Brno has repaired the eleventh house in a problematic area for 66 million

Brno - Brno has repaired building number 42 on French Street for 66 million crowns. Thanks to the reconstruction, 10 new apartments were created in the extension, said Pavel Žára, spokesperson for the Brno City Hall, to ČTK today. The repairs lasted a year and fell under the Integrated Development Plan for the city of Brno, according to which the city hall has repaired 11 municipal apartment buildings located in a problematic zone for more than half a billion. The goal was to make the excluded area, where mostly poor people live, more attractive.
    The apartment building on French Street was built at the beginning of the 20th century as two wings in the shape of an L with an internal courtyard. The northern street wing was two stories high, with a basement and a gable roof. The western courtyard wing had five floors with a shed roof. "The reconstruction included both the extension of the existing apartment building and a comprehensive renewal of the common parts of the building and common areas, static securing of ceiling structures, sewage, repair of the courtyard facade and the street facade, and similar things," Žára stated.
    According to him, there are 40 apartments in the building after the reconstruction, of which 10 are new in the extension with a size of 2+kk. The same size is shared by another 21 apartments, eight apartments are 1+1, and there is one caretaker's apartment. In addition, there are offices for the operator, a daytime center for preschool children, and a common room on the ground floor of the street wing.
    The reconstruction of the building on French Street concluded the project for the revitalization of the problematic housing zone, which is defined by the streets Bratislavská, Cejl, Francouzská, Körnerova, Přadlácká, and Stará, and includes Hvězdová, Spolková, and Soudní streets. "In terms of location, this area is very attractive as it connects to the city center. Out of a total of 155 apartment buildings in this zone, Brno owns 57 buildings," Žára added.
    The project to restore the houses was approved by the Brno Council as early as 2009, when it estimated the costs at more than half a billion crowns, part of which was covered by subsidies. Initial repairs began in 2011.