CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
for the Clean Street, Tidy House award
applications
2026
On the basis of decision No. 226/2026 (III. 31.) of the Urban Operations Committee of the Council of the Erzsébetváros Local Government, District VII, Budapest, and in accordance with Local Government Decree 19/2022 (IV. 13.) on the “Clean Street, Tidy House” competition, a call is announced for residential communities.
Award provided by: Erzsébetváros Local Government, District VII, Budapest
Managing the application procedure: Erzsébetváros Mayor’s Office, District VII, Budapest
Urban Operations Department of the Mayor’s Office
On-site inspections carried out by: EVIN Nonprofit Zrt.[1]
Submission deadline: May 31, 2026; applications submitted after the deadline
are invalid.
Cooperation period: July 1, 2026 – December 31, 2026
Announcement of results, presentation of awards: by March 31, 2027.
Available funds
At the time of this call, the budget of the Erzsébetváros Local Government, District VII, Budapest provides HUF 18,000,000(eighteen million forints), to be awarded to participants in this call based on the evaluation under the criteria below, depending on the results achieved.
Eligible applicants
Applications may be submitted by condominiums and housing cooperatives in the administrative area of District VII (Section 2 (1) of Act CXV of 2004 on housing cooperatives) .Only applicants submitting valid applications may take part, and they are evaluated during the cooperation period of the call. Validity is checked in the order applications are received. Condominiums or housing cooperatives that have not accounted for any previous local government grant by the set deadline may not apply.
Purpose of the call
Under the “Clean Street, Tidy House” competition, residential communities take public spaces that they are obliged to clean under their patronage. The main aim is to keep public spaces clean and weed-free, while raising awareness of residential communities’ legal obligations, carrying out tasks beyond the legal minimum, and strengthening contact between the Local Government and residential communities to tackle public cleanliness problems more effectively. Participating communities regularly keep the sidewalk, green strip and curb in front of the building free of weeds, litter and ice, in line with legal requirements.
Mandatory tasks – evaluated monthly
– collecting loose litter, dog waste and cigarette butts,
– cleaning along the curb,
– wet cleaning of the sidewalk at least twice a month,
– keeping the sidewalk, green strip and curb free of weeds,
Optional criteria giving an advantage in assessment – tasks scored once:
– removing graffiti and stickers from the building’s walls and the posts in front of the building,
– watering green areas and tree strips (depending on conditions, where applicable),
– tasks offered individually, e.g. high-pressure sidewalk washing or wet cleaning more than twice a month, using environmentally friendly, chlorine-free, biodegradable products.
Documents required to apply:
– a fully completed application form,
– a copy of the document proving representation of the condominium/housing cooperative (e.g. the relevant general meeting decision), (Annex 1)
– on the decision of the general meeting of the applicant condominium or housing cooperative to take part in the call. (Annex 2)
– optional additional tasks undertaken (e.g. graffiti removal, high-pressure washing or wet cleaning of the sidewalk more than twice a month, watering trees) listing declaration, (Annex 3)
An application is invalid if it does not include the fully completed and signed application form, the document proving representation of the condominium/housing cooperative, and the general meeting decision on taking part; if it was not submitted in the prescribed manner (e.g. by email) or after the deadline; or if the applicant does not belong to the group of applicants defined in the call. There is no opportunity to supply missing items.
Method and place of submission:
The call and its annexes can be obtained as follows:
can be downloaded from the Local Government’s website (www.erzsebetvaros.hu, or, following a request by phone (06-1-462-3104) or by email (varosuzemeltetes@erzsebetvaros.hu), they are sent electronically to the applicant.
electronically:
– the https://epapir.gov.hu (official address short name: BPVIIPH, KRID code:500127390)
– Please attach the documents required for the application, preferably in PDF format.
– For electronic submission via Ügyfélkapu or Cégkapu, the time of sending counts as the submission date.
in person:
– On paper, in one original copy, in a sealed envelope, in person at the customer service offices of the Mayor’s Office (in the Mayor’s Office buildings at 1073 Budapest, Erzsébet krt. 6. or Garay u. 5., District VII) on Tuesdays 8:00–12:00, Wednesdays 8:00–12:00 and 13:00–18:00, and Thursdays 13:00–16:00. Please write on the sealed envelope: Tiszta utca rendes ház 2026. pályázat (Clean Street, Tidy House 2026 application); the Mayor’s Office clerk writes the submission date (year, month, day) on the sealed envelope.
– Decisions are prepared by the Mayor’s Office.
No application fee is payable.
Applications are assessed by the Urban Operations Committee of the Local Government’s Council.
How the call is managed:
EVIN Nonprofit Zrt. regularly inspects the areas taken into care and patronage by applicants at times not agreed in advance, and scores the cleanliness of the area based on the following evaluation table and applying weighting factors that take into account how heavily used each location is. It informs participants of the scores monthly. Based on the scores, after the cooperation period ends, the Local Government rewards condominiums and housing cooperatives in the form of a financial donation. The result is published on the Local Government’s website, and applicants are notified electronically, i.e. via Ügyfélkapu or Cégkapu, by email or by post. Based on the decision, the Condominium or Housing Cooperative and the Erzsébetváros Local Government, District VII, Budapest conclude an agreement on the amount of the award, for the purpose of payment.
Applications are opened by the Urban Operations Department of the Mayor’s Office. The opening minutes record valid and invalid applications with the submission dates. Applicants submitting a valid application are notified electronically – via Ügyfélkapu or Cégkapu – by email or by post that on-site inspections and evaluations for them will begin in the cooperation period.
Designated staff of EVIN Nonprofit Zrt. inspect the participating locations once a month at times not disclosed to applicants, take 2 photos typical of each location per month, complete the evaluation table for each applicant once a month based on the scoring system above, and send information on the results to applicants and the Urban Operations Department once a month. After their on-site inspection in December 2026, as part of preparing the decision, designated staff of EVIN Nonprofit Zrt. send the aggregated monthly data with identifiable photos to the Urban Operations Department by January 20, 2027 at the latest.
The Urban Operations Department processes the photo reports on optional additional tasks submitted by January 20, 2027 at the latest, and submits the available data for decision to the Urban Operations Committee of the Council of the Erzsébetváros Local Government, District VII, Budapest.
Award-winning applicants have a 45-day deadline, after which their rights lapse, from receipt of the draft agreement or of the notification that it is ready, to accept, i.e. sign, the draft agreement. The award is transferred within 30 days of the agreement being concluded.
Clean Street, Tidy House 2026 – scoring system
Points and criteria for the monthly evaluation
During the cooperation period, evaluation takes place monthly based on an on-site inspection at an unannounced time.
|
Criterion |
Evaluation |
points |
| Cleanliness, free of loose litter, cigarette butts and dog waste | the sidewalk is very littered and/or there is a lot of dog waste and/or a lot of cigarette butts |
-2 |
| the sidewalk is littered and/or there is dog waste and/or there are cigarette butts |
-1 |
|
| there is some discarded litter and/or some dog waste and/or some cigarette butts on the sidewalk |
2 |
|
| there is no litter, no dog waste and no cigarette butts on the sidewalk |
3 |
|
| the sidewalk is free of litter, dog waste and cigarette butts, clean, and traces of wet cleaning are clearly visible |
4 |
Taking into account how heavily used each location is: weighting factors
|
usage categories |
in the administrative area of Erzsébetváros, District VII, Budapest |
weighting scores |
| very heavily used | Király utca (section between Károly körút and Erzsébet körút), Dob utca (section between Károly körút and Erzsébet körút), Wesselényi utca (section between Károly körút and Erzsébet körút), Dohány utca (section between Károly körút and Erzsébet körút), Herzl Tivadar tér, Kazinczy utca, Akácfa utca, Madách Imre út, Madách Imre tér, Klauzál utca, Klauzál tér, Nagy Diófa utca, Kertész utca, Holló utca, Kürt utca, Kéthly Anna tér, Károly körút, Erzsébet körút, Rákóczi út (Erzsébet krt. – Károly krt.), Rákóczi út (Erzsébet krt. – Osvát utca), Jósika utca, Huszár utca, Baross tér, Thököly út (section between Baross tér and Hernád utca), Bethlen Gábor utca (section between Thököly út and Péterfy S. utca), Garay utca, Nefelejcs utca (section between Thököly út and Garay utca), Hernád utca (section between Thököly út and Garay utca), Damjanich utca |
2 |
| heavily used | Rumbach Sebestyén utca, Síp utca, Csányi utca, Asbóth utca, Nyár utca, Kis Diófa utca, Király utca (section between Erzsébet körút and Rottenbiller utca), Dob u. (section between Erzsébet körút and Rottenbiller utca), Wesselényi utca (section between Erzsébet körút and Rottenbiller utca), Dohány utca (section between Erzsébet körút and Rottenbiller utca), Csengery utca, Vörösmarty utca, Szövetség utca, Almássy utca, Almássy tér, Alsó erdősor utca, Izabella utca, Rózsa utca, Hutyra Ferenc utca, Rottenbiller utca, Lövölde tér, Dembinszky utca, István utca, Péterfy Sándor utca, Bethlen Gábor utca (section between Péterfy S. utca and Damjanich utca), Bethlen Gábor tér, Hernád utca (section between Garay utca and Damjanich utca), Murányi utca, Cserhát utca, Verseny utca, Dózsa György út, Thököly út (section between Dózsa György út and Hernád utca), Garay tér, Nefelejcs utca (Damjanich u. – Garay utca), Rákóczi út (section between Rottenbiller utca and Osvát utca) |
1,5 |
| averagely used | Barcsay utca, Munkás utca, Osváth utca, Tivadar utca, Rejtő Jenő utca, Hevesi Sándor tér, Rózsák tere, Peterdy utca, Százház utca, Jobbágy utca, Sajó utca, Alpár utca, Bajza utca, Szinva utca, Hársfa utca, Barát utca, Marek József utca, Városligeti fasor |
1 |
One-off points for additional tasks undertaken
Criteria and points for the optional additional tasks, giving one-off extra points at the end of the cooperation period. The applicant proves completion of the additional task with a photo report submitted by January 20, 2027 at the latest.
|
Criterion |
Evaluation |
points |
| high-pressure sidewalk washing, wet cleaning | high-pressure sidewalk washing or wet cleaning was carried out in the area more often than twice a month |
20 |
| Watering and care of green areas, trees and tree rows | watering and care of green areas in the area as needed |
15 |
| Graffiti and sticker removal | on the building’s walls, the sidewalk and the posts in front of the building |
10 |
The photo report is submitted in the same way as the application.
Cash awards are made according to the ranking based on the scores achieved, regardless of the number of applicants taking part in the cooperation period. Every applicant taking part in the cooperation period receives an award. Applicants with the same score receive the same amount. An applicant may receive an award of up to HUF 800,000 gross.
Gross award amounts are subject to tax under the Personal Income Tax Act in force (Act CXVII of 1995 on personal income tax). The Erzsébetváros Local Government, District VII, Budapest determines the tax from the gross award, deducts and pays it, issues a certificate to the award winner, and files a return in accordance with the rules of the Act on the rules of taxation on reporting obligations related to taxable payments and benefits to private individuals.
Transparency
By submitting an application, participants also consent to the data recorded during the procedure being processed in connection with the application, the procedure and the support decision by the Erzsébetváros Local Government, District VII, Budapest as issuer of the call and by the bodies preparing and making the support decision, in compliance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council (GDPR) and Act CXII of 2011 on the right to informational self-determination and freedom of information (hereinafter: Info Act).
The applicant is responsible for ensuring that the data of natural persons in the materials it submits during the procedure have been processed lawfully and that the data subjects have received the necessary information.
The applicant acknowledges that, under Annex 1 of the Info Act, applicants’ data and the results of the call are published on the Local Government’s official website (www.erzsebetvaros.hu) are made public.
The winning applicant acknowledges the provision of the Info Act under which any natural person, legal person or organization without legal personality that enters into a financial or business relationship with a person belonging to a subsystem of public finances must, on request, provide anyone with information on public interest data related to that relationship.
For matters not regulated in this call, the relevant provisions of Act V of 2013 on the Civil Code and other related legislation apply.
Further information on the call is available during office hours from Matild Juhászné Farkas of the Urban Operations Department of the Mayor’s Office at 06-1-462-3104.
Budapest, 2026
Kertész Tamás
Committee Chair
[1] EVIN Nonprofit Zrt. (full name: EVIN Erzsébetvárosi Ingatlangazdálkodási Nonprofit Zártkörűen Működő Részvénytársaság) is a company wholly owned by the Local Government and commissioned to carry out this task