Totana City Council request the Department of Housing and Architecture Area declaration Integrated Rehabilitation (ARI) in the area bounded by Avenida Santa Eulalia and Calle La Monja, located in the San Roque in the town.
Through this initiative, presented by the Department of Housing and agreed by the Local Government Board at its last meeting, it is intended, according to industry said Councilman Daniel Aroca, "facilitate and provide assistance and grants to comprehensive rehabilitation to repair homes in this neighborhood and Las Parras, two of the oldest areas located in the town center of town. "
He indicated that one of the objectives of the 2005-2008 Housing Plan of the Autonomous Region of Murcia is to facilitate the rehabilitation of buildings and homes that are within an Area of Integrated Rehabilitation (ARI).
The City Council, as stated by the mayor, is interested in improving the overall condition of the buildings in some ways the municipality, particularly those located in historic areas of town, carrying out works to eliminate architectural barriers and reforms facades, roofs and structures, and adequacy of housing.
This program, explained Councillor for Housing, will be the recovery of facades, roofs and matching them to bring a new look to the neighborhood, looking, especially the "homogenization" of materials, colors and shapes traditional architecture.
For this, the Consistory, after the Plenum, asked the Directorate General of Housing, Architecture and Urbanism of the Autonomous Community of Murcia the granting of a line of grants for the aforementioned areas to rehabilitate homes neighbors who so wish.
Last March, he opened a deadline for submitting the application for grants to individuals, about 50% of the total budget of the works to be undertaken for the rehabilitation of facades, roofs and interiors, with group to the more requests the better.
In this regard, the Council has developed a parallel and complementary plan to the performance of the regional administration, including help lines that may be necessary for the preparation of building plans, as well as bonuses or subsidies on municipal rates as appropriate, and To this end, they're working on a blunt rehabilitate and restore neighborhoods like San Roque and San Jose.
The neighborhood of San Roque is an established urban area where some 200 homes posted about a stable population, the majority owner of the property, which could be subject to rehabilitation, mainly repair of facades, roofs and medians, with order to improve the urban image of the neighborhood.
The neighborhood also includes a number of listed buildings for their historical interest, which the mayor explained, "mostly in poor condition which would be favored by a performance of integrated rehabilitation and restoration."
The rehabilitation of the district may be accompanied by the acquisition of any property for public use, to provide facilities for these neighborhoods, which are also eligible for assistance.
The rehabilitation of these areas is provided in the Plan for Social and Economic Recovery Totana Township, a plan, he recalled the mayor, "will improve the quality of life for residents of these neighborhoods, improve the image of these and above all will employ a much needed sector such as construction. "
