The municipality’s project aims to set a precedent for public policies in Chile on social housing and, moreover, to maintain its high quality of life for all residents.
Spacious, up to two floors, modern and durable. 64 families will receive them Social housing the luxury of the hands of Municipality of Lo Barnechea an ambitious and unprecedented project in the country, since the departments -which seek to provide a housing solution to the inhabitants of the town- will exceed the national standard of this type of property .
The residences promise to realize the dream of owning a house for families, but also to perpetuate daily life over time: they are fully electric, have solar panels to keep bills down, and are located on one of the area’s main thoroughfares.
But how to be a postulant family? What luxuries will these social housing units have?
What does luxury social housing look like in Lo Barnechea?
A minimalist design, modern, pleasing to the eye, but above all functional. This is what the Raúl Labbé housing project promises, which will be built on a large plot of land in the municipality of Lo Barnechea, in the metropolitan area, and whose investment is estimated at 160 thousand UF.
“The municipality of Lo Barnechea has made considerable efforts to provide our neighbors with quality social housing, thus setting a precedent in terms of social initiatives in Chile”, says the mayor of the municipality, Cristóbal Lira, in conversation with The third .
That is why, from Vivienda Lo Barnechea, they have chosen to design apartments of high standing in design, but also in sustainable characteristics: They will be 100% electric, they will have photovoltaic panels to significantly reduce the monthly cost, glass-ceramic kitchens, reuse of gray water and thermal conditioning on walls and ceilings.
However, most striking of all is that, well above the country’s social housing standard, where apartment sizes vary between 45 and 55 square meters, Lo Barnechea social housing will have 65 and 72 m2, and some will even be available in duplex mode according to the needs of the beneficiary families.
Additionally, they will have a prime location , close to essential services such as schools, high schools, public transport and health centers. And for those who have a car, they will be assigned 71 parking spaces and three for people with reduced mobility.
Municipal classification: how do you choose the families to benefit from these luxury social housing units?
To choose beneficiary families, Vivienda Lo Barnechea has created a system called Municipal classification which is a unique tool in Chile . And it is that no municipality in the country had an up-to-date and complete register of the demand for housing that existed in each of them.
“The challenge was to approach the housing issue responsibly. Resources should not be invested, land acquired or assigned to projects, or large numbers of houses built without a mechanism to guarantee, as far as possible, that those who live in them really need them. – explain to The third María Alejandra Estay, head of Lo Barnechea Housing Department.
In this line, Estay affirms that the Municipal Classification is a fair system, since candidates are evaluated against criteria, measurable requirements and objectives who manage to ensure that the beneficiaries really need the support of the municipality to have a roof over them.
There is two ways to belong to this tool : the first goes through a neighborhood committee and the other by individual application.
For the commissions, seniority, social vulnerability (elderly and disabled) and administrative aspects (such as active participation in housing department meetings) are assessed.
On the other hand, for individual applicants, they must have at least 20 years of seniority in the municipality, have a housing savings account, be registered in the social register of households and social vulnerability is also assessed (overcrowding, elderly and disabled ) .
With all this data, the Communal Ranking assigns people or committees a score who, when applying, gives them preference over others, according to their needs.
—The message is one: Housing will continue to be our banner because we have a real commitment to families, we won’t rest until we significantly reduce housing deficit rates in Lo barnechea — declares Mayor Lira, in addition to saying that other housing projects are underway, since his goal is to build more than a thousand quality homes for residents and become an example for the development of public policies in Chile.
Source: Latercera
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