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The Bureau for Development will provide 800 euros to each of Lorca families affected by the earthquakes that can not reside in their homes (30/12/2011)

It is anticipated that between 800 and 1,000 families will benefit from this new series of care, which can be requested at the Cultural Center on Monday.

The aid approved so far by the Bureau for Development reached EUR 1,886,971.01.

Communication Spokesperson of the City of Lorca, Maria del Carmen Ruiz, has reported that as of next Monday can be requested in the citizen service established in the Cultural Center of the City further aid of 800 euros from the Mesa has been approved Solidarity deliver Lorca families who can not live in residence because it is damaged as a result of earthquakes.

Jódar Ruiz explained that the Mayor of Lorca, Francisco Jodar, proposed at the last session of the Bureau for Development delivering a refundable aid of 800 euros for families affected by earthquakes lor1quinas of May 11 found a day outside their homes, either because they have been demolished or is damaged because of which should prevent its habitability.

This is a help to address unmet needs in another system.

To access the same beneficiaries only have to submit a copy of the lease or, in other cases, visited by municipal technicians to testify that the house is his place of habitual residence is not habitable for any damage caused by the quakes.

Communication Spokesperson reported that, according to estimates made by municipal technicians, between 800 and 1,000 families Lorca could be percipient of this aid, noting that the payment will be faced with the same economic backgrounds of the Bureau Solidarity, which currently are around 1.5 million euros.

This proposal was unanimously supported by all components of the Bureau for Development, which stressed the need to implement this new round of aid.

The place of handling and application of these grants will support service, information and advice to citizens established by the city council at the Cultural Center of the City.

The Local Government Board approves a new battery of 30 officers Solidarity helps to meet the needs of those affected by earthquakes.

Communication Spokesperson of the City of Lorca, Maria del Carmen Ruiz, has been reported that the city council has approved this morning by the Local Government Board, a new package of aid for earthquake victims Lorca last 11 May.

Ruiz stated that it is a battery of 22 grants spread between 18-repayable advances (including 5 extensions of aid already approved and 13 revisions of files), which together represent a total of 17,755.6 euros as well as 4 aids meet basic needs.

The latter are aimed at families who have lost their housing because of the earthquake last May 11.

The Governing Board has approved today will allocate a total of 3,900 euros in this regard.

This amount provides support to 4 families, whose numbers range from 800 to 1,500 euros, a distribution based on the number of members of the same.

So far, the number of families affected by earthquakes Lorca which has received aid for basic needs amount to 683, which means that the aid has gone to 2,100 Lorca.

Communication Spokeswoman recalled that the City has made it easier for concerned citizens to access these grants, since it has been expanded from 1,300 to ā‚¬ 1,600 income threshold to access aid.

The aid approved by the Bureau for Development, to detail.

Communication Spokesperson has made balance of the aid approved to date by the City, based on criteria approved unanimously by the various meetings of the Bureau for Development.

In this regard it is noteworthy that even today the official figures are as follows:

Aid to basic needs:

683 approved applications.

2100 beneficiaries.

Total: 757,700 euros.

Grants for repayable advances for rent and extension thereof:

362 applications approved.

Total amount: ā‚¬ 514,130.39.

- Attention to serious injuries and families who had died from earthquakes:

- ā‚¬ 45,140.62

- Financial assistance to boost trade (for the Bureau of Trade):

- 500,000 ā‚¬