This agreement aims to promote the rehabilitation of buildings and housing with basic deficiencies. In this way, the administration helps to finance the actions that are necessary to correct them and improve their conditions of accessibility and energy efficiency.

In this way, the Municipality of Estepona will act as a collaborating entity in the management of applications and in the delivery and distribution of subsidies for the rehabilitation of housing to beneficiaries. The local administration will have the duty to check the applications and verify that the beneficiaries meet the conditions and requirements to qualify for this type of aid.

These grants may be applied for by landlords or tenants when they agree to pay for the works in return for payment of rent. The income of the resident cohabitation unit must be less than 5.50 times the IPREM. Likewise, they may not have obtained aid for the same dwelling in the previous three years.

To apply for this subsidy, the home must meet the following requirements:

– It must be the habitual and permanent address of the owners or tenants.

– It cannot be qualified urban space out of order.

– It must have a use surface area of not less than 36 m2.

– It must be completed before 1996, exceptions in exceptional cases.

– It must present structural and constructive safety conditions that guarantee the viability of the intervention or achieve it with it.

– It must not be considered as substandard housing.

– To have a technical report accrediting the requirements and the need to undertake the works, with a date prior to the application for the subsidy.

– Amount of subsidies

Subsidies will range between 25% and 40% of the budget depending on each specific case, taking into account income, disability or being over 65 years old in need of accessibility adaptations.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Estepona