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The Local Government gives green light to new disbursement of almost 195,635 euros to facilitate the return to Lorca of families have lost everything or families with fewer resources to recover the damage from earthquakes.
The Consistory has approved aid from donations to some 600 families who will benefit 2,000 Lorca.
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 195,635 euros to help 178 families affected by earthquakes.
Ruiz has stated that "these agreements include a battery of 158 aid to families who have seen their dwellings demolished by earthquakes, involving a total amount of 168,800 euros and include non-refundable grants of between 800 and 1,500 euros, depending on the number of members of the family or living unit. Specifically, 71 families will receive 800 euros to have one or two members, 37 will receive 1,000 euros for having three members and 50 euros with 1,500 will be helped by having 4 or more members.
These grants are in addition to the 239 aid worth 275,400 euros approved a few days ago, which have been approved to support 417 families amounting to 444,200 euros since it opened in August the deadline for applications, further evidence that in this City we have worked hard all summer. "
These figures are added, the approval today of 20 repayable advances to three months of rental assistance, involving up to 1,500 per household and a total outlay of 26,835 euros to Lorca that many families still unable to return to their housing Because of the earthquake on 11 May.
The beneficiaries are families who otherwise would not have had access to a rental.
The approved package advances now joins the already allocated 155,340 euros of funding from donations and benefits of solidarity events managed by the Bureau for Development and channels, of which 137 have benefited.
So far 157 have been approved incentives for rent amounting to 182,175 euros.
2000 Lorca helped by solidarity funds so far
Mari Carmen Ruiz has outlined so far, also counting the 39,369 euros to meet the urgent needs of the families of those killed and seriously injured, has given the green light to a payout of 665,744 euros of the agreements of the Bureau for Development , which represent approximately 2,000 Lorca help some 600 families.
These figures are added 500,000 euros for the Plan to Promote Trade and is expected to add another 700,000 euros to the families who have been knocked down his house and have not yet requested this assistance, in addition to continue asking for advance payment of rental assistance.
Mari Carmen Ruiz stressed that "the catastrophe that is suffering Lorca keep asking us to solidarity with the world as the aid of the Royal Decree are inadequate and slow in coming."
Ruiz has stated that "these agreements Lorca families who have seen down the building after the earthquake the first aid they have received is that from the 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 can not return home because they fell into disrepair and have no economic means to meet the payment rent and also do not have another home in which to reside.
On Wednesday, the Bureau meeting of Solidarity
In this sense, the Spokesman of the Communication of the City of Lorca further reported that on Wednesday will reconvene the Solidarity Committee for the status of the aid approved so far.
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.
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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