Suffering families of the country they will have a subsidy that will allow them to improve their homes, This is the Cambia Mi Casa program, initiated by the government so that urban and rural households can repair or adjust physical living spaces.
“This program that will $4 trillion in subsidies and resources that would be transferred to the current administration The construction of 400,000 houses (85,000 of them are located in rural areas) will make it possible to address the deficiencies,” said Catalina Velasco, the Minister of Housing.
Enrollment of Interested families are in charge of the regional units and executing agencies Reform projects, such as popular associations, community action boards, family compensation funds, and small builders.
willing family Mayors, governors or project management organizations should be contacted Those who have resources available from subsidies that are part of the Cambia Mi Casa program.
to get benefits, Households must meet the following conditions: stay in the house to intervene; be the owner, possessor or occupier of the property for at least five years prior to applying for the subsidy; According to the cadastral assessment, the value of the house must be less than the maximum VIS ($ 150 million today); and their Sisben IV score equal to or less than C18 (matched families with vulnerable conditions).
Besides, No member of the nominated families can be benefited With family subsidy for housing in the mode of acquisition during the last ten years.
Implementation of “Change My House” It will improve the lives of hundreds of thousands of families who today live in homes with inadequate living conditions. It is a powerful tool to overcome poverty and strengthen a country with equity and social justice,” Velasco stressed.
family can get 22 A benefit for your home improvement up to the current legal monthly minimum wage ($25.5 million today), depending on the location (rural or urban) and the type of intervention to be undertaken (rental, structural and/or modular). This subsidy may be supplemented with a contribution from the municipal and/or departmental mandate.
for the government, Households that would be able to wish for the subsidy are in inadequate housing conditions,
in the case of families those in urban areas, the family center must be composed of two to four members who live in a room (or rooms), have no space for a kitchen, do not have a sewer connection, or have a septic tank connected to a toilet or outhouse with; and with direct discharge to water sources (low tide). And there is no aqueduct.
and in the Rural family, that number of members is two and they live in one room, those who do not have space for a kitchen, who obtain water from non-conventional sources (without pumps, cisterns, rainwater, rivers, tank trucks, or bottled water); and those that do not have a sewerage connection, or are connected to a septic tank with a toilet or latrine.
Implementation plans
To access the subsidy, The Ministry of Housing made three schemes in which invited actors can participate. The first is community management, through which popular organizations, institutions, companies, and other stakeholders interested in implementing housing reforms are called upon.
second, companionship For nonprofits and regional organizations, Will seek to develop tie-ups with entities that have the experience and capability to execute reform projects. And the third is the public, which intends to execute the adjustments through the contract of Fonvienda and the autonomous estates.
simultaneously, and in both cases, the housing units have dirt, sand or mud floors, That the outer walls are made of wood, cane or waste material.
Noteworthy date of opening, duration and channels of access to calls They will be in charge of the municipalities or departments, or execution unit of the housing improvement project, to which the families must go.
