Is also awaiting final resolution of the Consortium about 3,800 records in order to close the help it deserves
Councilmember Recovery Management and earthquakes of the City of Lorca, Saturnino Martinez has reported that "upon completion of the deadlines for applying for grants governed by Royal Decree for those affected by the May 11 earthquake, have been counted A total of 1,550 applications for assistance to rent, 571 for the purchase of equipment, 12,837 for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of 920 homes or buildings. "
In this sense, the mayor pointed out that "the Consistory requested at the last meeting of the Joint Commission to extend the deadline for application for rental assistance, as for the rehabilitation and reconstruction and reopened the second term permitted by law and has been found necessary by the increase of applications. "
For this reason, the City Council are confident that reopened a term to support new applications for rent subsidies that may occur as citizens achieve a home for rent.
The Consistory is also waiting for fixing the period in which they can submit applications to the aids fixed in the second Royal Decree.
Documentation required to approve the aid cases
In another matter, Councilwoman Recovery Management and earthquakes has appealed to those concerned that the City have been asked to complete the documentation provided in the application of the aids, to provide that the terms before to expedite the process of resolution of their cases.
In this sense, the mayor explained that "the obligations of the City Council about these grants have closed once we have forwarded to the Joint Committee all requests. But from the Consistory, with the help of the Regional Government, we have taken to Lorca's arrest for strengthen municipal staff intended to help solve the Autonomous Region in a more agile and close the bureaucratic problems that arise in the records (such as errors in directions different applicants for the same housing, land surveying and registration problems, ...) , but we have found about 1,300 families, although we found that they receive our request for documents, not contribute, leaving her paralyzed record. "
On the other hand, Saturnino Martínez stressed that "the Autonomous Community can continue to resolve thousands of cases of support requested is necessary for the Insurance Compensation Consortium permanent closure of the amount to compensate those affected. In this regard, he recalled that although the law requires insurance to make at least a first payment to the victims in the 40 days following the disaster, in this case has been delayed a lot and it is from this payment when citizens begin the claim or extension is negotiated of payment. And, so that the Consortium does not report to the Joint Committee final compensation, the Regional Government can not know how much money you could correspond to the required assistance. In this situation are about 3,800 records. "
The council pointed out that of all the dossiers filed the Joint Commission has resolved 4340 cases.
Aid for basic needs and advance rents of the Bureau for Development
Martinez recalled that, therefore, the only aid that currently can be requested at the Cultural Center are the basic needs for families that have been demolished their home and rent advance for Development Bureau for those with income of less than 1,600 euros.
In total there are 649 families (a total of 1,939 members) qualify for the aid of basic needs 721,400 worth of euros and 217 families have benefited from these advances of rent amounting to € 420,136.79.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca