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The idea behind the scheme is to offer cheap options for would-be homeowners during a time of intense housing shortage
The Cross-Border Cooperation Congress is a meeting place for practitioners of cross-border cooperation from the EU and the Eastern Partnership countries
The new route will take only 45 minutes, which will reinvigorate the region and create dozens of commuters between the two regional capitals of Styria and Carinthia
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The award was established in the memory of Paweł Adamowicz, the mayor of Gdansk, Poland, who was assassinated in 2019, during a Christmas charity event for healthcare
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The project is set to cost the city around 6 million euros and reduce the amount of waste that ends up in landfills
Shall we refer to that Iberian region as “Video Game Valley” from now on?
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With expensive or unavailable fuel and damaged infrastructure, aid workers need bikes to travel long distances
The new route will take only 45 minutes, which will reinvigorate the region and create dozens of commuters between the two regional capitals of Styria and Carinthia
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The idea behind the scheme is to offer cheap options for would-be homeowners during a time of intense housing shortage
Today, the Irish government launched the ‘Ready to Build’ scheme, aiming to curb the raging housing crisis across the republic. Under the scheme, cities and towns would have the possibility to put up vacant plots on the market at a reduced price. The catch is that the people who buy them would be obliged to live there.
As TheMayor.EU reported earlier, in August Ireland had only 300 properties to rent in the entire country, signaling a multifaceted crisis at all levels of the sector which unfolds as more and more students tried to make their way to Dublin for the academic year.
At the same time, in 2021, the government launched the Housing for All plan, aiming to increase the supply of properties and to alleviate the market. This is what the Ready to Build scheme aims to change, by offering undervalued property to the market.
The ready-to-build scheme has a couple of prerequisites and limitations to how a property can be put on the market. For example, the plot that local authorities would sell needs to have all building clearance permits, electricity and sewer connections.
Furthermore, authorities can deduct the cost of preparing the property for building from the discounted price that eventually hits the market. However, each property can only be discounted by up to 30,000 euros.
This, considering that some of these plots are in densely populated cities, could lead to the purchasing price still being a barrier for many would-be homeowners, considering that after they purchase the land, they would still need to develop the property.
At the same time, plots purchased through the ready-to-build scheme will require the owners to live on the premises. This move is intended to protect the market from wealthy investors snatching up undervalued properties.
Minister of State for Planning and Local Government, Peter Burke, was quoted in a statement by the government, explaining that the scheme could help to fill out gaps in the building stock while adding a shot of vibrant enthusiasm across neighbourhoods.
With expensive or unavailable fuel and damaged infrastructure, aid workers need bikes to travel long distances
The new route will take only 45 minutes, which will reinvigorate the region and create dozens of commuters between the two regional capitals of Styria and Carinthia
The award was established in the memory of Paweł Adamowicz, the mayor of Gdansk, Poland, who was assassinated in 2019, during a Christmas charity event for healthcare
The project is set to cost the city around 6 million euros and reduce the amount of waste that ends up in landfills
The city’s hilly layout will provide a perfect testing ground for the new electric waste truck eEconic
The taxis are a warm-up for the city’s requirement that all new taxis after 2025 be CO2 neutral
With expensive or unavailable fuel and damaged infrastructure, aid workers need bikes to travel long distances
The new route will take only 45 minutes, which will reinvigorate the region and create dozens of commuters between the two regional capitals of Styria and Carinthia
The goal is to boost recycling rates and teach children the principles of circularity
The goal is to boost recycling rates and teach children the principles of circularity
Urban noise pollution can be a driver behind health issues like insomnia and cardiovascular disease, as well as a cause of decreased productivity
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