Taken from El Día
SANTO DOMINGO. – The National Institute for the Protection of Consumer Rights (Pro Consumidor) and the Dominican Association of Housing Builders and Developers (ACOPROVI) announced that they will sign an agreement aimed at guaranteeing consumers transparency in the cost and construction of homes.
The executive director of Pro Consumidor, Eddy Alcántara, and the main directors of ACOPROVI agreed to include in this agreement, announced to be implemented next January, the ordinances related to housing construction and to clearly and transparently establish the issues of guarantees, advertising, quality and transparency in all information related to house construction.
"We are resuming negotiations starting today and we will ensure that before January 30th it will be established in a manual that all consumers receive from suppliers the amount they are paying for and that there is no disruption or confusion regarding contractual interpretations," the official stated during a meeting held at the headquarters of the consumer protection agency.
For his part, the president of ACOPROVI, Jorge Montalvo, thanked the head of Pro Consumidor for the welcome and expressed his interest in working together to enforce the laws in favor of homebuyers.
Also participating in the meeting were Annerys Meléndez, second vice president of ACOPROVI; Héctor Bretón, advisor; and the former president of the entity, Fermín Acosta.
Meanwhile, representing Pro Consumidor at the meeting, accompanying the head of the institution, Eddy Alcántara, were the head of the Legal Department, Johanna Calderón, and the engineer Carlos Pérez, in charge of the Department of Good Commercial Practices.
