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6.3. Housing interventions and physical regeneration
Substantial progress is perceived in these areas,
not only because of the increased number
of initiatives but also because of their wider scope.
Interventions related to housing and physical regeneration are
undertaken with ERDF funds
(hard measures), combined in some cases with ESF-funded measures
(soft measures).
They are commonly used within the context of territorial approaches, targeting in many
cases settlements or communities in urban and rual areas with a high percentage of Roma.
While many interventions seem to be simply linked to
physical regeneration and basic
infrastructure,
several countries are also considering actions to facilitate the
provision of
housing solutions,
including:
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Construction, reconstruction and renovation of housing, including social housing (e.g.
Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Romania, Slovakia, Spain)
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Purchase of second hand accommodation for renovation and transformation into
social housing (e.g. Czech Republic, Spain)
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Self-building projects (e.g. Slovakia)
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Transitory housing (e.g. Slovakia)
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Subsidies for renting (e.g. Greece)
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Legalisation of lands (e.g. Slovakia)
In
Bulgaria
the
Regions in Growth OP
(ERDF) and the
Human Resources Development
OP
(ESF) work in complementarity to promote social housing. While the first one seeks to
provide modern social housing to vulnerable, minority and marginalised groups, including
Roma, through construction, reconstruction, renovation and expansion of social housing
(together with the rehabilitation of the adjacent yard), the second focuses on soft measures
related to the provision of social, education and healthcare services.
The
Czech
Integrated Regional OP
(ERDF) provides support for the purchase of apartments,
residential buildings, non-residential premises and their adaptation to the needs of social
housing as well as for the acquisition of the necessary basic equipment.
In
Italy
, the
Social Inclusion OP
(ESF) includes a priority dedicated to ‘increasing the access
to a wide range of housing solutions with a participatory approach, in order to definitely
overcome the emergency approaches and large mono-ethnic settlements’. The
Metropolitan
Cities OP
combines ESF and ERDF funds to promote services for social inclusion, including
access to housing and to support infrastructure related to accommodation and space for
services dedicated to the Roma community, Sinti and
Caminanti
.