NISIBÓN, LA ALTAGRACIA PROVINCE - President Luis Abinader yesterday, Thursday, delivered 723 property titles in the municipal district of Nisibón, out of 1,710 titles in its first stage, where the same number of people will benefit.
This is the first land title distribution by President Abinader in his new four-year term, which began on August 16th. The following communities will benefit from this titling project: Batey Las Guamas, Buenos Aires, Centro del Pueblo, El Peñón, La Gallera, La Laguna, Las Minas, Los Callejones, Suizo, and Yonú Abajo, according to a press release from the Presidency.
With the delivery of property title certificates today, President Abinader continues to expand the coverage of beneficiaries nationwide, which already exceeds 100,000 and has the goal, in these next four years, of delivering 300,000 new property titles, the document emphasizes.
During the event, the president pointed out that the families benefiting from the property titles are the protagonists of these acts and for whom the Government works every day to bring social justice.
In that sense, he said that the families had a de facto property, but not a de jure one, and that with the delivery of their titles they will leave with a de jure property and it will have much more value.
The head of state called on churches and neighborhood associations to act as mediators so that all 1,710 land titles for this project can be delivered, but only 723 will be delivered because, for various reasons, not all the beneficiary families could be located or could agree.
He stated that today, approximately 6,800 people will be able to experience a more secure and promising future. “And that is what we seek, that is what we pursue, and that is why the government is investing in obtaining these titles to give them to you, so that from today your life will be different, it will be better.”.
He said he monitors the titling projects weekly from the National Palace because he understands how it changes the lives of families and elderly people who have lived in these homes for years. "And finally, they'll be able to say, 'I have the title to my house, I have the title to my home, I have the title to my property.' That's a treasure.".
So that Dominicans can live peacefully and legally
For his part, the executive director of the State Land Titling Technical Unit, Duarte Méndez, reported that to make this dream a reality, the Technical Unit, together with the Dominican Agrarian Institute, worked on a geographical area of 793,609.20 square meters.
"The President of the Republic is interested in ensuring that everyone who has struggled to build a family and has managed to settle on state-owned land can live peacefully and legally, through the titling of state-owned land, and today that great goal is being achieved," said Duarte Méndez.
320 Happy Family apartments in Boca Chica
Subsequently, the Government delivered 320 apartments from the Happy Family National Housing Plan, in Boca Chica, distributed in two residential complexes, Boca Residence, with 144 apartments in the Cayacoa sector, and Residencial VP, with 176 apartments located at the entrance of the Pan American Village.
Boca Residence
For the construction of the Boca Residence complex, the government allocated over 149 million pesos, which were used for down payment bonuses, ITBIS (Value Added Tax) subsidies, 7-year interest rate subsidies, and the Women's Bonus. This last benefit was granted to 14 female heads of household, for an amount exceeding 3 million pesos.
VP Residential
In the case of the VP Residential complex, the government contributed 147 million pesos. In this project, 13 female heads of household who purchased apartments received the Women's Bonus. The 176 apartments delivered correspond to the first phase of the VP Residential complex, which will ultimately have a total of 384 social housing units
The following individuals were present at the land title handover ceremony: Senator Rafael Duluc; Provincial Governor Martina Pepén; Mayor of Higüey, Karina Aristy; Mayor of Nisibón, Anastacio Montás; Directors General of National Assets and the CEA, Rafael Burgos; of the Dominican Agrarian Institute, Francisco García; and of the National Cadastre, Héctor Pérez Mirambeaux; and Representatives Francisco Villegas, Carmen De La Rosa, and Angel Del Rosario.
Those present at the apartment handover included the Deputy Minister of Technical Planning and Development of the Ministry of Women, Addys Then Marte; the outgoing Civil Governor of the Province of Santo Domingo, Julia Drullard; Senator Antonio Taveras Guzmán; the mayors of the municipality of Boca Chica, Ramón Candelario; and of La Caleta, Máximo Soriano; the Rector of the Technological Institute of the Americas (ITLA), Rafael Féliz; and the Administrative and Commercial Director of Comepsa, Carmen De Los Santos.
