A/HRC/22/49/Add.1 from infrastructure projects. In 2010 €1,760,000 were used for additional projects in 13 municipalities, where a total of 61 housing units were constructed and 62 were reconstructed. Infrastructure projects benefited 28 Roma families. The Government notes construction in, inter alia, the municipalities of Jajce, Bijeljina, and Kiseljak. 59. Regrettably, in 2011 delays in adoption of the State budget resulted in a lack of funds and project implementation. The ministry responsible for urban planning in the Federation allocated about €125,000 to the Roma housing initiative, from which three projects were funded. Plans exist to construct or reconstruct a further 18 housing units. In view of the country‘s status as a potential candidate for European Union membership, the Ministry applied for Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) funds. For 2011 to 2012, approved IPA funds amounted to €2,500,000 and for 2013 to 2014 they will amount to €3,800,000. About 80 per cent of the IPA funds will reportedly be used for Roma housing. 60. In total, 364 housing units were constructed or reconstructed (including 10 in Kakanj, 12 in Donji Vakuf and 5 in Tuzla) over the three-year period (2009 to 2011), while 210 Roma families were beneficiaries of infrastructure projects. The Government points to significant success stories, including in Zenica municipality, where the local authorities allocated land in the town center and 28 apartments for Roma homeless were constructed. Mostar municipality and Bihać municipality also allocated land, permitting the construction of new housing units for Roma. 61. Many Roma continue to live in informal and illegal settlements that lack security, stability and access to basic services. Human Rights Watch and national NGOs emphasize that many Roma communities are thus vulnerable to forced eviction and experience extreme poverty, poor health care and almost no access to education and employment. Human Rights Watch notes that there is no policy for providing adequate alternative housing for those who are evicted; they are forced to settle informally once again, constantly facing the threat of eviction. 62. In Kakanj, Roma discussed their challenges, including those relating to the settlement of Varda (140 homes and 645 people), which remains unregularized.19 The delays in resolving the situation are reportedly due to a failure to allocate an alternate location (the land currently occupied is reportedly in danger of landslide), strong resistance from residents who reject Roma in their neighbourhoods, and the lack of will on the part of municipal authorities, particularly in election periods. Despite the availability of Government funding, no construction projects have begun. Roma representatives acknowledged that consultations and a needs assessment had taken place, but stated ―they nod and do nothing‖. 63. Some Roma experience highly precarious housing conditions. In a settlement near Čapljina, about 35 Roma, including children, live in unhealthy conditions next to a garbage dump without access to basic services, sanitation and electricity. In April 2012 UNHCR expressed its concern regarding this community. 20 Despite official requests to the municipality for the allocation of public land for families whose situation had been identified as urgent, the issue had reportedly not been discussed by the authorities. At the time of the Independent Expert‘s visit the families were still living at the site. 19 20 Regularization secures the legal status of the community in terms of land, buildings erected or occupied and issues of tenure. For example, the Gorica settlement in Sarajevo Centar was regularized in 2001. See www.delbih.ec.europa.eu/News.aspx?newsid=5292&lang=EN. 15