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The Local Government gives green light to new disbursement of almost 300,000 euros to facilitate the return to Lorca of families have lost everything or families with fewer resources to recover the damage from earthquakes, in addition to the destinations already announced for donations.
Municipal Communications Spokesperson of the City of Lorca, Mari Carmen Ruiz, reported that the city council has approved through the Local Government a new disbursement accounts owned by the City Council solidarity worth 299,310 euros to help 257 families affected by earthquakes.
Ruiz has stated that these agreements include a battery of 239 aid to families who have seen their dwellings demolished by earthquakes, involving a total amount of 275,400 euros and include non-refundable grants of between 800 and 1,500 euros, the number of members of the family or living unit.
Specifically, 77 families will receive 800 euros to have one or two members, 57 will receive 1,000 euros for having three members and 105 to 1,500 euros will be helped by having 4 or more members.
These figures were added, 18 repayable advances to three months of rental assistance, involving up to 1,500 per household and a total outlay of 23,910 euros to Lorca that many families still unable to return to their homes because of the earthquakes May 11 of the past.
The approved package advances now joins the already allocated 131,430 euros of funding from donations and benefits of solidarity events managed by the Bureau for Development and channels, of which 119 have benefited.
Ruiz has stated that "these agreements Lorca families who have seen down the building after the earthquake the first aid they will receive will be from donations received by the City Council for Development Account."
The same applies to the advances proposed by the Mayor to the Bureau for Development and approved unanimously to offer first aid to those who have lost their homes and have no financial means to meet the payment of rent and also do not have another home in which to reside.
Mari Carmen Ruiz pointed out that the requirements for accessing these are non-returnable advances have habitable housing, lack of sufficient financial means to rent housing until resolution of the request for rental assistance made to the Directorate General of Land and Housing Murcia, have an income threshold of € 1,300 family unit, have requested assistance for repair or reconstruction of the residence, and once resolved the application file for rental assistance, the beneficiaries of the advance is repayable commit to full repayment of the loan amount, so that they can benefit others affected.
In this sense, Ruiz explained that the amount approved in the last agreements of the Local Government is subtracted from the more than 2,067,000 euros deposited in the accounts of the City of solidarity.
Ruiz pointed out that "unfortunately, the number of houses to be demolished is growing every day, so we had initially expected that the destiny of solidarity funds have been fortunately overwhelmed by a similar proportion to the increase in income, but This obliges us to continue asking for solidarity to everyone as they continue without government support. "Thus, as it is now estimated that the number of houses to demolish will be more than a thousand, the expected expenditure of funds for supportive these families will be more than 1 million euros, to which we add the 500,000 euros for the Plan to Promote Trade, and at least 39,369 euros to cover the urgent needs of the families of those killed and seriously injured, in addition to advances rental assistance will be available until there are uncommitted funds or the deadline for application for aid under the Royal Decree.
All these aids can be ordered from Monday to Friday at the Cultural Center by appointment can be accomplished online or at these municipal facilities.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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