The Zurich city Parliament has set the closing point for the Chapter “rotten homes”. According to the two properties to the neufranken alley is also the home of the Magnus street now has better times ahead. There expensive apartments relatively.

financial Executive Daniel Leupi (Green) showed on Wednesday evening in the Parliament, on top of that you now have “brought a difficult story to completion”. With the overpriced purchase of the three houses, it had managed, finally, to “drain the swamp”.

In February 2017, the city Council had acquired the house, Magnus street, 27 in the district Aussersihl for 6.25 million francs; he relied on a provision in the municipal code, whereby it may acquire a property in their own expertise into the financial assets, if the business can not be delayed; basically, for purchases of 2 million Swiss francs by the municipal Council is responsible.

voting has been rejected appeals against the purchase by the County Council, by the administrative court but upheld. Thus, the decision of the city Council was repealed.

to requested Yes subsequent purchase

Therefore, the municipal Council now subsequently the purchase of the property to the administration of assets for the price of 6.25 million Swiss francs and, in addition, a loan of 675’000 Swiss francs for the planning of the total rehabilitation of the building.

Overall, the amount of the loan requested so to 6,925 million Swiss francs. The cost of the actual repair is estimated at around 3.5 million Swiss francs.

The requested credit received on Wednesday night with 71 votes in favour of SP, Green, and GLP. 38 no votes were by the FDP, SVP and EVP. The AL contained with 10 votes.

The AL did not fit this project in principle, and suggested that the business of the city Council to reject. It should at the Magnus something Creative road arise. The rejection of the request was, however, no chance.

the FDP, SVP and EVP wanted to sell the object to the highest bidder. It does not fit into the real estate Portfolio of the city. Also, this idea was rejected.

flats instead of single rooms

The property’s 30 rooms, which the former owners had individually mainly social assistance recipients and drug dependent persons rent includes today.

the original structure with a 3-room apartment, or a commercial use with an area of 60 square meters on the ground floor, and each about 80 square meters large 4-room-apartment is to be made on each of the five upper floors again.

The apartments are rented on the Basis of the cost of rent. According to current calculations, the large apartments cost an average of 2580 francs net per month.

After the credit approval in Parliament will now begin the Plan selection and the planning started. Planning and construction is expected to take around three years.

New life in the neufranken alley

in Addition to the property of Magnus Strasse 27 had been purchased by the city Council in February 2017, also in their own competence are two houses on the neufranken alley. These two decisions overturned the administrative court.

the city Council requested that the assets subsequently to the municipal Council the purchase of the two properties to Manage, what is this approved in April 2018. There are two new Housing for accompanied and assisted Living of the social Department has created.

Video: “rotten houses” to neufranken alley, ready to move in The so-called “rotten homes” at the neufranken alley in Zurich’s Kreis 4, Switzerland contributed far for the headlines. The comparison before and after is striking at the neufranken alley. Video: SDA/tamedia video:

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Created: 20.11.2019, 22:00 PM