
The Ministry of Interior announced subsidy instructions to assist communities in promoting autonomous urban renewal and reduce the burden of early planning funds.
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In order to solve the integration difficulties and insufficient funds faced by the public when promoting urban renewal on their own, the Ministry of the Interior has revised the relevant subsidy instructions. The draft amendment to the relevant regulations has been sent to the Legislative Yuan for review.
The Ministry of the Interior announced on August 1 "Instructions for self-implemented renewal operations of Central Urban Renewal Fund subsidies from 2012 to 2015", and local governments began to accept applications. For communities that intend to promote autonomous renewal, the Ministry of the Interior will provide a "first pot of gold" support, with subsidies of up to 11 million yuan, allowing the government to become the backing of autonomous urban renewal communities.
The Ministry of the Interior stated that in the past, when people promoted urban renewal on their own, they often faced difficulties such as difficulty in integrating residents, lack of professional capabilities, and the need to invest funds in advance to organize renewal meetings and start the planning stage.
Therefore, the newly added renewal subsidy for this revision will be set up with 1 million yuan for work and early-stage promotion, and a professional team will be entrusted to handle the early-stage planning and related work of the urban renewal project to help build consensus among residents, lower the threshold for early-stage promotion, and introduce professional forces to take the first step in independent renewal.
This simultaneous increase in the amount of planning subsidies for subsequent urban renewal projects and rights transformation will be increased from 8 million yuan to 10 million yuan, which will substantially reduce the financial burden of community management in the urban renewal planning stage.
The Ministry of the Interior stated that the government is continuing to expand its independent urban renewal management capabilities, including promoting the urban renewal regulations, and the draft amendments to the regulations on accelerated reconstruction of dangerous urban and old buildings have been sent to the Legislative Yuan this year, and it is hoped that the Legislative Yuan will complete the third reading as soon as possible. People who are interested in participating in urban renewal can obtain government assistance from both legal and practical aspects, including providing implementation funding subsidies and credit guarantees, to establish an independent urban renewal bureau with government support, household ownership and professional support.
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The Legislative Yuan will review the draft amendments to the Urban Renewal Ordinance and the Ordinance on Endangerment of the Elderly
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