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A simple but very telling slogan, “Imaš kuću – vrati stan” (“You have a house – return the flat”), was a Yugoslav slogan and campaign in the early 1980s aimed at people who had both a socially owned flat and a privately owned house, urging them to give the flat back.
At that time, the state provided workers in state‑owned enterprises with flats for use. These flats were not private property but social property, intended to ensure a decent life for those who worked and contributed to the community. As generations changed and people resolved their housing situation by building or buying their own houses, it often happened that some continued to keep their socially owned flats – even though they no longer urgently needed them.
The aim of the “Imaš kuću – vrati stan” campaign was precisely this: to call on people to free up those flats and allow others – young families or workers without a roof over their heads – to obtain a place of their own. It was not just an administrative measure, but also an appeal to solidarity, to a shared awareness that social assets should circulate among those who truly need them.
There were indeed those who responded generously to this call – who handed over the keys with a smile and moved into their new homes. People’s memories from that time describe it as a special kind of honesty and collective responsibility, something that is rare today.
Today, “Imaš kuću – vrati stan” sounds almost unbelievable – like a memory of a time when people believed that a home was not a privilege for the chosen few, but a right of every person.