Kosovo Property Agency

The KPA operates out of its main offices in Prishtinë/Prishtina; Gjilan/Gnjilane; Mitrovicë/Mitrovica (with satellite offices in both the northern and southern part of the city); Pejë/Pec; and Prizren. In addition, the UNHCR has established two property offices to provide assistance to any person who has submitted a claim to the Kosovo Property Agency which are located in Belgrade and Kragujevac in the Republic of Serbia; and Podgorica in Montenegro. In relation to the KPAs mandate to receive claims relating to private immovable property, including agricultural and commercial property, the claims intake commenced on 5 April 2006 and closed on 3 December 2007. The KPA was also mandated to deal with a limited number of activities which fell within the mandate of the Housing and Property Directorate (HPD) established under UNMIK Regulation 2000/23, whose closure coincided with the establishment of the KPA. Namely the implementation of Housing and Property Claims Commission (HPCC) decisions which were pending enforcement in addition to the management of properties under the administration of the HPD. In exercising this aspect of its mandate, the KPA was vested with the rights, obligations, responsibilities and powers of the HPD. Further the HPD's physical assets were transferred to the KPA, and a certain number of its personnel were redeployed to carry out similar duties within the KPA. The KPA welcomes and encourages the collaboration and cooperation from everyone that this undertaking, which has been conferred on the KPA, both deserves and requires in order to be implemented successfully.