The recent publication of the social interest housing regulations (VIS) by the Executive Branch would aim to accelerate investments in the sector and reduce the housing gap in Peru, Hernán Navarro, vice minister of Housing and Urban Planning, told La República.
Thus, the new guidelines establish that if the municipalities authorize the real estate developers To build taller projects, they will receive a payment equivalent to 2.5% of the value of the work generated by the larger size.
This way, What is sought is for real estate projects to be larger and have larger social housing units, which would be aimed at low-income families.
“It is optional on the part of the municipalities, which must identify in which areas they are going to provide greater heights. To the extent that they provide greater heights in consolidated areas, this will allow more development projects to flourish. social housing”, assured the vice minister.
For his part, José Espantoso, president of the Association of Real Estate Companies (ASEI), hopes that the majority of the country’s municipalities will agree to give greater heights to the projects, since this way the companies will increase their investments in these areas.
“The real estate agencies are going to move from these municipalities that do not want to take on this role, they do not want social housing, and which we consider discriminatory. (The developers) are going to migrate to the districts where they clearly want to promote this type of housing,” added the head of the real estate union.
According to Espantoso, generate more social housing helps close the housing deficitsince around 50,000 formal units are currently produced, while in Peru at least 190,000 need to be built for Peruvians to live in a decent property.
From ASEI they indicated that they have met with the communities of northern Lima and Breña, which are willing to give greater height to the real estate projects. “The development of VIS will occur in these municipalities, in important streets that are established, that can provide good heights and that have urban equipment. Where you give greater height, you make the ground cheaper; So, people have access to more affordable prices,” the union concluded.
They will relaunch the income bonus
The Ministry of Housing will relaunch the Young Income Bonus, a program that provided a subsidy to people to rent formal housing. The vice minister of this sector announced that the bill would be presented before the end of the year and the necessary modifications will be made so that the measure has the expected impact.
Source: Larepublica
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