The Housing and Territory Commission of the Chamber of Deputies approved this Thursday morning the changes in the bill debtors in Resettable Units (UR) with the Mortgage Bank of Uruguay (BHU) and the National Housing Agency.
After several days of negotiation and having received several debtors and authorities from Banco Hipotecario, as well as representatives of the Ministries of Economy and Finance and of Housing and Territorial Planning, The project was voted on.
The approval of the same will allow the inclusion agile and effective modifications with the aim of providing a solution to the 25,000 families that make up the case.
On the other hand, the State’s expenditure will be around 590 million dollars and means the fulfillment of the commitment that President Luis Lacalle Pou had assumed with the debtors who had been claiming for more than 20 years.
After the approval of the changes, the project will now go to the plenary session of the Low camera to be voted on next Tuesday, December 12. The Broad Front pointed out that voting on it before the parliamentary recess is a commitment that had been previously assumed.
What will happen to the debtors?
In dialogue with the press, the legislator of Broad Front (FA) and president of the commission, Cecilia Cairoassured that “the 24,000 debtors are covered, those who have been paying for more than 40 years are covered.” Those who have owed for more than 40 years will have their debt extinguished, while those who have been paying for more than 30 years will receive bonuses in the interest rates.
The deputy explained that “initially, article 1 stated that she should manage that portfolio Afisa (Investment Fund Administrator Republic)”, but they proposed that it be the ANV, since it has the expertise and can do it quickly, and that the trust be financial and not administrative, because “there is capital that is going to be recover”.
Regarding innovations, Cairo He stated that “the sale of properties as the owner must be prior to 2009”, since that year they switched to Indexed Units (UI).
Source: Ambito
