Squatting in Slovenia

Housing was illegally built from the 1960s onwards and informal settlements have been set up by Romani people or poor immigrants.

In the capital Ljubljana, there is the autonomous zone of Metelkova and the Rog self-managed social centre was evicted in early 2021.

The lengthy bureaucratic process to gain title to land was also cited as a factor, as well as the lack of punishment.

[2] After independence, squatting did not become a widespread phenomenon in Slovenia, although it is a tactic used by poor immigrants and Romani people who set up informal settlements.

[6] It has developed into an autonomous zone, where activists live and work and there are different spaces for political and cultural events.