The district contract Maison Rouge

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Perimeter

The perimeter of this district contract Maison Rouge extends from the boulevard Bockstael in the West, the Rue Marie-Christine in the North, the Rue Claessens, Tivoli, Molenbeek and Dieudonné Lefèvre in the South, covering a surface of almost 50 hectares.

History

The basic file was subjected to public inquiry from 17 till 28 September 2007. After the dialogue (October 2nd, 2007), the basic file was approved by the College (October 11th, 2007) and by the city council (October 22nd, 2007) of the City of Brussels. It was then sent to the Brussels Capital-Region which approved the file with certain modifications.

The program of the district contract Maison Rouge began on January 1st, 2008.

Participation

In 2007, the inhabitants of the district (and shopkeepers, associations,...) had the opportunity to take part in the elaboration of the program, during General assemblies and meetings from the CLDI (Local Commission for Integrated Development).

Thanks to this participation, priorities were identified. Priority actions were defined in housing, the public spaces, the community facilities and for the social and economic dynamics.

Inhabitants of the district will be consulted before a decision is taken.

Program

Various operations are planned during a period of 4 years:

• Renovation or construction of 40 new social housing
• Creation of meeting spaces. 2 green spaces will be created. New lighting will be installed on several places.
• The contract grants a particular attention to diverse projects of socio-professional insertion
• Various large-scale social and socioeconomic projects, with the creation of a Housing Counter and a future House of Employment and Training
• The embellishment of the commercial Rue Marie-Christine is planned via the renovation of housing, the improvement of certain shop windows and the painting of certain facades
• The construction of a day-nursery, actions of public cleansing

Some figures

The district contract requires a budget of 23.454.128 euro (9 million euro for the Brussels Region and 11.331.217 euro for the City of Brussel):

• Real-estate operations: 7.733.927 euro
• Operations public places: 2.446.636 euro (with Beliris 3.122.911 euro)
• Socioeconomic part: 12.992.495 euro

Appendices:

• Program (PDF, 0,01MB)
• Perimeter of study (PDF, 0,76MB)
• Brochure - modification of the schedule (PDF, 2,14MB)
• Perimeter - modification of the schedule (PDF, 7,70MB)

Publications

• Newsletter - district contract Maison Rouge nr 1 (May 2010) (PDF, 1,75MB)
• Newsletter - district contract Maison Rouge nr 2 (September 2010) (PDF, 1,73MB)

Coordinator of District contracts
Tel. 02 279 25 91

Project manager of the District contract Maison Rouge
Tel. 02 279 25 93 - 0494 53 78 42

Collection of maps (PDF, 8,59MB)