The agreements allow the development of land for the construction of 1,443 housing, of which 1,329 will be protected
The Ministry and the Xunta collaborate in the construction of 43 homes for rent regime Esteiro and 32 in As Pontes
The Ministry will invest 1.5 million euros in the rehabilitation of the church of San Pedro de Alcántara, Mondoñedo, and environment of the same
SEPES and the Department signed a protocol of cooperation framework for the exercise of action coordinated the promotion of protected land for housing
December 4, 2008 .- The Housing Ministry has signed with the Xunta de Galicia 46 agreements through which it has committed more than 15.3 million euros for various measures of development of land intended for public housing, housing rehabilitation, urban areas, historic sites and housing in Galicia. This investment has been agreed by the Minister of Housing, Beatriz Corredor, and the Regional Minister of Housing and Solo, Teresa Táboas, within the framework of the Bilateral Commission held today at the Government Delegation in A Coruña.
Through these agreements will benefit 34,351 households in Galicia, which may add to more than 72,000 of the Housing Ministry's plans in the past five years. The minister stressed that "Government of Spain, Galicia and councils have worked well together and the view is that we have exceeded by almost 200% of the targets we set in the period 2004-2008." In this regard, the State Plan Housing is currently in force provides for a total investment of Galicia from 304 million euros to aid access to housing to 32,000 families, representing a doubling of housing investment and so spent the previous Housing Plan 2002 - 2005.
The minister also recalled that the Ministry and the Department recently agreed to increase the objectives financed by the Government of Spain through the State Housing Plan to Aid 23,152.
These benefits are distributed between 3,500 grants to families to rent housing and assistance to 19,652 households Galician improve habitability, accessibility, structural safety and energy efficiency. "It treatment Beatriz Corredor-explained the two types of support that citizens have demanded more and show the interest of the company by two of the preferred targets of the new National Housing Plan and Rehabilitation: the rental and housing rehabilitation " .
The minister said that with the signed agreements, which involve the complete rehabilitation of 14 urban areas and 25 historic sites in Galicia, "we turn our eyes into our towns and cities promoting residential use of existing urban areas and rebounded economic and social vitality of urban centers. "According to the minister," in doing so, contribute to improving the quality of life of citizens and reduce their energy bills thanks to some buildings more accessible and more efficient energy consumption.
Comprehensive Rehabilitation Areas
result of the bilateral meeting held today fourteen agreements have been signed Comprehensive Rehabilitation Areas with state funding of 3.21 million euros for 5,252 housing act.
The province of A Coruña will develop six projects in which the Ministry will invest 1.39 million euros: neighborhood Sagrada Familia, in A Coruña (600 homes); neighborhood of La Graña, Ferrol (148 homes); old Neda (106 homes); Comprehensive Rehabilitation Area Register (370 homes); Area Comprehensive Rehabilitation and A Fincheira Rianxo in Rianxo (816 homes); Polygon Vista Alegre, Santiago de Compostela (752 homes).
With respect to the province of Lugo, have signed four agreements that refer to old Chantada (343 homes); neighborhood Lugo of the Sacred Heart (340 homes); old Sarria (140 homes) and comprehensive rehabilitation area Villalba (420 homes). These actions will involve an investment of the State of 1.01 million.
Four Areas agreements benefit the Comprehensive Rehabilitation Pontevedra province and the Ministry undertake an investment of 804,000 euros. In particular, it will act in the old town of Cangas (400 homes) Estribela old kernel in Pontevedra (481 homes); Core Carril, in Arousa (191 homes) and Core Vilaxoan, also Vilagarcía de Arousa (150 homes).
Housing rehabilitation in historic centers
Moreover, in a meeting held by the Ministry and the Department has agreed the signing of 25 agreements for the rehabilitation of homes in historic towns of Galicia. These agreements, together, will enable rehabilitation of 27,576 homes, with an investment commitment of the Ministry of 5.75 million euros.
have signed seven agreements affecting many municipalities in the province of A Coruña, and through which the Ministry will invest 2.40 million euros. This is the old town of Betanzos (1,158 homes) Corcubión historic center (65 units), historic Old Town and Fishing (6401 homes) historic downtown district of La Magdalena, in Ferrol (1,251 homes); historic Walls (1,044 dwellings), old town of Noia (367 homes), and the historic center of Santiago de Compostela (6717 homes).
In the province of Lugo is going to intervene in five urban centers with an investment of 995,000 euros Ministry. Specifically, it will operate in the historic center of Lugo (394 homes); Mondoñedo historic center (938 homes); medieval village and its surroundings in Monforte de Lemos (198 homes) Ribadeo historic center (370 homes); Viveiro historic center (622 homes).
With respect to the province of Ourense, have signed eight agreements to rehabilitate housing in urban centers, with an investment of the Ministry of 1.37 million. It will act in the historical center of Allariz (690 homes); Castro Caldelas (195 homes); Ourense (2,520 dwellings), Ourense-Seixalvo (262 homes); Rivadavia (733 homes); San Cristovo, also in Rivadavia (178 homes); Verín (775 homes) and in settings Celanova Monastery and the medieval town of Vilanova , in the municipality of Celanova (543 homes).
Related Pontevedra province have signed five agreements on improving housing in urban centers. In this case, the Ministry's investment amounts to 982,800 euros. The agreements relate to the rehabilitation of historic centers of Cambados (166 homes); Poio-Combarro (110 dwellings), Tui (279 homes); Vigo-Bouzas (500 homes) and old town of Vigo (1,100 housing).
housing in rented
On the other hand, the Minister and Regional Minister have agreed the signing of an agreement for the promotion of 32 housing units in As Pontes (A Coruña) and 43 Esteiro (Ferrol) . These homes will remain on a lease for a minimum period of 25 years and may have a surface of 90 m2. The Ministry will provide 1.2 million euros for the construction of these houses.
Private Land Priority
addition to these agreements have been signed four agreements to develop priority areas of rehabilitation. These actions, which have an investment of the Ministry exceeding 3.65 million euros, will facilitate the construction of 1,443 houses, of which 1,329 will be protected. In particular, we have signed two agreements with the city of Santiago de Compostela that will enable development of land actions in which the Ministry will invest 1.24 million euros and will allow development of 578 flats.
These agreements must be added another with the city of Lugo that will allow construction of 822 houses, through which the Ministry will provide 2.3 million euros, and another with the city of Vigo, whereby land is urbanized to build 43 homes and involves an investment by the Housing of 107,500 euros.
Heritage Investment Aside from the resolutions adopted by the bilateral meeting, Beatriz Corredor has signed a collaboration agreement with the mayor of Mondoñedo (Lugo) by which the Ministry will invest 1.5 million euros the restoration and rehabilitation of the church of San Pedro de Alcántara and urbanization of the environment and the access Álvaro Cunqueiro cultural complex.
Sepes and land policy
The agreements signed today also include the framework for cooperation protocol signed by the Public Enterprise Soil (SEPES) under the Ministry of Housing, with County Council to develop new initiatives, including the Tender Offer Land (OPCS) with which the Ministry wants to boost the development of land for the fall of the real estate activity in the medium term does not affect the promotion of social housing.
SEPES is currently underway in eight performances in Galicia with a total investment of 135 million euros. In these proceedings may lay 877 companies that will create nearly 13,000 jobs.
Through the agreement signed by SEPES, the entity is committed to agreeing with the Regional Government actions required for the development of residential activities in protected housing developed in the Autonomous Community level, both from SEPES activity itself, such as those that may arise due to the OPCS.
measures stimulating the economy and employment and housing plan
Beatriz Corredor stressed that the initiatives launched by the Ministry fully share the approach of the English Plan for stimulating the economy and employment presented by the Prime Minister and is the first Global Plan of its kind to present a European government. "This plan includes 80 measures, some of them in the field of housing, as partial moratorium on mortgages, tax benefits on purchase of housing or loan guarantees and lines of the ICO.
recovery measures and the promotion of employment include the Public Investment Fund at the local level of 8,000 million euros which is partly devoted to the rehabilitation or improvement of urban public spaces, to encourage saving and energy efficiency, as to ensure sustainable mobility and to remove architectural barriers, according to the rehabilitation policy of the Ministry of Housing. Moreover, the measures announced by the President include the allocation of 120 million euros for the rehabilitation housing. Beatriz Corredor
was also arrested in the housing policy that "seeks to unite the primary interest of hundreds of thousands of citizens who need to enjoy a home with the need to revive the property sector," said the minister.
The main instrument is the new State Housing Plan 2009-2012 and Rehabilitation which is being finalized. The minister explained that it comes with the voluntary action of the one part, stable set of reference bases housing policy and on the other, addressing the reality of the housing cycle with measures to make the most of susceptible stock to be redirected towards addressing the needs of the population.
Among its innovations include the commitment to hire, to reserve 40% of all performances of VPO for leasing, and rehabilitation, activity in labor-intensive, which boosts the activity of auxiliary enterprises and improving accessibility of buildings, their livability and energy efficiency.
"These actions, has concluded the Minister, constitute the core of our response to the crisis. One of the policies that best serve the citizens at this juncture is the Government's policy on housing, thanks to instruments like the PEVR create jobs, serve the primary interest of hundreds of thousands citizens in need enjoy a better and more sustainable home and support the most vulnerable in their access to housing. "