They try to give an urgent solution to specific cases of families who can not wait for the arrival of aid provided by government through decrees.
July 8, 2011.
The Spokesman of the Communication of the City of Lorca, María del Carmen Ruiz, reported that the city council will advance up to € 1,500 for the rental of a dwelling to Lorca that have been lost to earthquakes or this encounter severe damage to make uninhabitable and have no economic means to meet rental costs (deposit, down payments and monthly fee).
Maria del Carmen Ruiz explained that it is to fulfill the commitment that the City has acquired the Lorca who have lost their homes in the various meetings that were held over recent weeks.
In these meetings we argued that there are people without economic resources can not rent a house until he is awarded the aid provided by the decree.
Therefore, the City Council we anticipate the arrival of aid, providing an immediate solution for cases requiring immediate action.
With this advance these families will have the opportunity to regularize their situation and leasing and housing.
Jódar Ruiz has stated that we have been cases in which families, in addition to losing their residence, they find that now they have no financial means to afford to pay monthly rental fee and deposit.
This was raised at the last meeting of the Bureau for Development, in which the proposal of the mayor, unanimously approved the establishment of repayable advances to address these cases which can not wait for assistance from the government decrees public.
Two points for citizen channeled these advances from Monday
Communication Spokesperson has stated that to channel these advances, approved this morning in the meeting of the Local Government Board, are to establish two points of care will be available to citizens in the City Cultural Center and will be staffed by two administrative assistants and a social worker.
These will be operational from next Monday, with opening hours from Monday to Friday from 8 to 14 h (already operating in test mode today).
These service points will work by appointment, which can be obtained through www.lorca.es, telephone 900 117 816 or directly at the Cultural Center.
The concession of the advance has been established based on objective criteria, these include the following:
That the applicant's primary residence is uninhabitable due to damage from earthquakes, having previously requested by the applicant the appropriate help repair or reconstruction of housing and rental residence.
Do not have a second home.
All members of the household receive income or income not exceeding 1,300 euros a month, and therefore do not have the financial means to rent housing.
Resolved once the application file of rental assistance recipients refundable advance commit to full repayment of the loan amount.
Communication Spokesperson explained that municipal councils, as agreed unanimously by the Solidarity Committee, once the files are resolved to request assistance, the total anticipated return to the Bureau for Development to continue carrying out activities for those affected by earthquakes.
It is recalled that the fund will be channeled to finance the Solidarity Committee measure.
The Solidarity Committee will meet again next week.
Maria del Carmen Ruiz anticipated that the City Council plans to reunite the Bureau for Development next week.
In this new work meeting will realize the implementation of repayable advances to the dwelling previously agreed unanimously by this entity.
It will, moreover, the establishment of other economic assistance lines to the Lorca who have lost their homes.
These will be granted an aid of € 1,500 for those citizens who have lost their homes and have not had the opportunity to recover their belongings.
Those citizens who have lost their home of residence but were unable to retrieve their belongings have an aid of 800 euros.
In both cases, this aid is additional to those already provided by the government.
This work session will take an initiative the mayor that is committed to supporting the economic fabric of the municipality, which includes the delivery of 500,000 € to Ceclor in aid intended for the revival of trade Lorca.
Of this amount, a total of € 250,000 would come from money provided to the Bureau for Development of MAPFRE, the CARM € 100,000 and € 150,000 would come from the bottom of this entity.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca