Bedar residents given money to improve homes

    Thirty houses in Bedar are to be refurbished with financial help from the Junta de Andalucia. The Junta has awarded grants totalling fifty per cent of the 336,000 euros needed to complete the 30 projects. The money is part of a scheme run by the Junta to help home owners in small towns improve the habitability of their homes. The conditions set by the Junta are that the works must be carried out in accordance with the projects approved by the house and land planning services, the works must be started within a four month period and completed within a year of their start. Most of the reforms involve improving services to the houses, reinforcing old structures, repairing roofs or other minor works needed in the houses.