A total of 50,326,000 euros. This is the overall figure included in the draft budget of Teruel City Hall for 2025. An exercise that is especially marked by positions aimed at social measures and housing, as well as the integration of friendlier areas in the city through green spaces and for coexistence with pets, among other elements.
Within the project presented, a game of 10,716,407.51 euros for social policies. For example, an emergency social assistance service will be integrated and home help will be extended to weekends next year. Also Aid for children in nurseries increases by 67% reach a greater number of families and promote balance between professional and family life.
THE concurrent grants are another of the pillars of the 2025 budget project for which 616,833 euros were allocated compared to the 457,350 euros allocated during the 2021 financial year, as well as policies aimed at facilitating the access to housing. In this area, the new line of rental assistance for single-parent families amounting to 30,000 euros stands out.
In terms of housing, a housing helpline has also been established. housing rehabilitation worth 100,000 euros for owners who have empty apartments but who agree to rent them long-term. The objective of the measure is to put empty apartments on the rental market to increase supply and lower prices. In addition, this rehabilitation line will help generate more construction jobs, explains Emma Buj, mayor of Teruel.
The Budget project includes a 53% increase in emergency aid for people with specific problems paying their rent. Rent assistance will also continue to be provided to those affected by building number 21 on San Francisco Street.
Specific elements aim to ensure that Teruel has more green spaces. For example, 250,000 euros are being considered to renovate the Parque de Las Tradiciones, in the Los Alfares area, with a new leisure area with traditional games from Teruel. New areas for dogs and cats will also be launched with a budget of 115,000 euros.
Within the budgets, other items stand out as 30,000 euros in video surveillance cameras as a deterrent against vandalism, as well as an allowance of 20,000 euros for a new civil protection application.
The year 2025 will also see works in Teruel such as the second phase of COAM to create a mini-residence for social use, the new local police headquarters in Polígono Sur or the renovation of Campo Pinilla.
For accessibility streets, there will be more than 1.6 million euros, while the maintenance of infrastructure 1.2 million euros will be allocated. Other planned actions are Tourism Sustainability Planin addition to performance in the Smart Tourism Destination Network with an amount of just over 1.1 million euros, among other actions. The chapter of investments amounts to more than 13.5 million euros.
