State Supreme Audit (SSA) has concluded that the objectives of the strategies for the legalization of illegal constructions in Albania have not been realized. Initially this process was scheduled to close in 2013, then in 2020, and again the deadline has been extended to 2028.

From the audit conducted to the Cadaster Agency by SSA, it resulted that for the period 2006-2019, out of about 600.000 self-declarations, only about 179.000 have been given legalization permits, or about 30%.

According to the Supreme State Audit, the objectives of the legalization process are not accompanied by clear action plans. Although supposed to be a temporary process, legalization seems like an endless process, declared the State Audit.

Moreover, the report underlined that this occasional postponement of this process has paradoxically created a contradictory social situation with its purpose, that now it can continue to be built without permission that it can be legalized, so it seems that it promotes the illegality of informal buildings.

The wave of illegal constructions has not stopped even after 2014, which was the legal deadline for legalization. The problems of local government units or central institutions in the control of the territory, the prohibition of informal constructions, in the drafting of spatial planning documents and in relation to construction permits have not been identified and addressed.

Until the merger of mortgages with ALUIZNI, there was a non-unified legal basis, which has led to problems in the registration of real estate obtained with a legalization permit. It has also worked with unified maps with different factual situations. This has led to non-existent compensation and alienation of property and relocation of facilities to riverbeds or seashores.

Meanwhile, the Supreme Audit has requested that the State Cadaster Agency take measures to draft a new strategy for the legalization process, in cooperation with the municipalities, accompanied by clear action plans. Unification of maps and specialized and stable administration are also required.