Five years ago, when a balcony in one of Trenčín’s block of flats collapsed, it only gave rise to a brief controversy. No one was hurt and many people shut their eyes to it. Not acknowledging the acute problem concerning decades-old buildings is easier than solving it. But the coming decade might bring similar incidents and open people’s eyes. Blocks of flats are approaching the end of their lifespans and their renewals are slow and erratic. There are still flaws. To tell the truth though, the buildings are stable, with no fear of collapse. But the balconies’ frameworks are rusting and the mains are in catastrophic conditions. According to a recent survey, half a million flats in Slovakia will need to be inevitably reconstructed. That’s almost all the flats built during the biggest boom during the 70s and 80s. 40 to 50,000 units a year were being built in those eras. Now the same amount of flats yearly need reconstruction to avoid a catastrophe by 2020. The head of the Department of Housing Policy at the Ministry of Building and Construction Elena Szolgayová is calculating that it will be necessary to reconstruct around 650,000 flats out of 900,000. “Most of the flats are the same age and that’s why they started deteriorating at the same time,” she said. An estimate of the Ministry dating from 2005 states that 13.2 billion euros will be needed for reconstruction. I Pg. 58
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