Thiry families in Lo Espejo agree to houses catalogued as “high standard”

Thirty families from the “Vista Hermosa” shanty town in the Lo Espejo commune, received their own homes yesterday, after eight years of saving and organizing.They are the first social projects of the Government given under the new housing policy for families living in poverty.The houses built just meters away from the shanty town and that cost 10 million pesos, have an average area of 63 m2 with 3 bedrooms, a bathroom with bathtub, living-diningroom and kitchen.According to the old design for social projects, they provided only one bedroom, living-diningroom and bathroom with a maximum area of 36 m2.Each “buiilding” is composed of 2 houses, a one story unit on the first floor of 36m2 that can be extended through the patio, and a two story apartment of 36m2 with a maximum addition of 70m2.This new form of social housing implies “sacrificing” certain accessories such as exterior paint and vinyl flooring. But the interchange provides greater consistency, better finishings, aluminum windows with locks and two double outlet sockets in the bedrooms. (…)

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Thiry families in Lo Espejo agree to houses catalogued as “high standard”