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Cuba: Regulations on Plan of Subsidies Published by Official
Gazette
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 4 (acn)
Cuba’s Official Gazette published on Wednesday the
regulations that will soon come into force regarding a plan
to subsidize the construction and repair of private homes.
According to Granma newspaper, as of January 15, citizens
needing the
assistance —whether they are protected by social security or
not— will be
eligible for as much as 80,000 Cuban pesos in aid to build a
family home.
The regulations establish that priority will be given to
those whose homes
have been damaged by hurricanes or other natural disasters,
and that
recipients of the subsidy will be required to demonstrate
economic need.
In addition, all funds will be held in a state run bank
account to ensure
they are spent properly.
“This is another step to eliminate unnecessary and excessive
subsidies by
compensating only those people who need them,” the Granma
article reads.
The requests will be presented to the municipal head offices
of Housing,
where they have 15 working days to prepare the files that
would afterwards
be delivered to the Municipal Administration Council of the
People’s Power
or Government, which is authorized to approve the subsidy or
not.
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