Totana will set an Area Regeneration and Urban Renewal (ARRU) inside the village in order to gain access to aid regional housing plan that gives the Ministry of Public Works and Infrastructure to promote the improvement of residential tissues, Here, the neighborhoods of San Jose, Las Parras, San Roque and the area of ​​the prison.
The council will implement this project through the Department of Urban Renewal and Regeneration, allowing it to obtain burst data across 11,000 euros to carry out this type of action, among which also include the promotion of energy efficiency and accessibility to buildings .
This was approved at the last regular full , acting unanimously on a proposal by the Town Planning, Carlos Enrique Ballester, in which the green light was given to the definition of that ARRU in the area of the old town of Totana, with a total area 12,483 square Metres.
These actions are contemplated in the future in order to improve residential tissues and functionally recover historic areas, urban centers, degraded neighborhoods and rural communities, as gathered from its commitments those groups within the current municipal government.
This area covers the districts or urban areas mentioned above, whose residents can benefit from the advantages offered by the program Promoting Urban Regeneration and Renewal, regulated by Royal Decree 233/2013, of April 5;
fixing the State Plan of Development of rental housing, the edificatoria rehabilitation and regeneration and urban renewal, for the period 2013/2016.
The municipality should welcome this call for aid, as it recently was the deadline for submitting applications for access to grants awarded this year 2015.Los technical teams of the Ministry and the City Council have already begun to work on this project, according to the Town Planning, it is an opportunity for the municipality to citizens is the possibility to access grants to improve their homes and streets.
Residents in these areas of town podránacceder to grants to improve housing in terms of accessibility and general maintenance of the building and energy efficiency, under this Plan of Development.
The State Plan for Development of rental housing, the edificatoria rehabilitation and regeneration and urban renewal, for the period 2013-2016, provides for the provision of an aid package consisting agreed subsidiaciones loans and grants aimed at promoting access housing rented to areas with economic difficulties.
Potential beneficiaries of the program
They may also be beneficiaries of aid who take responsibility for the full implementation of the scope, whether the government itself, the only residential buildings owners, communities of owners, clusters of a condominium and consortia and associative management bodies.
The performances of residential rehabilitation and development works in established areas are eligible at a rate of 35% of the cost of works, both for individuals and for the city.
In the town of Totana there are several areas for different characteristics that are needed to undertake the actions of urban renewal and regeneration, to which are focused payments under the Royal Decree, according to Ballester.
It has defined a scope covering these neighborhoods, and is defined by the existing urban area in 1931 and comprising the current old town, resulting, at least 100 homes and at least 60% of the floor area of ​​existing ground within that scope it is destined for residential use of residence.
