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20 of the 43 apartment buildings included in the first phase of the Plan
Following the announcement of the Sponsorship Scheme for Existing Multifamily Buildings in Government Housing for Displaced Persons "buildingZO" and in view of the start of its implementation, the Ministry of Interior and the Department of Urban Planning and Zoning inform that an autopsy has been completed on 43 out of a total of 358 apartment buildings in municipalities of Nicosia, Limassol and Larnaca Districts, which are facing structural issues and their repair is considered unsustainable and economically unviable. The on-site audit was carried out, following the structural adequacy assessment study, by a team of Civil Engineers, with the participation of representatives of the Department of Urban Planning and Zoning, ETEK and the Municipal Engineer from each affected Municipality.
According to the recommendation of the expert team, out of the 43 blocks of flats, 20 are considered to be of immediate danger and, therefore, the Ministry of Interior will forward to the relevant Municipal Authorities a recommendation for ratification and issuance of an Evacuation and Immediate Demolition Order, based on the provisions of Article 15 of the Roads and Buildings Regulation Law.
Specifically, the 20 blocks of flats that have been assessed as immediately dangerous are the following:
Table 1 - Details of blocks of flats
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Municipality/Municipality |
[TD]
Settlement
[/TD] [TD]Address
[/TD][TR] [TD]
Nicosia
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Latsion
[/TD] [TD]Agios Eleftherios
[/TD] [TD]Machaira 4
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Odysseos 11
[/TD] [/TD] [TR] [TD]Odysseos 11[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Dodekanissos 13
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Apostolos Andreas
[/TD] [TD]Tinos 1
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Tinos 3
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Deuteras
[/TD] [/TD] [TD]Chrysospiliotissa
[/TD] [TD]Chrysospiliotissa 49
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Chrysospiliotissa 50
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Aglantzia
[/TD] [TD]Aglantzia[/TD] [TD]
Platy
[/TD] [TD]Vufavento 8
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Karpasia Square 6
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Strovolos
[/TD] [TD]Kokkinis
[/TD] [TD]Avenue Kantaras 155
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Kantaras Avenue 163
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Strovolos III
[/TD] [TD]Orestou 2
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Orestou 4
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Dodecanese 14
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Dodecanese 16
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Dodecanese 18
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Epaminondas 19
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Epaminondas 21
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Limassol
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Kato Polemidion
[/TD] [TD]Agios Spyridon
[/TD] [TD]95th Road No. 4
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]95th Road No. 6
[/TD] [/TR] [/TR]
It is recalled that under the Plan, the Beneficiary Categories are as follows:
[*]1st generation displaced persons and original owners of the apartments, holders of a Title Deed or Lease Certificate or License, and [*]2nd, 3rd and 4th generation displaced persons who acquired the apartment by inheritance.
(b) Category B: Subsequent purchasers, displaced persons, who received housing assistance/grants from the State for the purchase of this apartment.
(c) Category C:
[*]Subsequent purchasers of the apartments, non-displaced persons, and [*]Subsequent purchasers of the apartments, displaced persons, who are not entitled to and have not received any housing assistance/grant from the State.
Beneficiaries may register with the Department of Planning and Housing their interest to participate or not in the "BuildingZO" Project within 6 months[/B] In case of participation in the project, they become beneficiaries of a rent allowance, which is granted from the date of ratification of the decision by the City Council and for a maximum period of 24 months. If the date of vacating the apartment precedes the date of ratification, the beneficiary may also receive a rent allowance for the period up to the date of ratification. The amount of the rent allowance is set at €400 for a one-bedroom apartment, €600 for a two-bedroom apartment and €800 for a three-bedroom apartment, based on the type of apartment the beneficiary owns and leaves. It should be noted that the rent allowance is granted to all beneficiaries participating in the Scheme whether they are temporarily housed in a private sector apartment or with relatives or friends.
In addition, beneficiaries who choose to participate in the Scheme will receive per Beneficiary Category a lump-sum government grant per apartment (irrespective of area and region), as follows:
Table 2 - One-off grant amount
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Apartment type |
[TD]
Category A
[/TD] [TD]
Category B
[/TD][TR] [TD]
One (1) bedroom apartment
[/TD] [TD]€30.000
[/TD] [TD]€20.000
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Two (2) bedroom apartment
[/TD] [TD]€40.000
[/TD] [TD]€30.000
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Three (3) bedroom apartment
[/TD] [TD]€50.000
[/TD] [TD]€40.000
[/TD] [/TR]
Category C beneficiaries will be able to participate in the Redevelopment Project, provided that they are natural persons and use the apartment as their primary residence. However, they are not eligible for a one-off grant, which will have to be paid by them. It is clarified that a Category C beneficiary cannot participate in the Redevelopment Scheme if the beneficiary purchased the apartment after the date of the official announcement of the Sponsorship Scheme, i.e. 7 April 2023.
Beneficiaries who choose to participate in the Scheme will pay their own contribution within 6 months from the date of commencement of construction works. The contribution is determined according to the category of each beneficiary, as well as the type of apartment they will acquire in the new apartment building, as follows:
Table 3 - Beneficiary's contribution
|
Type of apartment |
[TD]
Category A
[/TD] [TD]
Category B
[/TD] [TD]
Category C
[/TD] [/TD][TR] [TD]
One (1) bedroom apartment
[/TD] [TD]€10.000
[/TD] [TD]€20.000
[/TD] [TD]€40.000
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Two (2) bedroom apartment
[/TD] [TD]€20.000
[/TD] [TD]€30.000
[/TD] [TD]€60.000
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Three (3) bedroom apartment
[/TD] [TD]€25.000
[/TD] [TD]€35.000
[/TD] [TD]€75.000
[/TD] [/TR]
In case of non-participation in the Scheme, Category A and B beneficiaries will receive the one-off amount of state subsidy corresponding to the type of apartment they own in the existing block of flats (cf. (see Table 2), as well as a lump sum corresponding to the share registered in their name in the Title Deed, based on the most recent general land value assessment of the Land Registry and Land Survey Department. Category C beneficiaries who do not wish to participate in the Project, as well as owners of apartments falling under Category C who will not be eligible to participate, will be granted a one-time grant amount corresponding to the amount of their registered share in the Title Deed, based on the most recent general land value assessment of the Department of Cadastre and Surveying.
In the coming days, the beneficiaries of the apartment buildings will receive detailed information during an on-site visit by officials of the Ministry of Interior.
Finally, it is specified that in the remaining 23 blocks of flats, immediate work will be carried out by the Department of Town and Country Planning to remove dangerous structures, while on-site autopsies will be carried out to reassess the structural adequacy of the block of flats, at regular intervals, every 4 months and/or more frequently where necessary. The beneficiaries will be informed about the procedures to be followed for the specific blocks of flats as soon as possible.
(MKY)
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