The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructures, Francisco Barnabas, said today, after a meeting with the mayor of Albudeite, Jesus Garcia, the municipality will request the declaration of an Area Regeneration and Urban Renewal (ARRU) in the next call for aid make the Ministry of Development, under the Plan of promotion of rental housing, edificatoria rehabilitation and regeneration and urban renewal 2013-2016.
The area will be subject to the completion of rehabilitation works will be the old town of Albudeite, focusing on buildings and housing and development or redevelopment of public spaces, within a scope that is previously defined.
Barnabas explained that the purpose of this initiative is to improve and restore function of urban space in the municipality, which will be defined and declared by decision of the competent, continuous or discontinuous administration.
It will affect about 100 homes, which must have the Building Assessment Report.
The actions will be agreed by the homeowners.
The Minister explained that, once the Consistory send all necessary documentation for the declaration of a specific space in the municipality area Urban Regeneration and Renewal, the Department will review the documentation and, once it has the approval, shall be submitted the Ministry of Public Works to proceed with the signing of a bilateral Monitoring Committee of the Plan between the Ministry of Housing, the Community and the City.
The development of the performances will take place through calls for grants by the Ministry of Public Works and Infrastructure, to be awarded to homeowners, the only owners of residential buildings, communities of owners, consortia and association management bodies .
The performances of urbanization will be developed by the City.
It grants to improve housing, in terms of accessibility, general maintenance of the building and energy efficiency, which will be received up to 11,000 euros to perform these actions as long as it is 50 percent of the performance.
Moreover, for each house to undergo the rehabilitation process another 2,000 euros will be awarded for work on the quality and sustainability of the urban environment and provide it with the necessary infrastructure.
Source: CARM