The mayor of Lorca, Diego José Mateos, said that of the 1,400 files that were pending in July, there are still 470 to complete, or because those affected have not submitted the papers or have done so, but some are missing.
The mayor of Lorca, Diego José Mateos, has made a new appeal this morning to all those affected by the return of aid for the earthquakes of May 2011 that "have not yet submitted the documentation or that they have provided is insufficient to the processing of the justification account in the office of Integral Advice to the Reconstruction of houses of Lorca affected by the earthquakes ".
The mayor has pointed out that "currently there are 470 families that are still pending to submit such documents, of the 1,400 records that were in July, we have managed to reduce it to a third, thanks, above all, to the effort of municipal services in charge of the management of the earthquake aids of 2011 ".
Mateos recalled that "the deadline for the presentation of all the documentation will end on January 20, the date on which the six months of the second extension of the agreement are fulfilled, through which the Lorca's Consistory is providing technical assistance to victims to adequately complete the simplified justification account and once the formal verification has been carried out, they are referred to the Ministry of Public Works of CARM ".
Mateos has returned to make this appeal today "with the main objective that those families that have submitted all the documentation and that could be affected should not be harmed in the event of having to extend the deadline for the delivery of the supporting documents" .
The First Edil has detailed that "so far two writings have been submitted to the Autonomous Community with the request for the renewal of the agreement to law 8/2019 between the CARM, through the Ministry of Development and Infrastructure and the City Council of Lorca, for the regulation of the management of the justification to be provided by the beneficiaries of the aid for the repair of their homes, one on July 25 and another on November 20, for which we have not yet received an answer "and has assured that "the renewal of this agreement will be requested again to ensure that all victims can justify the aid received by providing the corresponding certification."
Mateos Molina has affirmed that so far from the Earthquake Office "more than a hundred letters have been sent and more than 600 telephone calls have been made to the victims so that they can present the required information or sign the justification account. correspondent".
Finally, the mayor has asked all the neighbors who need more information to go to the Department of Urban Planning, located in the building of La Merced, so that municipal technicians can assist them and help them complete everything necessary to ensure be referred to the Ministry of Development, "and be able to turn the page once and for all in the issue of the earthquakes of May 2011, which more than eight years later continues to kick, and that we will continue working tirelessly to solve definitively ".
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca