Andry Ortega Polo was satisfied and honored to be one of the first seven beneficiaries of the program ‘Dignified House, Dignified Life‘ from the La Chinita neighborhood, in Barranquilla, who have started 2022 with housing improvement subsidies, for representing a longing that their mother had in life.
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“This is a very big achievement for me, because things have happened and I know that it will benefit my family a lot, especially in the presentation of the home,” said Ortega, full of nostalgia, a beneficiary of the home improvement subsidy. living place.
In a field visit, the District Planning Secretary, Juan Manuel Alvarado, and the head of the Habitat Office, Daniel Navarro D’Anetra, put The first rock to a group of seven households that were assigned the benefits.
The ‘Dignified House, Dignified Life’ program, of the Ministry of Housing, City and Territory, consists of a series of interventions that are adapted to the particular needs of each household to improve the conditions of their housing.
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In this sense, the head of the Habitat Office stated that the implementation of this program is achieved thanks to co-financing by the District and the national government, “and 325 improvements will be made in the La Chinita and La Luz neighborhoods.” housing that will be of great benefit to these inhabitants”.
He also pointed out that “this program is very strong in the city, because not only does the Planning Secretariat work in alliance with the Ministry of Housing, but also from the District, with its own resources through the Public Works Secretariat.”
This is how, as he added, it reaches many more neighborhoods in the capital of Atlántico, where they need the benefits that the breeding program of housing.
Aldemar Castro is another of the beneficiaries of the program. He expresses his gratitude, because at first he had doubts about the registration process in the call, but with the accompaniment of the authorities he was able to clear his concerns.
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The story of a beneficiary
“My mother is the founder of the neighborhood (La Chinita) when we swallowed ashes and this was an invasion, where we lived in deplorable conditions. And now with this pandemic, the situation has become complicated again due to unemployment and lack of opportunities,” the man recalled.
But nevertheless, Aldemar Castro He added that, with the arrival of the benefits of the project, they feel grateful “for this blessing from God.”
Just like these, there are a large number of stories of Barranquilla families that, although they own their properties, have economic limitations to improve the infrastructure conditions in which they live.
The District Secretary of Planning weighed the support of the national government in the face of the management that has been carried out for a year before the Ministry of Housing and that today is reflected in the materialization of dreams.
“For us it will be very important from the Barranquilla Mayor’s Office because what we want is to make Barranquilla a City of Owners, and also for people to live in decent housing, and we are achieving this with all these programs financed with national resources. and their own”, concluded the District Planning Secretary, Juan Manuel Alvarado.
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