The meeting of the Local Government Committee held this morning approved a new package of assistance to 108 displaced families and 25 rental assistance.
It has also approved an aid to meet basic needs.
Communication Spokesperson of the City of Lorca, Maria del Carmen Ruiz, has been reported that the Governing Board meeting this morning approved a new round of aid for families affected by Lorca earthquake last May 11 that even to-day Today, they remain outside of their homes.
In that sense it has given approval to 108 applications in today's session, assuming a total of 86,400 euros.
Jódar Ruiz said that "this financial assistance may be requested in the citizen service established in the Cultural Center of the City. This is a help to address unmet needs in another system. To access the same beneficiaries have to deliver 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 earthquakes.
Communication Spokesperson has stated that so far have approved a total of 218 applications in this regard, which is a global economic amount estimated at 174,400 euros.
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 their payment is made based on the substance of the Bureau for Development.
Communication Spokesperson of the City of Lorca, Maria del Carmen Ruiz, has been reported that the city council has approved further through the Local Government Board, a new package of aid for earthquake victims Lorca last 11 May.
Ruiz has said that it is a battery of 25 grants repayable advances spread over 9, 8 reviews of aid already approved and 8 extensions of advances.
This assistance package as a whole involves a total of 38,410 euros.
The Local Government Board has also adopted a new aid to meet the basic needs of families affected by earthquakes, which is a total economic amount of 800 euros.
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:
686 approved applications.
2039 beneficiaries.
Total: 785,000 euros.
Grants for repayable advances for rent, revisions and extensions thereof:
455 applications approved.
Total amount: € 588,700.39.
- Attention to serious injuries and families who had died from earthquakes:
- € 47,990.62
- Financial assistance to families displaced by the earthquake fault:
- Applications submitted: 218
- Total amount: € 174,400
- Financial assistance to boost trade (for the Bureau of Trade):
- 500,000 €
- Financial assistance for preparation of the new headquarters of the food market:
- 70,000 €
- Financial assistance for the rehabilitation of housing in Uptown (San Pedro streets, ironmonger, and Alamo Rincón de Macho)
- € 8,100
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca