Sevilla, AN
Municipality in Andalucía
Spain
Sevilla, AN expands affordable housing options with vacant home purchases and rent subsidy programs
City housing agency Emvisesa created Alquila Sevilla - Rent Sevilla - to bring vacant rental units into use. This program offers 525 euros per month and rent guarantees to property owners who lease their vacancies at affordable rates. Emvisesa guarantees rent payments and handles evictions in cases of broken leases. The empty homes program offers up to 118,000 euros per vacant home, thus expanding entry-level options in a constrained housing market.
Sevilla, AN
Spain
Sevilla, AN is naming and categorizing heat waves to improve climate policies and emergency planning
The Seville City Council is collaborating with the Adrienn Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center of the Atlantic Council's Scientific Advisory Panel to scientifically study, name, and categorize heat waves based on their impact on human health. The goal of the project is to raise public awareness, integrate findings into the city's emergency disaster response planning, and implement specific policies to mitigate the damaging effects of heat waves.
Sevilla, AN
Spain
Sevilla, AN collaborates in glass recycling campaign to support breast cancer research
The Sevilla City Council partners with LIPASAM, the municipal public cleaning company, and Ecovidrio, the glass recycling non-profit, to launch an annual recycling campaign. The "Recycle Glass for Them" campaign raises funds to support breast cancer research and promotes sustainable habits. Residents are encouraged to recycle glass in the 22 pink collection containers installed throughout the region which Ecovidrio transforms into a donation to the Sandra Ibarra Foundation.
Sevilla, AN
Spain