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The City of Cartagena will start in 2018 a rental insurance for tenants and distribute a resource guide to citizens to publicize the lines of action on housing of the Housing Assistance and Intermediation Service (SAVI ) of the Department of Social Services.
These have been the most prominent announcements made by the mayor, Ana Belén Castejón in the press appearance that she gave after the celebration of the Housing Committee, together with the Councilor for Social Services, Carmen Martín.
A table from which the mayor said to leave very satisfied for its development and results that make Cartagena, not only a "pioneer for all the progress in the proper functioning of the Housing Board, but, in the words of the head of the Platform of Affected by the Mortgage, is also an example at the state level with respect to the good functioning "of this organ.
The meeting, in which the representatives of all the organizations that make up this Board have participated: social platforms, banking entities, legal bodies, bodies that work on housing issues in the Autonomous Community, the municipal services involved and all the parties represented in the Plenary Session of the City of Cartagena;
It has served to present the results of the Management Report for 2017 and the lines of action for 2018.
RESULTS OF 2017
With regard to the management report of the SAVI this year, it is divided into four main areas: municipal housing, housing for public promotion (of the Autonomous Community), the Office of Attention and actions in matters of Prevention.
Regarding municipal housing, the bases for the awarding of 4 houses rehabilitated in 2016 have been summoned, the rehabilitation works of 6 other houses have been completed, 4 in Los Belones and 2 in the San Ginés Strait pending to be equipped, that have cost 150,000 euros, and the rehabilitation of 2 other houses adapted for people with reduced mobility is planned for the year 2018 in the Mediterranean Urbanization and the San Ginés Strait.
Likewise, the procedure for the approval of the Municipal Ordinance Regulating the Municipal Register of Claimants of Protected Housing and of the Awarding of social housing under the lease system has been initiated.
The Attention Office has prepared a brochure that includes the different ways to contact SAVI and its activities.
On one side it presents the different demands that it will address: foreclosures, judicial evictions and housing emergencies;
and, on the other hand, the types of resources offered: bank intermediation, social rents, municipal subsidies for rehousing, social housing.
A new database linked to the Municipal Database has also been prepared, which contains basic information on the cases individually and the type of intervention carried out, to favor the coordination of the different services.
As for the actions of prevention, in which the mayor wanted to thank the involvement of all agents of the table, have been developed in three areas: the identification of problems, whose work has emerged the proposal of a rental insurance for the lessors to favor the extension of the rental housing park;
coordination protocols, to establish collaborative work among all agents involved in all aspects related to housing;
the elaboration of the resource guide, divided into three sections referring to Housing, Aid and Mediation.
PROPOSED ACTIONS FOR 2018
As for the lines of action planned for next year, the mayor wanted to highlight the hiring of a rental insurance that protects the tenant in order to expand the rental housing park available in the municipality.
The City Council will cover this insurance that wants to give security to people who have an empty house to make it available for rent.
"This is a great bet that we hope will suppose that citizens are encouraged and not afraid to put their homes for rent", given that this insurance will cover both the monthly payment and possible deterioration in the home.
The scarcity of rents caused by the rise in the price of housing in this regime is one of the problems detected by the Bureau, which identified that many families had access to a home due to these two factors.
The intention of the council is to encourage the appearance of new rental offers by offering security to landlords.
In addition, the creation of a new economic benefit of rent assistance that would be complementary to those already existing in the municipality is being studied.
This basic line of aid is to be included in the Budgets of the year 2018 with the involvement of all political groups.
These two measures are linked to those already mentioned in the awarding of the 6 rehabilitated dwellings, the rehabilitation of the 2 adapted dwellings, the publication and distribution of the resource guide, the Publication of the Municipal Ordinance Regulating the Municipal Register of Housing Claimants. Protected and Adjudication of social housing under lease and the establishment of collaboration agreements with the General Directorate of Territory, Architecture and Housing.
Some actions that involve "many duties" for 2018, Castejón has indicated, "but with the satisfaction of work well done in 2017" that has wanted to thank, above all, the work of the Department of Social Services, from its head, Carmen Martin , to all the workers involved in their work, "which makes us an example in the Region in this matter, and at the national level".
Thus, as vice president of the Federation of Municipalities of the Region of Murcia, the mayor said he will send an invitation to all mayors to come to Cartagena to a Regional meeting to show "as a goodwill, with political decision and contanto with the professionals of the municipality and a budget can advance in this pending subject ".
INCREASE OF 7.8% OF THE BUDGET FOR SOCIAL SERVICES
The mayor has taken advantage of the appearance to announce that she has sent to the municipal groups that make up the plenary its intention that the 2018 budget be "that of all the political groups."
That is why an increase of 7.8% of the amount earmarked for Social Services will be proposed, which has already been included in the draft budget for next year, which is expected to be approved by the Plenary.
The approval of the budgets will mean "being able to continue doing such ambitious actions in terms of social policy" as those already being carried out.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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