The summer of 1990 marked the ending of the long imposing political isolation of the communist regime and marked the shifting from the planned economy onto the free trade, there was allowed the free circulation of the population, the private sector was legalized and the construction activity was rapidly developed mainly to solve the problem of housing. During this period, as a result of a complex political, historical, cultural, social, psychological, economical factors etc, has occurred changes in all aspects in the lifestyle of Gjirokastra region, mainly demographic ones, which affected directly the rural development.