With the aim of implementing preventive measures to face the impacts of the El Niño phenomenon, the Minister of Housing, Construction and Sanitation, Hania Pérez de Cuéllar, announced the delivery of emergency bonuses amounting to S/125,000 in favor of families in risky situation. If you want to know what these economic subsidies from the Government consist of, when they would be delivered and other details, continue reading this note from La República.
El Niño: who will be the beneficiaries of the emergency bonds?
During an interview on Canal N, the Minister of Housing, Construction and Sanitation, Hania Pérez de Cuéllar, reported that the Government will launch emergency bonds aimed at transferring families living in risk areas of Lima to real estate projects of the MiVivienda Fund, which are located in already identified safe places.
“Families living in the marginal areas have been identified. That is, in areas that are at imminent risk (due to El Niño), and a first call for applications will be launched. bonus for these people to settle in areas where there is no risk,” he said.
Likewise, he pointed out that there is already a first call for 107 families for the Lima area, who could voluntarily move into pre-existing housing schemes, which are already prepared.
El Niño: when will the family transfer vouchers be delivered?
This bonus, which amounts to S/125,000, is a one-time subsidy that will be delivered with the commitment to “tear down the old home and not move back into risk areas.” For the operation of this measure, socialization work has been carried out with families in coordination with the mayors.
In addition to this, the head of the housing sector revealed that a second call will be held in Piura for the second half of October, although she did not specify the exact delivery date.
“We have a second call in Piura, also in the second half of October, where we will transfer 291 families from four basins. We not only work on preparation and prevention, but also on definitive solutions, which is to transfer families, by their own decision, to safe areas with subsidies of approximately S/125,000 in Lima and around S/80,000 for provinces,” he said.
El Niño: which regions will be most affected as a result of the rains?
According to the Multisectoral Committee in charge of the Study of the El Niño Phenomenon, between the months of September and November, moderate and strong rains will begin in the coastal, mountainous and central regions of the country. In this sense, the departments with the largest population exposed to very high risk are: Cajamarca (252,747), Piura (208,228), Huánuco (146,346), La Libertad (136,756) and Áncash (135,658).
Source: Larepublica
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