The Dominican Government, through the State Land Titling Technical Unit (Utect), delivered 990 new property titles yesterday, Monday, to residents of the municipality of Consuelo, in the province of San Pedro de Macorís, during an event led by the Minister of the Presidency, Joel Santos Echavarría.
This is the third delivery made in this town, in which 8,627 families have benefited with their property titles.
The delivery of these property titles, which is being carried out jointly with the Dominican Agrarian Institute (IAD), covers the sectors Los Jardines, Libertad, Los Vecinos, Pueblo Nuevo, Hato Mayor, Central, Urbanización Sueño Real, Urbanización Maestro Li, Enriquillo, La Loma, El Quilombo, La Gallera, La Guamita, La Habana, Villa Verde, Guachupita, Las Palmas, Santa Ana, La Mina, La Carretera, Batey Experimental, Puerto Príncipe, El Invi, Los Químicos, Habitacional Consuelo, La Aviación, El Cachipero, Batey Don Juan and Puerto Rico.
The official stated that the Government celebrates this achievement, because everyone in this locality who did not have their property title now possesses it and their properties gain value, guaranteeing access to formal credit.
“What a great honor and satisfaction it is to be with each of you here in the municipality of Consuelo, representing President Luis Abinader, who has enthusiastically come twice to deliver property titles to thousands of families who, like you, are now legitimate owners of their houses, lots, and parcels of land, where they have lived for decades and which have been theirs, but who did not have a property title that accredited them as legitimate owners,” he stated.
For his part, the executive director of the State Land Titling Technical Unit, Duarte Méndez, stated that from this moment on these residents are the legal and definitive owners of their homes and lots, and that from this moment on they will begin to notice a change in their lives.
“As usual, I would like to thank the staff of the Real Estate Jurisdiction for the intense work they do together with us on the titling projects, as well as the Dominican Agrarian Institute, in the person of its general director Francisco Guillermo García, for the support and accompaniment in the process, and the team of the Technical Unit for the Execution of State Land Titling, for the work they do so that we are here today,” he pointed out.
Méndez asserted that each degree certificate awarded is made possible by President Luis Abinader's firm commitment to focusing change on improving the lives of all Dominicans, but especially those most in need.
Meanwhile, the Deputy Director of Administration and Finance of the Dominican Agrarian Institute, José Cedeño, specified that it was on April 6, 2022, when the IAD and the State Land Titling Technical Unit launched the definitive titling program in this municipality of Consuelo, aimed at improving the lives of the most vulnerable sectors.
"With these deliveries of definitive titles, which are taking place in more than 20 neighborhoods of Consuelo, the Government of change is succeeding in lifting thousands of Dominican families out of poverty, which guarantees us a better country," he said.
The minister was accompanied during the handover ceremony by the Deputy Director of Administration and Finance of the IAD, José Cedeño; the Governor of San Pedro de Macorís, Aracelis Villanueva; the Director of National Assets and the CEA, Rafael Burgos Gómez; the Deputy Director of Utect Eastern Region, Rubén Céspedes; the Deputy Director of Administration of the Agricultural Bank, Juan Rosario; the Director of Land Titling at the IAD, Isidro Ramírez; and the Director of the National Cadastre, Héctor Mirambeaux.
