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RE: My Life's Journey - Finally rebuilding our home with my father after it was ravaged by war.
Amazing story, Djuro - and there is no question about it.
But there is another thing that bothers me. I know there were (not sure if they still are) some Renovation & Reconstruction Funds exactly for the people and their homes, exactly as such as your family are.
As far as I understood from your article, you are financing the whole project from your own money, while you have the right as war victims for help from above-mentioned funds. It might not be whole in money, as sometimes they were giving building material and stuff, sometimes combined - but what I'm sure of - you really have to investigate that and apply to get some. You have all the rights!
We actually did upon the return, but there were rules on how to get the funds. One of the rules where that our house had to be on fire to get a significant amount. We only got bricks to replace our roof, and that is it. So everything now is coming out of my own pocket, unfortunately. But, I don't care. As long as we fix it. :)
I see, but please don't neglect that possibility totally. Try to investigate again, maybe at local authorities or even through the websites of the relevant ministry. They sometimes reopen some projects under different conditions. And there is also EU Funds for different purposes maybe you could fit in with your project. Think about it too.
I sure will if there is a possibility to do so. It would help us tremendously. I will have to ask around. It will not hurt to do so. Thank you for the advice. It is much appreciated. :)
Yes, you should for sure! As it's really crazy that they gave you only the roofing tiles, while many others got even whole houses completely rebuild, including interior essentials. So, it would be even more crazy that your family as a domicile nation would receive some crumbs when in those war-affected areas even the Serbian families got their homes renovated from those funds (and it wasn't some exceptional case - many of them).
I could not agree with you more. But, that is what my father told me it happened after the war. I never really looked further into it. Maybe there were more ways my parents were not aware of at the time. It did suck though no matter the reason why we did not get more help.
You have to ask, even demand as they wouldn't come by themselves and ask you if you need something.
If needed - make a show at local authorities office! (You know what I mean.) 😉
Well, you probably know this better than me and you know how messed up our country is when it comes to some things. My dad has been chasing military pension for 20 years now. Even though he has all the necessary paperwork, they just keep sending him more and more paperwork, and dragging him across doctors even though he did all the tests need to be done 5 times over. Unless you have good connections it is hard to get anything in this country.