Minister for Accommodation Roderick Galdes addressed a press conference wherein he announced that new building blocks which will incorporate up to 73 new apartments. The new infrastructure is located in the zone known as ‘is-Sisla’ in Swatar, Birkirkara.
The Minister said that this project will give hope and housing to around 73 families as the service also incorporates garages and other ancillary services to the surrounding communities.
The project forms part of a governmental initiative which aims to develop 1,700 new houses for social accommodation with an investment which reaches up to €110 million – the biggest social investment to ever take place in Malta.
The minister said that five years ago the government immediately stated that it will be addressing the needs of this sector through any means possible. ‘We created a new method through which we could understand and build a system of housing which offers solutions.’
‘Today’, he continued, ‘we are opening up the new site from a series of buildings within which new families will be entering every month up until 2023. A site which alone consists of 73 apartments and thus set to welcome 73 new families. This is in line with the Allocation Strategy which we presented in the most transparent way back in October of 2021.’
The project is being described as a social monument which will address the needs of today but also of a future generation of Maltese and Gozitan people. The project is being funded by the investment company Malita Management p.l.c, with Social Projects Management Limited managing the project. Now that it is complete, the project is handed over to the Housing Authority so it can allocate apartments to the beneficiaries.
‘Our work is to focus on integration and inclusion to continue cultivating a united and just society’ concluded Galdes.
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