Auxiliary package: Steyr receives over half a million euros in funding!
Auxiliary package: Steyr receives over half a million euros in funding!
Steyr, Österreich - Today Governor Thomas Stelzer presented a fresh aid package for the communities in Upper Austria. This package has a scope of 50 million euros and is primarily intended to help the cities and municipalities that are currently fighting with financial challenges. Almost every third of the 438 municipalities in the state has difficulty creating a balanced budget. According to emphasized.
What can you do with the money? The use of the funds is at the discretion of the municipalities. You can use these funds for important infrastructure projects, for example, or invest in the improvement of leisure activities and thus increase the quality of life of your citizens. OÖVP state manager Florian Hiegelsberger therefore focused on the necessary projects that can be implemented with this welcome support.
challenges for the communities
The situation in many communities is tense. SP community councilor Michael Lindner expressed his skepticism about the means of needs that the municipalities are entitled to according to financial equalization. He calls for a structural reform of municipal financing in order to be able to meet the challenges sustainably. Lindner is striving to relieve the municipalities until the turn of 2025. The Greens are also dissatisfied with the package and require deeper structural reforms.
The aid package not only benefits weak communities, but also aims to strengthen the financial design of the communities. This is supported by VP community councilor Michaela Langer-Weninger, who praises the package as strategic and precise.
further funding measures in view
In addition to the auxiliary package for the municipalities, there are also other funding programs that are exciting for the municipalities. As the community volume reports, there are, among other things, there are measures for area recycling funding that concentrate on the re-use of unused areas and buildings. Municipalities can receive support for the development concepts, examination of building fabricities and much more.
With these various initiatives, an attempt is made to noticeably improve the financial situation of the municipalities in Upper Austria, but at the same time pave the way for sustainable developments and investments. In the near future, it will be shown how the municipalities will use these additional means and to what extent they can grow to the challenges.
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