| The subsidies amount to more than one million and a half euros and are financed through the program 'Aid for urban and rural regeneration (ARRUR)', which was obtained by Caravaca for the first time | The Department of Urban Planning has a free information and advice service available to citizens, which is open on Mondays in the morning and on Thursdays in the afternoon.
The Special Plan for the Rehabilitation of the Old Town is another of the projects promoted by the Caracas Council to promote the revitalization of the historic heart of the city Homeowners can apply for grants of up to 17,400 euros per property and the first of the two calls is open until March The Caravaca de la Cruz City Council keeps the application deadline open until next March to qualify for the first call for aid from the 'Special Plan for the Rehabilitation of the Old Town'.
And in order to facilitate its processing, the Urban Planning Council has set up an information and advice service for citizens.
These grants -which for the first time are launched in the municipality- have been possible thanks to the achievement of the 'Urban and Rural Regeneration Aid (ARRUR)', which are financed with state funds, autonomous and premises, with a total amount of 1,560,000 euros allocated to the rehabilitation of homes and the conditioning of public spaces in the old town.
This first call has 417,000 euros for 36 homes.
"The Special Plan for the Rehabilitation of the Historic Center offers aid for the rehabilitation of houses, but it will also allow us to carry out improvement projects to regenerate public places", as highlighted by the mayor, Jos Francisco Garc a, accompanied by the Councilor for Urban Planning, M nica S nchez, and the Rehabilitation technician responsible for the citizen information point, David Cobarro.
José Francisco Garc a has stated, in turn, that "these subsidies revitalize the old town, since they help to fix the population, as well as attracting residents to the old town, facilitating and making more the life of the caravaqueños in the heart of the city is comfortable ".
The mayor added that "the program also favors local economic reactivation, supporting sectors such as construction." For its part, the councilor for Urbanism has detailed that the grants included in the ARRUR program are "for maintenance and conservation actions, improvement of accessibility and energy efficiency of single-family homes or buildings, with a scope of action.
n that covers 79 streets ".
"The City Council of Caravaca will also carry out public works within the ARRUR program related to the improvement of pavements, lighting, gardening or the elimination of architectural barriers," added the person in charge of the municipal Urban Planning area.
The eligible amounts may be up to 17,400 euros per property for improving energy efficiency and up to 11,600 euros in other cases.
The subsidies will not exceed 40 percent of the cost of the rehabilitation action, and may in certain cases reach 75 percent if it is justified that a person over 65 years of age lives in the home to be rehabilitated.
, who has a low income level, a person with a disability or in situations of exclusion and special vulnerability.
The mayor M nica S nchez has explained that "at the information point you can find out in detail the types of subsidy and the documentation that is necessary to provide, either electronically or by telephone.
or in person by appointment ".
"Our goal now is to help citizens to request and process these grants," he said.
The Information Point of the 'Special Plan for the Rehabilitation of the Historic Quarter' is open every Monday in the morning and Thursday in the afternoon.
It is located in Plaza del Arco, corner with Calle Cuesta (Tourist Information Point building).
The Rehabilitation technicians of this service are in charge of verifying that both the necessary documentation and the application models are in accordance with the call.
Different projects for the conservation of heritage and the revitalization of the Old Town The Caravaca de la Cruz City Council, through the councils of Urbanism, Works and Historical Heritage, has been promoting different measures for the conservation and revitalization of the historic center of the city.
Among them, the writing of reports on properties of special interest and the sending of execution orders to their owners so that they act in compliance with current legislation.
As a result of this, the recovery works of the House of San Juan de la Cruz began.
Along with the Special Plan for the Rehabilitation of the Historic Center-endowed with more than a million and a half euros- highlights the performance of the purchase by the Autonomous Community of the old Convent and Church of San José de las Madres Carmelitas Descalzas, a historic building that goes from being in an investment fund to being publicly owned.
BASIC QUESTIONS: What is the deadline to qualify for the aid? The first call remains open until March 1, 2021.
The second call is scheduled for the end of the year.
Where can I apply? The Caravaca City Council has set up the ARRUR Citizen Information Point, where interested residents can receive the necessary advice to process the application.
You can also receive information and formalize the request through the electronic administration by clicking on this link: https://sede.carm.es/web/pagina?IDCONTENIDO=3500&IDTIPO=240&RASTRO= c $ m40288 How do I contact the information point? For better care and in order to comply with the security measures of the current health crisis, a prior appointment must be made through the online form available at this link: https: //arrur2020.simplybook.it/v2/ or email arrurcaravaca@gmail.com.
Where is it located and what are the opening hours to the public? -Attention in the morning: Monday, from 9:00 a.m.
to 2:00 p.m.
-Attention in the afternoon: Thursday from 4:00 p.m.
to 8:00 p.m.
It is located in the municipal building of the Tourist Information Point, located in Plaza del Arco with Cuesta del Castillo) Announcement: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eQbrJOuNp06X9GB-6bRgQ4RFVD4Ydx21/view?usp=sharing Regulatory bases: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HgVL37-T_6irgCduzsvKsgvTFyku5oty/view?usp=sharing List of Caravaca streets: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-uoJsmY-M_NsO-S5ton3GMJhA5726tc4/view?usp=sharing function { ;(, , {});}
Source: Ayuntamiento de Caravaca de la Cruz