The increase of the reference prices for apartments for Tirana not only increased the obligation of citizens for the building tax but provided an immediate effect on the costs of the construction activity, since the value of the infrastructure tax is determined on these prices, according to the Association of Builders.

The Association has asked the Constitutional Court for the partial annulment of the decision approved last July with the increase in reference prices. The first session that will be public is set to take place on June 18, 2024.

Concerning the object of the lawsuit, the Builders' Association requests the annulment of annex 1 of the decision, which defines the changed prices of the references of the sale and purchase of apartments, and the point "dh" of annex 2 of the decision, which defines retroactive actions for "the price per square meter of construction area for constructions the new one registered according to the use permit in the Cadastre Agency, after the entry into force of this decision, will be indexed with the coefficient 0.2 (zero point two) times higher than the price of the surface of the residential apartment according to the list defined in Annex 1 attached of this decision, for the first 5 years after the registration of the use permit in Cadastre Agency.