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47.000 Families Live in
Shantytowns
According to a report on the
state of the nation on the
development of the country,
there are a total of 47.058
families living in "precarios" -
shantytowns.
The report is based on figures
for 2004 and 2005 on the housing
situation in the country and the
Estudio Exploratorio de los
Efectos del Bono Familiar de la
Vivienda which has eight low
income family projects on the
go, along with a report by the
Fundación Promotora de Vivienda
(Fuprovi) which covers the
period fo 1989-2005.
The area with the highest number
of living in precarios is the
San José metropolitan area with
32.797 families, followed by
Puntarenas with 4.259 families.
According to Guillermo Monge, of
the Ministerio de Vivienda
(housing ministry), the
government hopes to reduce the
alarming number within the next
four years.
Monge said that the government
is working on projects that will
allow poor families to be
relocated from precarios and
hopefully allow them to buy
homes with the subsidies
provided by the government and
the help of the financial
communities, like the banks, in
providing low cost loans and
credit.
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