BCR - the Housing Bank (BCR BpL) decided to support the activities of EFdeN (Romania’s First Ever Welfare Research Centre (Primul Centru de Cercetare a Condiţiilor de Confort), since, according to  the National Statistics Institute, 34% of the rural households do not have a bathroom and - in the case of urban dwellings - the percentage is of 8.5%, while 32% have no indoor bathroom/shower. At the same time, throughout the entire country, about 16% of the households are faced with serious housing issues, such as deterioration, water infiltration, leakage of the sewer and water systems, insufficient lighting.