A visit of the construction site for 16 apartments for refugees from Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Croatia was organized within the framework of the fifth subproject of the Regional Housing Programme (RHP) in the Republic of Serbia. The funds for the construction of these 16 apartments in the value of 492.608, 11 euros are provided from the RHP Donor Fund, managed by the Bank for Development of the Council of Europe.

Contribution of the Municipality of Backa Palanka is in the land and the accompanying infrastructure as well as in the financing of project documentation and the construction of seven parking spaces on a public surface. Construction of apartments in Djura Knezevic Street began on January 25, 2019. The contractor is "Zlatibor gradnja Beograd AD". The deadline for the completion of the construction is the end of the year.

Mayor of Backa Palanka, Branislav Susnica, Assistant Commissioner for Refugees and Migration of the Republic of Serbia, Ivan Gerginov, State Secretary of the Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-Government, Ivan Bosnjak, representatives of UNHCR in Serbia, the Project Implementation Unit in the Public Sector and other state and international institutions as well as beneficiaries visited the construction works in Djura Knezevic Street.

The Regional Housing Programme (RHP) was set up to provide durable housing solutions to vulnerable refugees and displaced persons following the 1991-1995 conflicts on the territory of former Yugoslavia. The RHP is implemented by Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia and mostly financed by the international donor community. The main donor is the European Union. The other donors are the United States of America, Germany, Norway, Italy, Switzerland, Denmark, Turkey, Luxembourg, Spain, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and the Slovak Republic.