Kosovo Property Agency No.15 August 2008 KPA Rental Scheme with favourable offers Among its many tasks, the Kosovo Property properties is still increasing and this interest is KPA collects the rent a month in advance. The expiration of the agreement and after inspection Agency (KPA) is mandated to administer and more noticeable in Prishtina town, particularly rent money is paid to KPA who then transfers it of the property has taken place. implement the Rental Scheme for properties for properties in better conditions, furnished and to the owners or PRH. KPA charges the PRH with which claims have been filed for. According to which provide better residential conditions. an administrative fee of 5% of the rental price for The KPA determines the rent based on the cur- these responsibilities, for some time now KPA the provision of services related to renting. Each rent value of properties as evaluated by the Mu- has begun to implement the Rental Scheme The average price for a residential property is bank fee is also deducted from the rent received. nicipality Directorate of Taxes (more information for properties, which are then put under its 45.85 Euros. The highest price until now has In cases where the rent is not paid, KPA issues on how rent is calculated at www.kpaonline.org administration. In other words, the Rental been recorded in Ferizaj, at 469.66 Euros for 240 an eviction order. If tenants fail to pay, KPA will ). This implies that rent is not negotiable neither Scheme makes it possible for property right m2, while the lowest price is in Viti at 10.06 Euro evict them. by the owner or the tenant. If the owner can get holders (PRH) to receive a fixed income by for 30 m2. Consequently, prices will vary accord- a higher rent for his property, he can withdraw authorizing KPA to rent out their properties ing to location, condition and space. Needless to A refundable deposit is required when the Rental from the KPA Rental Scheme at any time. until they decide to use them in any other way. say, the interest is a lot higher for those proper- Agreement is signed. The deposit covers the po- This scheme also makes it possible for people ties with a more favorable price. tential unpaid rent or any considerable damage Hence, for all those who need to rent a property interested in renting a residential property in made by the tenant. The deposit (or the amount in Kosovo, the KPA Rental Scheme remains one the whole territory of Kosovo to do so through Despite results achieved in the Rental Scheme, left from the deposit if the tenant has damaged of the solutions and most favorable offers. KPA. we cannot but mention the difficulties and chal- the property) is refunded to the tenant after the lenges that KPA is facing in the process of im- Furthermore, the Rental Scheme is a possibility plementation of this Scheme. These arise mainly for all those who are illegal users of a property from illegal property users not paying rent, as is to become regular rent payers and, in agreement the general case in the northern part of Mitrovica, Kosovo Property Agency with a legitimate owner, to continue staying in where the number of those agreeing to pay regu- those properties for the specified period of time lar rent is symbolic. Last month, only 7 cases he KPA was established on 4 March 2006 by UN- agreed in the contract. where people paid the rent in this part of Mitro- T vica were noted. Additionally, the condition of MIK Regulation 2006/10 which was later superseed- Personnel from the Property Under Administra- the buildings is a continuous problem because tion Unit confirm that at the beginning of the citizens are more interested in buildings with bet- ed by UNMIK Regulation 2006/50. The KPA has, Rental Scheme there was some hesitation by ter infrastructure and in better conditions. Some subject to appeal to the supreme court of Kosovo, illegal users to accept this scheme and pay the of the buildings are damaged as a consequence determined rent regularly, but recently, they are of natural circumstances and these properties -in exclusive jurisdiction resolve claims for private im- becoming more aware of the importance of pay- particular those located in suburbs of towns or in ovable property arising from the 1998-1999 armed ing rent. villages- usually do not attract a lot of attention Statistics show that 2,587 properties have been and interest. conflict. placed on the Rental Scheme throughout Kosovo so far, whereas to date, around 930 properties ap- In order to make the Rental Scheme clearer, the 038 249 918 pear as rented. Interest of Kosovo citizens to rent following information is important: 2 No. 15 August 2008 KPA Gazette –a sign of Transparency I have received decision from KPA This is the fifteenth edition of the KPA gazette, which we are con- tinuously publishing in order to fulfill a legal obligation and with the aim to be transparent in the publishing of claims submitted by the KPA. The gazette also allows us to present our continuous work and activities in an effort to process and decide all claims which have already been submitted before our Agency. Thus, within a period of little over a year, KPA has printed fourteen volumes with 32,249 published claims from a total off 39,687 claims submitted before our Agency regarding agricultural land, commercial and private property, as a consequence of the armed conflict that occurred during 1998 and 1999. For those who are not familiar with this, we are reminding them that the KPA issues its own gazette (an official form of publication) based on UNMIK/REG/ 2006/10, section 9, item 1. Based on this regula- tion, KPA has published its own gazette, which has proved to have a positive effect on people’s opinion about our organization once they realize the Agency’s achievements and its continuous efforts to fulfill its mission and mandate in resolving property disputes in Kosovo. The fourteen editions of the KPA gazette have also made an impact by informing citizens of the results and the statistics achieved by our Agency since its establishment. As mentioned above, this is the fifteenth number of the KPA gazette. Only two additional editions are needed to finish with the publica- tion of all claim numbers, after which the adjudication and resolution Mohlan, 5 Tetor 2007: of claims by the Commission (KPCC) will pick up pace, and then be followed by another phase -unavoidably more sensitive- that of the implementation of Commission decisions. One thing is certain – after one year of regular publication of the KPA gazette, we have publicly presented continuous results of our work. Arian Krasniqi As soon as your claim(s) has been decided tion will be provided to all successful the property and request repossession at and is ready for delivery, you will be con- claimants together with Kosovo Prop- any time. KPA Gazette tacted over the phone by KPA officials in erty Claims Commission decision (more When the property is repossessed, KPA Publisher: Lars-Joergen Kihlberg Olsen order to agree on the time and place of information on how to read a KPCC administration of the property ceases. Editor-in-chief: Valbona Dhomi the delivery. decision can be found on http://www. While KPA will make reasonable ef- The decision will be delivered to you kpaonline.org/PDFs/decisionInst.pdf). forts to minimize damage to any prop- through one of our offices as per your choice No other party, other than a successful erty under its administration, it bears no Contributors: Arian Krasniqi, Negosava Mrdaković and as agreed when contacted by KPA of- claimant can request the KPA to enforce responsibility for any loss or damage to ficials. You will receive one official certified the decision. the claimed property or its contents, ma- decision in English and translated versions If you don’t require further assistance terial, financial or otherwise. Kosovo Property Agency of the decision in Albanian and Serbian. from the KPA after having received a If you disagree with the KPCC deci- Nazim Gafuri 31 The English version is the official decision, decision, you should request the KPA to sion, or with the orders in the decision, so in the event of discrepancy between the close the case. Please note that KPA will you are entitled to submit an appeal to Prishtinë/Priština English language version and the Albanian not undertake any other actions on your the Supreme Court of Kosovo within [email protected] or Serbian language version, the contents of behalf after the case has been closed. 30 days of being notified of the KPCC © 2008 Kosovo Property Agency the English language version shall prevail. If you request repossession of the decision. However, an appeal may only You will find one official certified decision claimed property, you will be contacted be filed on the grounds that the KPCC KPA Gazette is printed in Serbian and Albanian. English (Certified Decision) and a cover decision by KPA and offered repossession at a decision contains a serious violation of version is avaible on the following web address: (Decision). The Certified Decision is the given date and time. the applicable law, or, that the decision www. most significant for you and relates to your If you request administration, KPA can rests upon incomplete facts or an errone- kpaonline.org individual claim(s), informing you as to temporarily administer a property on ous evaluation of the facts. If you want whether the KPCC has granted or dismissed your behalf if you are unable to take re- to appeal the KPCC decision under any Distribution: Jedinstvo and Kosova Sot.