The Island Government Council has approved the contribution of one million euros to the La Laguna City Council for the execution of rehabilitation works on 438 homes in the neighborhood of The Cardonalan action that will be financed by the central government, the regional government, the Cabildo and the City Council, together with the homeowners.
The works are included in the first phase of the program to improve the El Cardonal Programmed Rehabilitation Residential Environment. For its execution, 21,179,440 euros have been budgeted. Of this amount, the Ministry and the regional Executive will contribute, with European funds, 10,973,299 euros; the City Council, 9,032,508 euros, to be financed in the four-year period 2023-2026; the neighbors, 173,632 euros, and the Cabildo, one million. The insular contribution will become effective this year through an agreement between the Cabildo and the City Council.
The insular president, Pedro Martín, stressed “the importance of undertaking this type of work so that families can have a residence in habitable conditions and also contribute to regenerating and renewing the environment in which they reside.” In addition, he added that “the Cabildo will continue to favor collaboration with the town halls in those projects and actions that improve people’s daily lives. With this objective, only to what is housing rehabilitation, we allocate more than three million euros”.
For his part, the mayor of La Laguna, Luis Yeray Gutiérrez, stressed “the commitment of the Government of La Laguna to improve habitability and accessibility conditions in those areas of the municipality that require the intervention of public administrations.” In this sense, the councilor thanked “the involvement of the Cabildo, the Government of the Canary Islands and the Government of Spain to carry out some much-needed works, which the residents of Cardonal have been demanding for a long time.”
Next year
The forecast is that the works can begin next year, explained, for his part, the Minister of Municipal Cooperation and Housing, Zebenzuí Chinea, who highlighted “the good collaboration and involvement of the different institutions to carry out this intervention that will benefit numerous families in the area, who have been waiting for years.”
The counselor highlighted the impetus that has been given in this mandate to the insular housing policy.
