Stanari Zajedno, or “Residents Together,” is a Croatian civic initiative formed in response to short-term tourist rentals in residential apartment buildings. It brings together people from different professional backgrounds who say that frequent guest turnover and related disruption have left residents feeling unsafe in their own buildings.2 The initiative was founded in 2024; its website marked one year since its establishment in 2025.
Its central demand is to amend Article 73 of Croatia’s Property Ownership and Other Real Rights Act, with clearer legal definitions of an apartment, a residential building and a tourist apartment.2 The initiative argues that multi-unit residential buildings should serve housing rather than tourism, and calls for “deapartmentisation” of such buildings.2 Its proposals include limiting or preventing short-term tourist rentals in residential buildings and requiring owners’ consent; it has also called for changes to the tax treatment of apartment rentals in those buildings.37
The group’s wider concerns include the effects of mass tourism on housing availability, long-term rents, affordability and the ability of young people to remain in Croatia.13 It has sought action from national ministries and government, and its representatives have discussed housing policy with Croatian parliamentary groups.25 The initiative is based in Split and focuses on housing and tourism issues in Croatia, particularly those affecting residential buildings and coastal communities.3
Representatives named in public reporting include Žaklina Jurić, Melisa Mladineo Brničević and Fiodor Klarić; the initiative’s website also identifies Katja Šesnić as its lawyer.5 The sources consulted do not establish a registered office address or identify official LinkedIn or Instagram pages.