📋 Tender Overview
The Minister of Public Administration Riina Solman signed the regulation which grants support to the local government of Ida-Virumaa in the first half of 2023 to deal with the problem of vacant apartment buildings.In terms of the net area of apartment buildings the largest share of apartment buildings after Harju County is located in Ida-Virumaa. According to the Minister of Public Administration Riina Solman the problem of emptying apartment buildings is not news to anyone today. Apartment buildings are emptying everywhere but mostly in Ida-Virumaa. This is shown by the number of apartments handed over from the owners to the municipalities of the region as well as to the state said the minister.According to the law the organization of housing is the responsibility of the local government. The municipalities of Ida-Viru are in trouble today because the acquisition of apartments in empty buildings helping people to find another place to live administration legal actions and the demolition of buildings are all a significant cost of resources and money Solman pointed out. Up until now local governments across Estonia including Ida-Virumaa have had access to a support measure that allows municipalities to demolish an unused building they own. However in the case of apartment buildings the main problem of which is the large number of owners most of whom have not been interested in managing the building due to the buildings worthlessness but this measure has not been appropriate.Head of the Regional Development Department of the Ministry of Finance Priidu RistkokAccording to i the pilot projects of Ida-Viru the prepared legal analysis and studies of emptying patterns show that the most practical solution to the problem is at the municipal level who have information about their apartment buildings taking into account development plans plans and connections to networks. Also solving social problems that have arisen during the reorganization of vacant apartment buildings is within the competence of local governments. Primarily the measure concerns houses that are actually in a hopeless condition and burdens the owners who are essentially trapped in real estate. The biggest goal is to improve the quality of the countys living environment and the living conditions of the population and increase the value of residential real estate. Also by reducing the number of low-value underutilized and perspectiveless apartment buildings in cooperation between the state and the municipality explained Ristkok.The budget of the support measure is approximately 1 million euros per year and it is financed from the funds of the Ida-Virumaa program. The amount of the grant can be up to 100 of the eligible costs of the project. In essence all activities that are directly related to the process and end with the acquisition of the apartment building as a whole to the municipality the termination of the cooperative and the demolition of the building are supported.The State Support Center will organize the granting of support to municipalities. Municipalities have to develop the appropriate procedure for receiving support since they organize communication with owners acquisition of apartments to be demolished relocation of residents and demolition.
