Michaelidou: After Easter, the “renovate-rent” with subsidies up to €36,000 and the “Neighbourhood Nannies”

The new, expanded “Renovate – Rent” program, which is expected to unfastened successful precocious May to aboriginal June, was discussed Monday greeting by Family and Social Cohesion Minister Domna Michailidou.

Speaking to ERT, she explained that the caller strategy volition screen properties up to 120 quadrate meters and volition supply a subsidythat tin scope up to 90% of €36,000, depending connected the class of household. He clarified that for definite groups, specified arsenic single-parent families, young couples, couples with 3 children, ample families and households with disabilities, the subsidy volition beryllium increased.

Ms Michaelidou besides noted that lone a tiny portion of the full magnitude volition beryllium required to beryllium allocated for vigor upgrades, portion the larger portion tin beryllium utilized for basal renovation interventions specified arsenic kitchen, bath and different rehabilitation works.

According to him, properties that are astatine slightest 20 years aged and person been closed for astatine slightest 3 years volition beryllium eligible for the programme. At the aforesaid time, determination volition besides beryllium an accidental to intervene successful older homes successful which families already reside if they are deemed unviable successful presumption of occupancy.

In effect to complaints from citizens astir delays successful repayments of the older “Renovate – Rent” scheme, the Minister of Family and Social Cohesion said that disbursements are going done a strict reappraisal of documents to forestall abuses oregon ineligible cases.

He said that successful the past hundreds of applications had been identified that did not conscionable the requirements, which necessitated much intensive monitoring.

Regarding the societal information process, Ms. Michaelidou disclosed that the indispensable decisions are being made truthful that the archetypal tenders tin beryllium launched successful 2026. As she explained, the State volition make underutilized onshore and properties successful areas specified arsenic Peania, Larissa, Pyrgos and Kalamata, granting them to backstage individuals connected presumption that volition guarantee that portion of the houses that volition beryllium built volition beryllium returned to the State for societal renting.

The purpose is to marque these caller apartments disposable connected societal rent to susceptible groups, portion expanding the wide banal of disposable lodging successful the market.

The curate besides attached peculiar value to the utilization of 3 inactive camps successful Athens, Thessaloniki and Patras, where, successful practice with the Armed Forces, 2,300 societal lodging units volition beryllium built. As helium said, the backing for this task amounts to 400 cardinal euros from European funds and is considered of cardinal value for the important strengthening of the proviso of lodging wrong the municipality fabric.

Finally, helium announced that the “Nanny Neighbourhoods” task volition beryllium opened aft Easter. The programme provides for 500 euros a period successful childcare support, based connected the mother’s idiosyncratic income. For 1 kid the bounds is acceptable astatine 24,000 euros, for 2 children astatine 27,000 euros, portion for 3 children and supra determination volition beryllium nary income limit.

The curate noted that not lone nonrecreational trustees, but besides household members, specified arsenic grandparents, volition beryllium capable to registry successful the system, provided they conscionable the requirements, truthful that a societal signifier that is already wide applied successful the Greek household is besides institutionally recognized.