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Makers condemn the freezing of 500 million European funding for the rehabilitation of buildings and housing


The Home Rehabilitation Products Manufacturers sector deplores the failure of European funds to reach companies benefiting from the sector. The Spanish Association of Facade and Light Window Manufacturers (Asefave) on Monday expressed concern about the “lack of transparency and information” about the administration of European recovery funds aimed at rehabilitating buildings and homes. This association ensures that there is no evidence that the beneficiaries of Program 3 (subsidies to neighboring communities) and four (individuals) of the Housing Energy Rehabilitation Program have received assistance of 500 million for both phases of the two projects. They noted that the subsidies had entered a bureaucratic deadlock within the administrations of the Autonomous Communities and feared that the money would be returned if it was not distributed within nine months.

“We have no evidence that Programs 3 and 4 beneficiaries receive the money. In fact, neither the beneficiaries nor the rehabilitation directors are aware of the status of the files submitted,” Asefave deplored on Monday.

In the sector, there is concern that this will happen when the recall of new aid programs with European funds for 2022 is already started. “And from the sector we fear that the traffic congestion will be overwhelming,” explained Eduardo Ciradella, a member of the commission. Asefave Board of Directors. Serradella insisted that the term for returning uncommitted funds expires in 9 months and “if we continue at this pace, a unique opportunity for individuals, the sector and the economy will be lost.”

From Asefave, it is estimated that the full implementation of the funds will increase the activity of the sector for the next 3 years by 20% annually, the full implementation of the funds. next generation moneyalone in Program 4, will generate activity of approximately 1,000 million euros until 2026. “However, if the funds are not committed before November 2023, the regions will have to return the funds to the ministry,” they warn that sponsor.

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According to the association, the problem is that the regional administrations do not have sufficient resources to manage the volume of applications. Asefave says that there is a file “mirror effect” and the possibility of temporarily suspending access and requesting assistance “as happened recently in the province of Zaragoza”. This would lead to a sudden halt in the demand for rehabilitation measures and generate mistrust in rehabilitation aid programmes.

Asefave urges administrations to coordinate their efforts to unblock access to funds for individuals, equip themselves with the resources to administer assistance “and streamline processes to ensure access without wasting the potential of funds.”

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