08.02.2024
THE RECRUITMENT OF PROJECTS UNDER THE NATIONAL PROGRAM FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND PERSONAL MOBILITY HAS STARTED
The Ministry of Labor and Social Policy has launched the campaign for recruiting project proposals that will be financed under the National Program for Affordable Housing and Personal Mobility in 2024.
Under Component 1 "Affordable Housing", project proposals can be submitted until May 15, 2024. It will once again enable people with disabilities to apply for funding to build an accessible environment next to their homes, which will help with their social inclusion. With the allocated under the Program up to BGN 100,000 including VAT for each approved proposal in 2024, it will be possible to build and install the ramps, lifting platforms and elevators necessary for people with disabilities. In cases where the value of the project proposal exceeds the amount of funding from the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy, the applicant's own contribution is allowed for the implementation of activities to ensure an accessible environment only.
Under Component 1, owners of single-family residential buildings who are permanently disabled and use wheelchairs, with a permanent or current address in the same building, can apply. Project proposals can also be submitted by associations of owners in condominiums in multi-family residential buildings, in which there are people with permanent disabilities, moving in wheelchairs, with a permanent or current address in the same building.
The recruitment of project proposals for financing under Component 2 "Personal Mobility" will end on April 1, 2024. Under it, up to BGN 8,000 will be allocated to finance a project for the conversion of a car for a person with permanent disabilities or for the purchase of an already converted car. Funding is also eligible for the installation of an assistive device/wheelchair loading/unloading device in motor vehicles. The value of each project proposal is determined based on a submitted proposal containing technical and/or financial parameters for the envisaged eligible activities. Applicants who do not currently have a license to drive a motor vehicle can also receive funding for a driving license course.
People with permanent disabilities, with a proven deficiency of lower and/or upper limbs and a decision of the medical examination authorities, who have a document that they are physically fit to be drivers, have the right to apply under the "Personal Mobility" component.
Detailed information on the conditions and application documents for both components can be found on the website of the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy (www.mlsp.government.bg under the heading "National Program for Affordable Housing and Personal Mobility") or at the following link: https://www.mlsp.government.bg/natsionalna-programa-za-dostpna-zhilishchna-sreda-i-lichna-mobilnost-1
