The City Council of La Laguna, through the Municipal Society of Housing and Services (Muvisa), will undertake the rehabilitation project of nine homes located in the area of La Piterita, on Roque Agando street, specifically, to allocate them for affordable rental , once the adaptation work is completed.
The mayor, Luis Yeray Gutiérrez, visited the property yesterday along with the CEO of Muvisa, Nacho Viciana, and the councilors of Works and Infrastructure and Social Welfare, Adolfo Cordobés and María Cruz, respectively. The architect responsible for the technical area of Muvisa, Antonio Pérez, was also present.
Luis Yeray Gutiérrez recalled that “one of the purposes of this Government team is to guarantee La Laguna citizens’ access to decent housing in reasonable conditions, so actions of this type allow us to expand our resources and, at the same time , to offer alternatives to our neighbors, that do not represent a reduction in their quality of life due to a high rental price.”
“Once the state of conservation of the building has been verified, it does not present major damages, despite having been the object of some illegal occupation and acts of vandalism, so the duration of the works can be adjusted to three months,” declared the mayor. .
For her part, the Lagunera Councilor for Social Welfare specified that, when the rehabilitation process is completed, the procedure for acquiring these properties will begin among the citizens of the municipality registered in the official registry of this Department for homeless people.
The building has eight three-bedroom homes, spread over two floors, and one adapted two-bedroom home. The basement has nine parking spaces (24.70 square meters), one of them adapted, and several storage rooms. All homes have an area of 68.30 square meters.
830,000 euros
The City Council, once acquired the property for an amount close to 830,000 euros, has verified the state of the electrical installations and has already made the relevant contracts with the supply company, so that there is already energy in the common areas and in the elevator. A specialized contract has also been formalized for the commissioning of the elevator, which will include not only the work of inclusion, replacement or repair of the necessary elements, but also the first commissioning of the elevator, since it never came into operation. .
It is estimated that the tender for the rehabilitation project will be published on the Contracting Platform in the first half of this month of November. The time stipulated for said award will be two months, so in mid-January 2024 the works would be awarded and in February the planned work would be launched.
If the established period of three months of works is met, by the middle of next year these nine homes could be available in perfect conditions for their use as affordable rentals, that is, with a price that represents less than 30% of the income. of the tenant. In the near future, the acquisition of new properties by Muvisa will be announced, which will be used for the same social purpose.