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According to Yavor Panev, this policy is at the foundation of the diversity of the EU
More than 30% of the homes in Sofia are uninhabitable, they were acquired only for investment purposes. A state and municipal policy is needed, because they would turn into “empty ghettos”. This thesis is developed in an interview with “Diary“arch. Yavor Panev, who is the head of the non-governmental organization “Optimistas”, dealing with strategies for the development of the urban environment.
According to the young architect from the NGO, Barcelona’s experience with uninhabitable housing was good.
If, through the main indicators – bills for electricity, water and gas, it was established that no one lived there for more than two years, the apartments were transferred to the housing fund of the municipality for 10 years.
“Among the very rich people who have bought homes in the center of Barcelona and some of them are keeping them empty, the municipality is bringing in representatives from different social strata to live. This is how diversity is achieved in the community, which is also one of the main pan-European values - united in diversity. This somehow does not reach us in Bulgaria and we have a feeling of a misunderstood civilization, the newly rich strive to live in isolation, mostly in closed complexes”, develops his version arch. Panev.
He believes that the closed complexes are the biggest mistake of Sofia, because they isolated the poor from the rich, and that was not right.
“In such complexes, where many rich people are gathered, a selection is even made with interviews to enter to live there. The integration of different socio-economic strata of society is the way to have a vibrant city. Otherwise, a sterile society will be formed,” emphasizes the architect from the NGO.
2023-11-09 00:04:29
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