: the applicant) and the members of their family household must meet the following conditions:

1. refugee status in the Republic of Serbia, namely: they hold refugee status and have applied for citizenship of the Republic of Serbia, or their refugee status in the Republic of Serbia has ended and they have acquired citizenship of the Republic of Serbia (NOTE: this condition necessarily applies to the applicant, and to the members of their family household only if they hold or have held refugee status in the Republic of Serbia);
2. they have registered permanent or temporary residence in the territory of the City (temporary residence applies only to persons who still hold refugee status) at the time the public call is published;
3. the real estate cadastre records the property with which the applicant is applying for assistance as owned by the applicant, or as co-owned/jointly owned by the applicant and a member of their family household named in the application;
4. they do not own any property in their country of origin, another country or the Republic of Serbia with which they could meet their housing needs, other than the property in question;
5. they cannot use property in the country of their previous permanent residence or in another country;
6. since acquiring refugee status, they have not renovated, disposed of, given away or exchanged property in the Republic of Serbia, their country of origin and/or another country with which they could meet their housing needs;
7. they are not beneficiaries of another housing programme in the process of integration in the Republic of Serbia, or of a housing provision/reconstruction programme in the process of return to their country of origin, through which they could meet or have met their housing needs;
8. they do not have income with which they could meet their housing needs;
9. the property referred to in paragraph 1, item 3) of this Article is entered in the real estate cadastre as:
   • property taken over from the land registers, or
   • property built before the adoption of building regulations, or
   • property built on the basis of a building permit or construction approval for which an occupancy permit has been issued, or
   • property registered under the Law on the Legalisation of Buildings;
10. the property referred to in paragraph 1, item 3) of this Article is entered in the real estate cadastre free of encumbrances, not counting:
    • an annotation of the obligation to pay the fee for change of land use,
    • an annotation of a lien on the property under a loan agreement relating to the property in question,
    • other annotations of the holder’s personal status and of legal facts that do not result in the termination or transfer of rights in rem over the property in question;
    • an annotation that the property was built with a construction approval for which no occupancy permit has been issued and that it is located on land where individual residential construction is permitted;
11. the property referred to in paragraph 1, item 3) of this Article does not meet the basic conditions for habitation, and installing the building materials and equipment granted will make it fit for use and habitation;
12. the property referred to in paragraph 1, item 3) of this Article is located in the territory of the City.

Property referred to in paragraph 1, item 3) of this Article that is entered in the real estate cadastre as property built with a construction approval for which no occupancy permit has been issued, but which has been completed, may be the subject of this procedure, provided that it is located on land where individual residential construction is permitted.

Property under construction on the basis of an issued building permit, for which no occupancy permit has been issued because it has not been completed, may also be the subject of this procedure, in which case the condition set out in paragraph 1, item 4) of this Article does not apply.

II

The applicant under the public call shall submit the following evidence for themselves and the members of their family household:

1. A duly completed and signed application form;
2. A photocopy of the refugee identity card (both sides) or of the Ruling on the recognition, revocation or cessation of refugee status in the Republic of Serbia (NOTE: mandatory for the applicant, and for the other members of the family household if they held or still hold refugee status);
3. A photocopy of a valid identity card of the Republic of Serbia (both sides), or a printout of the identity card if it is a biometric identity card with a chip, for all members of the family household aged 16 and over;
4. A certificate of citizenship, or a photocopy of the ruling granting citizenship of the Republic of Serbia, or a copy of the submitted application for citizenship, for all members of the family household (does not apply to persons with an identity card);
5. A statement certified by the competent authority that the applicant and the members of the family household: do not own any property in their country of origin, another country or the Republic of Serbia with which they could meet their housing needs; cannot use property in the country of their previous permanent residence or in another country; since acquiring refugee status, have not renovated, disposed of, given away or exchanged property in the Republic of Serbia, their country of origin or another country with which they could meet their housing needs; are not beneficiaries of another housing programme in the process of integration in the Republic of Serbia, or of a housing provision/reconstruction programme in the process of return to their country of origin, through which they could meet or have met their housing needs; and are not related by blood, adoption or marriage to the seller of the property in question.

The claims made in the statement will be verified by the Beneficiary Selection Commission;

6. Evidence of the housing situation of the applicant and the members of their family household:
   • for a household accommodated in a collective centre: a confirmation from the trustee for refugees;
   • for a household living in rented premises without basic hygiene and sanitary conditions: a statement certified by the competent authority;
7. Evidence of income:
   • a confirmation/certificate of unemployment from the National Employment Service for unemployed members of the family household registered with the National Employment Service, issued in the month preceding the month in which the application to the public call is submitted; for an unemployed member of the family household who is not registered with the National Employment Service, a personal statement certified by the competent authority must be submitted stating that they are unemployed and have no earnings or other occasional or temporary income;
   • if the applicant or a member of the family household earns occasional or temporary income, a personal statement certified by the competent authority on the amount of that occasional and temporary net income must be submitted;
   • an employer’s confirmation of earnings in the month preceding the month in which the application to the public call is submitted, for employed members of the family household;
   • a pension slip for the month preceding the month in which the application to the public call is submitted (this applies both to a pension from the Republic of Serbia and to a pension from the country of origin), or a confirmation from the competent service; if the applicant or a member of their family household receives no pension income, a personal statement certified by the competent authority must be submitted stating that the person receives no pension income in the Republic of Serbia, the country of origin and/or another country;
8. For members of the family household aged 15 to 26: proof of education or, if these members of the family household are not in education, the evidence listed in item 7) of paragraph 1 of this Article (evidence of income);
9. Evidence for a family household with a child with a disability or developmental difficulties: a ruling of the Commission for the Categorisation of Children or an opinion of the inter-sectoral commission for children with physical disabilities or developmental difficulties;
10. Evidence of reduced or lost working capacity or of physical impairment: a ruling of the competent commission on reduced or lost working capacity or physical impairment for a family member with a disability;
11. Evidence of a disease of major socio-medical significance (malignant diseases, bronchial and cardiac asthma, severe obstructive pulmonary diseases, active tuberculosis, myocardial infarction, decompensated heart diseases, heart transplantation, cerebrovascular stroke, epilepsy, severe mental illnesses, progressive neuromuscular diseases, pareses and paralyses, haemophilia, insulin-dependent diabetes, chronic renal failure requiring dialysis, systemic autoimmune diseases, osteomyelitis, HIV infection and the like): a medical report not older than one year;
12. For a single-parent family, the following is to be attached:
    • a certificate of the spouse’s death;
    • a ruling of the competent court declaring a missing person dead;
    • a birth certificate for children whose paternity has not been established;
    • a divorce judgment or evidence of custody of the minor child or children (if the divorce judgment does not decide on custody of the child, or in the case of unmarried partners whose union has ended, a statement by the applicant certified by the competent authority must be attached stating that the applicant cares for the child directly and provides the means of support independently, that the other parent does not contribute or contributes insufficiently to these costs, and that the applicant has not since entered into a marriage or a cohabiting union);
13. A confirmation from the competent authority/organisation for a member of the family household who was killed or went missing in the conflicts in the territory of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia;
14. Proof of ownership: a property title certificate for the property in question, not older than one month;
15. A construction permit and a certificate from the competent authority that the land on which the building has been built is located in an area designated for individual residential construction (valid location information);
16. A statement that the applicant and the members of their family household consent to the Beneficiary Selection Commission inspecting, obtaining and processing, for the purposes of the procedure, personal data on facts kept in official records that are necessary for the decision-making procedure. This statement does not need to be certified by a notary public; it is signed by the applicant and all adult members of the family household, while for minor members of the household it is signed by a parent or guardian.

The evidence referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article is submitted as photocopies, although the Beneficiary Selection Commission may ask the applicant under the public call to present the original documents for inspection.

In addition to the evidence listed in paragraph 1 of this Article, the Beneficiary Selection Commission may ask the applicant for other necessary evidence in order to establish the facts and circumstances needed to reach a correct and lawful decision.

The claims made in the statements provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article may be verified by the Beneficiary Selection Commission.

The Commission will not consider applications to the public call submitted after the application deadline set in the public call.

The Commission will neither score nor consider applications that do not meet the conditions for the selection of beneficiaries for the allocation of assistance.

III

On the basis of the number of points the applicant scores under the criteria for determining the order of priority in selecting beneficiaries for the allocation of assistance in building materials and equipment, the Beneficiary Selection Commission draws up the proposed list of beneficiaries for the allocation of assistance.

The Beneficiary Selection Commission publishes the proposed list of beneficiaries for the allocation of assistance on the notice board of the City, on the notice boards of the local offices and on the websites of the City and the Commissariat www.kirs.gov.rs.

The applicant may lodge an objection to the proposed list of beneficiaries for the allocation of assistance with the Beneficiary Selection Commission within 15 (fifteen) days of the publication of the proposed list.

The Beneficiary Selection Commission must respond to the objections received within 5 (five) days of the expiry of the deadline for lodging objections.

In order to determine the required quantity and type of building materials and equipment, an expert member of the Beneficiary Selection Commission or the City’s technical service carries out, at the expense of the City of Smederevo, a technical assessment of the buildings of the ranked applicants and submits individual reports to the Beneficiary Selection Commission with a specification of the building materials and equipment.

After verifying the claims made in the objections and establishing the facts, or after the deadline for responding to objections has expired, the Beneficiary Selection Commission draws up the final list of beneficiaries for the allocation of assistance.

The Beneficiary Selection Commission publishes the final list of beneficiaries for the allocation of assistance immediately after it is drawn up, on the notice board of the City, on the notice boards of the local offices and on the websites of the City and the Commissariat www.kirs.gov.rs.

On the basis of the final list of beneficiaries for the allocation of assistance, the Beneficiary Selection Commission adopts a Decision, which is delivered to the persons it concerns.

The persons referred to in paragraph 8 of this Article have the right to appeal against the Decision to the City Council, through the Beneficiary Selection Commission, within 15 (fifteen) days of the delivery of the Decision.

IV

Completed applications with supporting documents are to be submitted in a sealed envelope by post to: City Administration of the City of Smederevo, Beneficiary Selection Commission for the Allocation of Funds Intended to Improve the Housing Conditions of Refugees through the Provision of Building Materials and Equipment, Smederevo, Omladinska 1, or in person at the filing office counter of the City Administration of the City of Smederevo, marked “DO NOT OPEN”.

Applications with the required documents are to be submitted to the Commission from 31 December 2025 to 13 February 2026.

Application forms are available from the Trustee for Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons of the City of Smederevo and on the official website of the City of Smederevo (www.smederevo.ls.gov.ls).

Further notices and information about the call can be obtained from the Smederevo City Administration, from the Trustee for Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons of the City of Smederevo.

Chair of the Commission

Biljana Đurović

• Final list for the allocation of assistance to improve the housing conditions of refugees