There was a law passed in the 90s, where people who were assigned (government) apartments, could buy them from the government for really really cheap, and get g

There was a law passed in the 90s, where people who were assigned (government) apartments, could buy them from the government for really really cheap, and get government loans to do so (+ we had a lot of inflation, so we're talking 20year loans, where people would pay around an equivalent of ~50eur monthly... basically nothing). So yeah... those who bought the apartments are happy, those who paid for the construction (the rest), and didn't get any, were not, and government currently has just a few "social apartments" for poor people. On the other hand, if the government was a landlord to all those people, that would mean a lot more administration and a lot more work (basically, back to yu-levels, or even worse, because people expected more after the fall of yugoslavia).