“Social housing on Vladaya Street, Plovdiv” is a municipal housing project at 6 Vladaya Street, in Plovdiv’s Multifunctional Zone East, Bulgaria. Its developer is Plovdiv Municipality; the construction contractor named by the municipality was AD Engineering EOOD. 23
The project was designed to provide housing for vulnerable and disadvantaged residents. The nine-storey building contains 74 furnished apartments: 40 one-room, 22 two-room, eight three-room and four four-room units, alongside 18 parking spaces and shared support rooms. 35 The apartments are intended for families with young children and people facing hardship who lack income or shelter. Residents may stay for up to two years, with support intended to help them return to employment; the reported measures include access to employment programmes and a personal doctor for children’s required immunisations. 2
Construction began in 2021, and the municipality held the building’s opening ceremony on 15 October 2024. 35 The project was funded through the EU-supported Regions in Growth 2014–2020 programme, with European Regional Development Fund and national contributions, as well as municipal co-financing. The municipality reported a total project cost of BGN 9,274,578.02. 3 At the time of the opening, municipal representative Svetlin Pavlov said that reduced rent and utility charges would apply; the article described the scheme as including vocational retraining during the residents’ temporary stay. 2