The State Cadastre Agency presented to Parliament a balance sheet with high figures for property registration, legalizations and the digitization of documents, but the report itself also highlighted the other side of the problem: delays in services, uneven standards across local directorates and continuing doubts over the integrity of the administration.
What was reported in the committee
ASHK Director General Lorena Goxhobelli reported to the Committee on Citizens’ Initiatives, Cooperation and Institutional Oversight on legalizations, property registration, documentation for homes built before 1991 and the Cadastre digitization process.
According to the head of the institution, initial registration has been completed in 95.6% of the country’s territory, and the stated objective is to fully complete the process by 2027. She also said that 163 cadastral zones have been completed in the past two years, while for the 2016-2024 period the reported figure was 64 zones.
Legalizations and pre-1991 homes
Part of the report focused on informal constructions, one of the most sensitive files for citizens. According to the data presented to the committee, 26,101 final decisions were taken during 2025, while 28,004 requests were handled in the first nine months of 2026. The declared target by the end of the year is to process more than 35,000 informal constructions.
For homes built before 1991, ASHK has launched the “Door to Door” process, with field verifications especially in rural areas. Work is currently under way in 44 zones and, according to the report, since September about 1,500 homes have been identified, while 298 final decisions have been issued.
Digitization in figures and online services
It was stated during the session that 4.3 million property cards have been digitized and the entire technical-legal property documentation has been scanned, around 54 million pages. The process is currently focused on digitizing more than 39,000 cadastral map sheets, with the aim of completing it by the end of 2026.
Changes have also been made to the way some services are provided. Legalization decisions and decisions for old houses are sent through e-Albania, while the building plot invoice can also be obtained online, without a physical appearance at Cadastre offices.
According to the figures presented by ASHK, 2.5 million services were provided during 2025, 35% more than a year earlier, and 260,000 property certificates were issued. However, the head of the institution acknowledged that work still remains to reduce delays and guarantee the same standard of service in all cadastral directorates.
Xhafaj raises alarm over employees with court rulings
Beyond the official balance sheet, the issue of the integrity of Cadastre employees was also raised in the committee. Committee chairman and Socialist MP Fatmir Xhafaj said that employees against whom there are court decisions certifying violations or poor application of the law cannot continue to be part of the institution.
In response, Goxhobelli acknowledged that corruption remains one of citizens’ main concerns regarding the administration. According to her, in the past two years 207 more disciplinary measures have been imposed compared with the 2019-2023 period, while from 2024 to October 2026 there were 11 referrals to the Prosecutor’s Office, compared with 5 criminal complaints in the 2019-2023 period.
Agricultural land and declared objectives
As for agricultural land, the report said that during 2025, 26,769 properties were registered with a total area of 8,715 hectares. For the transfer of land from use to ownership, the declared objective for 2026 is to equip users with 1,000 ownership titles.
The balance sheet presented in Parliament is based on processed volumes and future targets, but the session itself showed that the issues weighing most heavily on citizens remain open: delays, unequal service standards and the credibility of the administration that manages one of the state’s most problematic sectors, property.
The figures presented in the committee provide an optimistic picture of administrative progress, but the debate over corruption, employee accountability and the real quality of service shows that the problem is not resolved by statistics.
Precisely in the area of property, where citizens have for years faced procrastination and disputed decision-making, every institutional balance sheet remains one to be read carefully and not simply as a success declared by the office.