Villa Allende, the municipality in Córdoba that fights against insecurity and now offers a housing solution

Pablo Cornet is a mayor who always looks ahead in search of solutions as a way of honoring the mandate that the residents of Villa Allende gave him.

After working intensely, in a few weeks gates will be installed in the first two neighborhoods in a plan that seeks to improve security, a priority issue in his administration.

However, he is also focused on seeking housing solutions. Therefore, Cornet and his work team announced a construction plan for 100 homes for residents of Villa Allende.

This is not about giving away houses in the style of Peronist grassroots operators. In this case, the homes will be built by the municipality but paid for by those who will live in them.

50 houses will be built in a first stage.

"There will surely be many more people registered, so there will be a drawing that has to be very transparent, nothing done by favoritism. That is where about 50 beneficiaries will be selected. Those 50 beneficiaries will start paying an installment, and when they have paid 75% of the value of the home (that value includes construction and land), only then will the home be awarded to them," he explained.

This is a plan only for residents of Villa Allende, he added.

Cornet announced a plan to build 100 houses in Villa Allende

Each lot is approximately 260 square meters (2,799 square feet), and the homes will have 55 square meters (592 square feet), two bedrooms, a living room, a bathroom, and a kitchen. "Residents will have the possibility of expanding the home in the future," Cornet added.

The program is financed with the installments that the beneficiaries pay. When it reaches 75%, the home is awarded. 

"If a beneficiary wants to take the opportunity to obtain a bank loan or an aunt lends him money, whatever it may be, the amount can be paid off and it may happen that the value of the installment is reduced or the number of installments is reduced, so then the home is awarded earlier," he indicated.

The beneficiary of the home will not know which home will be his until he has paid 75%. Only then will the home be awarded to him, officials from the municipality of Villa Allende explained.

"The municipality has to make sure that the cost of construction is paid no matter what in order to avoid being left unbalanced and to prevent the program from being forced to end," Cornet argued.