The mayor Enrique Cresto; provincial senator Armando Gay; the head of the Municipal Autonomous Housing and Land Institute (InVyTAM) Jorge Mendieta, municipal cabinet officials, council members, and residents inaugurated the new InVyTAM offices this Monday at 535 Hipólito Yrigoyen Street.
“We are very happy to be inaugurating this space for InVyTAM, which will allow us to have a dedicated place for the development of its activities and procedures, and we are also taking another step to strengthen the presence of this organization that fulfills a very important social function,” noted the Mayor.
“The Municipal Land and Housing Institute began operating in July 2016. It was created by Ordinance No. 35,704, which at the time, the Deliberative Council with Armando as vice-mayor approved unanimously. From that moment until now, the situation of thousands of households has been regularized, and we have facilitated access to land to build homes for hundreds of Concordia families,” he highlighted.
In turn, the Mayor detailed that the three main objectives of the Institute are: property regularization, the land bank, and management for housing financing. “These are the policies through which the State is present to solve the concrete problems of the residents. The right to housing is a right, and in Concordia, we work on multiple housing policies that we have been able to promote since the emergence and growth of InVyTAM,” he remarked, adding that “these programs are an example of inclusion and the State's response to concrete needs. They have enabled a transformation in the lives of many people.”
For his part, the head of InVyTAM, Jorge Mendieta, expressed: “it is a source of pride to be part of this team, because of what they do and the way this changes people's lives; that is what makes the work successful. There are many families who have come to this Institute to seek a solution to a huge problem for them, such as a piece of land to live on or to build their house, and they have received answers. That is the primary goal of the administration and it is our commitment to continue growing,” he affirmed.
It should be noted that the Institute is divided into different areas: legal, accounting, property regularization of land and housing, social, inspections, and projects and works. Both its dependency and budget are municipal, to which is added a specific fund based on the installments received from the Mi Casa program, and efforts made at the National level for housing programs and the national land plan. Likewise, the work of InVyTAM is linked to union, neighborhood, and social organizations, providing tools to alleviate the housing deficit, which is a global problem.
Finally, provincial senator Armando Gay pointed out that housing policies are one of the most important of this government administration and one that must be clearly kept in mind. We are going to continue strengthening them because when we talk about consolidating public policies, it is precisely based on successes and achievements to face the future of Concordia with great energy. One of the foundations will be to continue with this work of InVyTAM, which has done an enormous job. It is one of the axes of a local government policy and we are going to place a lot of emphasis on that.”
MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORE FAMILIES
Continuing the activity at InVyTAM, the drawing for the order of lots destined for housing projects was formalized for 55 families who live in overcrowding with other families and in a precarious situation.
Daniel Homar is one of the residents who benefited from the drawing. With great joy, he highlighted that “we had been waiting for this opportunity for a long time. We are very happy because Mayor Enrique Cresto fulfilled what he promised us. We are very grateful for this opportunity. There are people who do not have the possibility of having a plot of land, and today we were selected in the drawing. Now a new dream begins, a new life for my family.”
Finally, Agustín Braes, another beneficiary, expressed that “this is something very important, because for many years we had been struggling to see if we could get something until it was achieved thanks to the Mayor. Now we can have land for my family, for my children. I thank the municipality, the officials, Enrique Cresto, and Armando Gay, who are good people and who were with us in the most critical moments; this is a constant struggle and one must not give up.”