Venezuela’s Housing Mission on Track for 2012 Construction Target

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Mérida, 27th April 2012 (Venezuelanalysis.com) – 41,863 houses have been built so far this year as part of the Venezuelan government’s mass house construction program, equating to 21% of the 2012 aim of 200,000 new houses, according to the latest report from the government’s housing body.

Housing minister Ricardo Molina confirmed that with the new figures, 188,851 houses have been constructed since the Great Housing Mission (GMVV) launched in 2011, 53% of the combined 2011 – 2012 goal of 350,000 new homes.

The housing body’s national coordinator Rafael Ramirez explained last month that while over 26,000 houses were completed in the first three months of 2012, 253,000 are currently under construction, and that the government expects to meet its 2012 construction target. The housing body including ministers of housing, defence, environment, industry, and communes.

In March President Hugo Chavez approved another 21 billion bolivars (US $4.9 billion) to support housing projects for the 2013-2014 period. “We’re going to have 416,729 housing units in construction,” said Ramirez.

April’s housing body report came as the Venezuelan government handed over 2,351 new houses to families across Venezuela yesterday. Families pay for the houses through government subsidised loans based on family income.

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[sabbat hunter]

1. given this is Venezuela

I wonder how many of those houses actually exist. Just like the astronomical grain production claims under Mao in China.

[ocpagu]

2. Given this is Venezuela...

...which is a democracy, run by an elected head-of-state, with a "free" (sic), "independent" (sic) and extremely oppositionist press, in and outside the country, I'm pretty sure that if any of those houses didn't exist, we would already have tons of newspapers reporting it right now.

*(sic): as even the rocks know, there's no free and independent press anywhere in this world.