The Minister of Interior, Mr. Nikos Nouris, made the following statement today in Faneromeni Square, on the occasion of the announcement of the 1st Call for Applications for the Grant Scheme for Student Residences/Student Rooms in Nicosia within the Walls:
"Today is a special day. It is a special day because today is the start of the application deadline for the extremely ambitious project of creating student residences in the walled city of Nicosia. An issue, which together with the Ministry of Finance we have co-managed. And of course it is a holistic plan, which is accompanied, apart from the part that concerns the issue of student halls of residence, by a series of other actions, which are already underway and will be implemented in the coming weeks in order to make what we all want a reality and practice: the regeneration of the old town, the walled city of Nicosia, the revitalization and more.
Interventions are made through comparative projects. I want to remind you that at the same time as the student halls of residence project, which is extremely generous and generous, we will run an entrepreneurial project, which is precisely designed and aimed, in synergy with the student halls of residence project, to enable those entrepreneurs who want to invest to be supported by us.
At the same time, recognizing that the city is in need of other housing units in addition to the dormitories, the Ministry of Interior has decided to extend the implementation of the housing plan, which we are implementing in the peripheral areas and the walled city, in order to give exactly this opportunity in this particular way to gather as many people as possible in the old city of Nicosia.
Finally, because every effort should always be an effort that grants and gives incentives, we have prepared an extremely generous plan of urban and financial incentives, which will also be implemented from next month and which can be used by those who choose to invest in the walled city of Nicosia with the possibility of either financing or even utilizing their properties, whether it is the aging buildings or something extremely important and innovative. In addition to this, recognising that the city of Nicosia and all urban, historic centres have problems in terms of parking problems and finding parking spaces, these particular developments will benefit from serious relief from the obligations that will serve them in terms of investment potential.
Therefore, I consider today to be a very, very important day. What we have all been envisioning for decades, namely the holistic intervention of the state in the closed city of Nicosia finally becoming a reality. Today is the 'kick-off'. In conclusion, in addition to our colleagues in the two Ministries who have done an excellent job in developing this plan, I would like to thank, in addition to the Nicosia Municipality and the other institutions present here today, the chambers and friends of Nicosia who together have embraced this capital city."
(EFYs)
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