The Ministry of Development and Housing, through the Andalusian Housing and Rehabilitation Agency (AVRA), has launched a call for tenders for 2.7 million euros, 85 percent co-financed by the European Union the comprehensive rehabilitation and reform of a building of … Polígono Sur of Seville currently closedin more detail a block of the Martínez Montañés neighborhood, that is to say the Three Thousand Houses; make available 30 new social housing units on a rental basis, which will be allocated to families according to the stipulated criteria.
The branch’s advisor, Rocío Díaz, highlighted the role of this project in the region’s regional recovery strategies. Polígono Sur de Sevilla, the district in Spain with the lowest average annual net income per person according to statistics orofficial and whose socio-economic transformation has been pursued by Administrations for decades, measured by measures such as the creation of a Commission which coordinates actions in this area and the promotion of new public facilities.
In this context, the aforementioned building comprises a ground floor and eight other floors in height and is located on theAt number 12 Cañas y Barro Street, in the Martínez Montañés neighborhood, in the middle of the Three Thousand Homes, the area most affected by social exclusion. and crime, against the chronicity of which both the public authorities and the associative fabric of this environment are fighting.
Three bedroom apartments
The work project includes the demolition of interior partitions of homes and its reconstruction in accordance with the solutions established in the technical regulations in force for protected housing from Andalusia. The accommodations will have three bedrooms, a living-dining room and two bathrooms, with the exception of accommodation for people with reduced mobility.
The works to be contracted will have various interventions on facades, roofs, sanitary, distribution and electricity installationsas well as other improvements to common areas; as well as the installation of an elevator which will guarantee people, particularly people with reduced mobility, access to their homes independently and in complete safety.
“This important intervention will offer the neighborhood 30 new social housing units, which will be allocated to families who really need it», added the advisor, stressing that this work was 85 percent financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) It joins other actions such as the rehabilitation of an 80-unit building in Complex Two and the provision of sports facilities next to the park known as Vacío Central.
“We will allocate a global investment of more than 13 million euroswith the aim of improving the future and social cohesion of this Sevillian neighborhood”, underlined the councilor, who visited the area on July 15 with the mayor, José Luis Sanz, to report on the works planned by his department, amounting to 13 million, for the regeneration of the Martínez Montañés neighborhood; while the City Hall plans actions worth eight million.
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