Santa Cruz de Tenerife will be in charge of managing the 92.5 million planned for housing in the capital until 2026. The objective is to intervene in almost 4,000 houses through the different lines set up by the different administrations, in addition to those of the City Hall itself, and that go through the construction of 387 new ones and the rehabilitation of 3,515, to which, as Santa Cruz Councilor for Housing, Juan José Martínez, pointed out yesterday, “we want to add another 1,250 distributed throughout Santa Cruz and that we have already prepared to present new European calls for energy efficiency”. Among the neighborhoods that will be presented to these funds are those of El Toscal, Chimisay, Las Delicias or Los Gladiolos.
Martínez made these observations in the presentation of the housing policy of Santa Cruz, in which the mayor, José Manuel Bermúdez, and the president of the Fepeco construction association, Óscar Izquierdo, valued the efforts of the Chicharrero Consistory, which It has led him to place Santa Cruz as the sixth city with more than 200,000 inhabitants in Spain with the highest investment in housing.
“Our commitment is to continue building public parks, dignify the existing one and rehabilitate the most deteriorated ones, all with a double objective: to improve the quality of life of our neighbors and to generate employment,” said Bermúdez.
The alderman defended that the strength of the Santa Cruz City Council, by having an instrument such as Municipal Housing, is what allows managing the funds from the different administrations. “None of the plans can be carried out without the Santa Cruz City Council. We have told the Government of the Canary Islands, ‘give us the money, and we will execute it’, because it is much faster”, he added.
Martínez explained, for his part, that the action of the Consistory is completed with the search for land for the construction of new houses, such as the one already located on the Avenida de Príncipes de España or in different parts of the Southwest. “These are lands that we have to submit to urban updates before their transfer, but we do not give up our efforts to find the necessary formulas to have a new home,” he pointed out.
Óscar Izquierdo praised the efforts of the capital in terms of housing, which, he pointed out, have a direct impact on job creation in the sector. “Santa Cruz’s housing policy is exemplary, which has allowed us to have the best employment data in the last six years.” In addition, he pointed out that SMEs are the most benefited. “Proof of this is the great concentration of them in the surroundings of the capital, which is helped by the fact that it is the capital with the lowest ICIO in Spain.”
