The dwellings distributed by the state will become property of the territorial-administrative units on whose territory they are situated if they are not privatized by next summer. The head of the General Architecture, Constructions and Dwellings Division of the Ministry of Regional Development and Construction Elena Bejenaru has told IPN that such a law was adopted because 2.8% of the housing stock (38,000 apartments) remains non-privatized. One of the reasons is that the persons to whom the apartments were distributed no longer live there, while other persons cannot buy these apartments.

The law providing this mechanism was passed by Parliament in the final reading on July 17. It will be published in the Official Gazette in the nearest future and will take effect in six months. Within six month of the coming into force of the law, the non-privatized apartments will be transferred to the territorial-administrative units on whose territory they are located. The local public authorities will be obliged to give these apartments the status of social apartments that can be leased out.

The privatization procedures will remain unchanged until the mentioned deadlines expire. The apartments can be privatized in exchange for patrimonial bonds, for money and free of charge in cases defined by the law.