The increased interest in “My Home II” And the absorption of the recovery fund funds were the main points discussed by the 10th Delphi Economic Forum participants on April 9-12, with the coordinator of the Costas PapachliminzoJournalist, ERT and Parapolitika newspaper.

Interesting is the interest in the new first home purchase program “My Home II” as € 550 million has already been approved by the total of € 2 billion according to what the Managing Director of the Hellenic Development Bank, Ismine Papakirilou.

This shows the need for people to buy their first home as Already 4,600 our fellow citizens have received the first approval, while impressing that the program is running from mid -January.

He added that there is a very good regional distribution and that the interest in the purchase is not concentrated in Athens and Thessaloniki, and they also attribute the extra incentives for three families with 368 families being integrated, but also for areas such as Evros, Orestiada, Soufli.

At the same time, the program is running out of my home for energy upgrading without income criteria, and interest -free loans of € 20 million have been approved. In addition, the Bank continues to fund businesses with less than ten personnel and turnover below € 2 million through the TEPIX with its budget increased to € 2.5 billion and has already been absorbed over € 1 billion.

Another recent program concerns the microfinance for a capital of 3 to 25,000 euros, which are given without a guarantees, which is estimated to be highly popular.

The Commander of the Special Coordination Service of the Ministry of National Economy and Finance, Orestis Kavalakis, said that the recovery fund was accepted to care for accessible housing with the amount of € 1.3 billion.

This money came from the loan side of the recovery fund and it took many months of negotiations to persuade the European Commission.

Concerning the course of absorption of resources by the recovery fund, according to Mr Kavalakis, Greece belongs to the few countries that have made the fifth payment request and has received 31% of the total amount of € 36 billion.

He clarified that the recovery fund is divided into two legs which are grants and low -profile loans. With regard to payments of these grants, they amount to 33% of the projects, and 423 loans have been given.

For the projects that are part of the recovery fund, he stressed that they relate to the majority of Greek society, while on loans commented that they were accessible to everyone and half of them have received small and medium -sized enterprises.

Another parameter is the suffocating timetables set by the Recovery Fund, as actions should not only be integrated but also implemented by the end of 2026, which will learn both the public and private sectors to comply with the deadlines of European financial tools.