The Kosovo Property Agency (KPA) was established on 4 March 2006 by the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) under UNMIK Regulation 2006/10, which was superseded by UNMIK Regulation 2006/50 and added to by Administrative direction 2007/5, as an independent agency pursuant to Chapter 11.2 of the Constitutional Framework of Kosovo. 
The mandate of the KPA is to facilitate the resolution of property claims arising from the armed conflict that occurred between 27 February 1998 and 20 June 1999 in respect of private immovable property, including agricultural and commercial property.  The KPA has three main functions:
1.  to receive, register and resolve claims on private immovable property;
2. enforcement of legally final decisions; and
3. administration of abandoned properties.

The KPA operates out of its 10 main offices located in Belgrade, Kragujevac and Nis in Serbia proper; Podgorica in Montenegro; and Skopje in the Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia (fYROM), in addition to its offices in Gnjilane; Mitrovica (with a satellite office in both the northern and southern part of the city); Pec; Prishtina (with a satellite office in Gracanica); and Prizren within Kosovo.  The regional offices are overseen by Headquarters located in Pristina.
In relation to the KPAs mandate to receive claims relating to private immovable property, including agricultural and commercial property, the claims intake commenced on 5 April 2006 and closed on 3 December 2007.
The KPA replaced the Housing and Property Directorate (HPD).  Under UNMIK Regulation 2006/10, the staff and assets of the HPD were subsumed into the KPA.  The KPA therefore assumed responsibility for the implementation of all residential property claims that were pending with the HPD on 4 March 2006 and the KPA will ensure their resolution in an effective and expeditious manner.  Further, the Housing and Property Claims Commission (HPCC) will continue to decide the limited number of remaining residential claims that were pending before the HPD