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Almost 140 000 people have cast their vote in the national contest for Mayor of the Year
The planned public transit service will be completed somewhere in 2035
It was meant to bring attention to the need to save precious water resources
Unlike ChatGPT, this tool can visualize the data with helpful graphics that show the way to develop education and employment opportunities
It was also the first one to be bombed by the Luftwaffe
Left-wing MEPs aren’t impressed with Mr Hoekstra’s conservative credentials though
The technology differs from maglev in that it allows the usage of already existing infrastructure, with only slight modifications
The one-hour event turned into a platform for ideas on the future of waste management
Floya will be one hell of a helpful tool next time you’re in the Belgian capital
For now, the service is only available for flights to the United Kingdom
The Austrian capital sets a shining example without compromising historical integrity
Given climatic trends, we’ll be hearing more and more about district cooling systems, in line with heating ones
Will the Czech capital follow Paris in the anti-two-wheeler crusade?
City officials invite residents to meet in person for valuable consultations on greening transformations of their living environment
Will the Czech capital follow Paris in the anti-two-wheeler crusade?
The holiday honours an event when communities from both lands united against the Livonian Crusaders in the 13th century
The main focus of the festivities is a ‘miracle’, which involves the liquefaction of the saint’s blood
Se Poate Association led the training sessions in several cities and engaged over 150 young people
Can any of this fix the country’s education system?
And the city is pleading with residents to adopt rather than shop
The Italian government has cancelled the subsidy for able-bodied people of working age
For the plan, the city’s mayor is urging private owners to sell abandoned and unused properties to the municipality
At the end of last week, Lisbon’s mayor Carlos Moedas announced that funds from the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) available for the post-Covid economic boost would be used to purchase more residential buildings from private owners. The aim of the plan is to increase the supply of affordable rental housing in a city that desperately needs more of that.
The idea to make City Hall one of the major players in the rental market originated from the Housing Councilor Filipa Roseta. The plan will be launched immediately in order to mitigate the housing crisis conditions plaguing the Portuguese capital.
"We looked at that money we have from the PRR and thought 'we won't be able to build everything ourselves, but there are many houses that we could be buying, buildings that we could buy", said Carlos Moedas, as quoted by Diario de Noticias, in the presentation of the Municipal Housing Charter of Lisbon.
The focus of the local administration would thus be not to boost and compete in the construction development sector but rather to buy properties that have already been built and renovate them if necessary. There are many abandoned or decaying buildings that could do with a facelift before being put back on the housing rental market at subsidized prices for those in need of a place to call home.
"We are going to ask this question: who wants to sell? If I buy buildings, I no longer have to build them", pointed out Filipa Roseta, assuring that the council will not buy properties at speculative prices.
In this sense, the purchase of flats that are already built can be "a faster solution" in the use of PRR funds until 2026, in which the city council can use the preemptive right in the transaction of real estate and, "with that, later, have cheaper housing", according to the mayor.
Lisbon has 343 million euros from the PRR, until 2026, to intervene in housing, with the majority of the budget allocated to construction, an option in which "times are long" in terms of execution.
In the European funding clause, there is room for the redistribution of funds between new construction options and purchasing, which "will depend a lot on what exists in the market to buy".
Almost 140 000 people have cast their vote in the national contest for Mayor of the Year
The planned public transit service will be completed somewhere in 2035
Almost 140 000 people have cast their vote in the national contest for Mayor of the Year
The technology differs from maglev in that it allows the usage of already existing infrastructure, with only slight modifications
Floya will be one hell of a helpful tool next time you’re in the Belgian capital
Other big Italian cities will also be affected by the labour dispute so plan your day accordingly
It draws the attention of passersby to reflect on the meaning of separation, isolation and discrimination
A monument to the destructive power of nature and our need to live in harmony with it
Other big Italian cities will also be affected by the labour dispute so plan your day accordingly
The shortage of applicants has made the possible relaxation (and modernization) of rules a necessity
It draws the attention of passersby to reflect on the meaning of separation, isolation and discrimination
This one could be a real game-changer for our built environments and the way they look
The practical art objects are competing for one of the 2023 New European Bauhaus Prizes
Cast your vote before 24 May and do your part in promoting the NEB values
An interview with a member of the No Hate Speech Network team
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An interview with the president of the European Federation of Journalists
