Delcy Rodriguez pledges 4,000 more homes after handing 240 to earthquake survivors
Key Takeaways
- More than 240 families received refurbished homes.
- Venezuela aims to deliver 4,000 homes by December.
- The earthquakes killed 5,278 people and displaced thousands.
Acting President Delcy Rodriguez said thousands more homes would be delivered as the government accelerated housing recovery efforts following last month's devastating earthquakes.
More than 200 families displaced by last month's earthquakes in Venezuela have received refurbished homes as the government begins a wider housing recovery programme.
Acting President Delcy Rodriguez led the handover ceremony on Monday at the Ciudad Tiuna housing complex in Caracas, where families affected by the twin earthquakes moved into renovated apartments.
The homes form part of the government's reconstruction plan launched after the earthquakes damaged communities across the country.
Rodriguez said the authorities planned to deliver 4,000 homes before the end of the year.
"More than 240 families are receiving a home, a fully equipped home, and from here, from the month of July to the month of December, we will be delivering 4,000 homes," she said.
She said the programme would also include the construction of new housing developments.
"We are also going to incorporate new homes that are going to be built, and the General Staff is already reviewing the land with the Presidential Commission for Enabling, so together we are going to address these needs," she added.
Rodriguez also said the government was identifying unfinished residential buildings that could be completed and handed over to families.
"We have also inspected buildings that still needed to be completed, not only in the capital, in Caracas, but in other states of the country. We are going to go much further so that next year we will already reach a figure greater than 10,000 homes recovered from buildings that had not been completed," Rodriguez said.
She reassured families still living in temporary shelters that permanent housing would be provided.
"Those who are in temporary camps must have the certainty that they will soon have a home, they will soon have a house, despite how terrible what this natural tragedy caused was," she said.
According to the latest official figures released by the Venezuelan government, the earthquakes killed 5,278 people, injured 16,740, left 23,583 people in temporary camps and caused the collapse of 190 buildings.
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