Taichung old house renewal up to 70% subsidy

Although Taichung City is a young city, there are as many as 400,000 houses over 30 years old. The city government has allocated 10 million yuan this year to subsidize old houses for faster renewal; the eligible maximum subsidy amount is 70%. The Nissin Theater, the Central Bookstore, and the Duke Huiyu Building in the North District are all examples of successful subsidies, and the old Japanese-style house of the "Wu Eye Clinic" in the Central District is still in progress. The City Development Bureau stated that many old buildings can create economic value through “micro-shaping” of the exterior of their houses. For example, the “Nissin Theater” on Zhonghua Road and the “Central Bookstore” on Taiwan Avenue are successful cases. They are now renewed and become new. Highlights and clock landmarks. Zeng Wencheng, the chief secretary of the Dufa Bureau, said that the Nissin Theater is currently the single case with the highest subsidy for urban renewal, reconstruction and maintenance. The total repair is 34 million, and the subsidy is 9 million. It is expected to be completed in July this year; the Central Bookstore is at 105 An application was filed in 2004, and 41% of the total repair subsidy was approved. The Central Bookstore, which disappeared for 21 years, was undertaken by the Shangshan Humanities Foundation in 2015. After applying for a subsidy for the renovation of the old house, 41% of the total repair was completed, and it took 3 years to "restore" and renew. Reporter Yu Wenwen /

The Central Bookstore, which disappeared for 21 years, was undertaken by the Shangshan Humanities Foundation in 2015. https://www.call-sifu.com.tw/nservice5f5601690cb90.htm,After applying for a subsidy for the renovation of the old house, 41% of the total repair was completed, and it took 3 years to "restore" and renew. Reporter Yu Wenwen /

"Taichung City Urban Renewal, Reconstruction and Maintenance Subsidy" subsidies are for apartment building management committees, urban renewal organizations or organizations, as long as they are within the Taichung City Urban Planning Area and have a legal building age of 20 years or more. Sky or single-story building is connected to 5 or more, 3 stories or more double-combined buildings, 2 or more, 6 stories or more entire buildings.

Last year, "Duke Huiyu", who succeeded in granting subsidies, filed an application in 106. The city government assisted in obtaining a planning and design fee of 500,000 yuan from the central government, and applied for a subsidy of about 4 million yuan from the city government; another is still in progress. "Wu Ophthalmology" also applied for 106 years, because the old house has to adopt the "repair the old as before" construction method, and the progress is slow.

The bureau emphasized that the subsidy for each case should not exceed 25% of the total amount of the case. If it has historical, cultural, artistic and commemorative value, the upper limit can be increased to 50%; the city government announced that the total amount of renovation, maintenance and renewal of the area is 70%.