Starting from 4 June 2003 Anti-Corruption Council received more than thirty petitions from the Belgrade citizens stating the problems connected with the illegal housing building. Council paid particular interest to the case of illegal housing building in Konjarnik, as a characteristic example of abuse of local authority rights.

On 12 September 2003, Mr. Zoran Zivkovic, ex Prime Minister of the Government of the Republic of Serbia, received a suggestion from the Council to initiate the changes of the relevant regulations, and find way to solve the issues resulted from the implementation of the disputable Article 2, Law on cession of the Law on illegal housing building and adaptation of public premises to flats (“Official Gazette RS”, number 46/94), in compliance with the rule of law.

On 22 October 2003, Council’s analysis of these cases was sent to Prime Minister Mr. Z. Zivkovic, Ministry of Construction, Ministry of Finance, and District Public Attorney in Belgrade.

On 7 May 2004, President of the Council, Ms Verica Barac met with the Belgrade citizens who made the petitions to the Council regarding the illegal housing building. By the end of the last year, certain number of citizens from the Municipality of Palilula established the Association “Curb the corruption”, with the intention to inspire the citizens dealing with problems of illegal housing building to protect their rights to peaceful use of the private ownership, and put pressure on the local authorities to solve these cases.