The federal government has allocated to Rio Grande do Sul R $ 81.4 billion to fund emergency actions (rescues and redemptions, immediate cleaning actions), financing and resources for the reconstruction of infrastructure and support for the population, companies, cooperatives and rural producers.
The value of the Union Budget committed, more financing and interest interest on the State debt with the Federal Government, was presented in a balance of federal actions, on Tuesday (28), by the Minister of the Civil House of the Presidency of the Republic, Rui Costa, in Porto Alegre, During the first meeting of the actions and works Monitoring Council for the reconstruction of Rio Grande Sul.
“These resources came from the Union budget, from release to the state, municipalities, renegotiation of farmers’ debts, some even with zero debt. There is no investment of this volume in any tragedy that happened in the history of Brazil, ”emphasized Rui Costa.
Gaucho debt
According to Document presentedthe amount invested by the Union includes the exemption of about R $ 12 billion interest on the State debt with the Union. The federal government also suspended the payment of public debt installments in Rio Grande do Sul with the Union for 36 months, from May 2024 to April 2027.
In press conference After the meeting with the federal, state and mayors, Governor Gaucho, Eduardo Leite, thanked the Planalto and the National Congress for the referral of issues related to the debt of Rio Grande do Sul who provided greater fiscal space to invest in state reconstruction.
Milk estimated what the debt payment conditions would be before negotiation. “Potentially, 12% to 15% of the state’s net current revenue would be demanded for payment [da dívida]. It is very heavy. It’s hard to see what you spend on health [pública gaúcha]for example, being drained from the wealth generated by the State to pay the debt with the Union, ”said the governor.
Real estate
According to the Minister of the Civil House, 4,824 beneficiaries are qualified throughout Rio Grande do Sul to receive a property for housing. However, in 2,225 cases of representatives of homeless families, there has not yet been the presentation, to Caixa Econômica Federal, of a desired property.
Among the processes of acquisition of the real estate, the minister revealed that 346 contracts have already been signed, 496 are in the hiring phase, in banking correspondents, and there are 640 more interested families with the documentation under analysis or the property under engineering analysis.
Porto Alegre, 06/20/2024 – Rua flooded by flood in the municipality of Eldorado do Sul – Bruno Peres/Agência Brasil
Rui Costa took the opportunity to ask the mayors of Rio Grande do Sul to be speed so that the federal government can buy properties destined for the homeless due to the rains. “We need the municipality. The federal government does not have this capillarity to go to each place to check things. ”
According to the minister, many of the properties appointed for this purpose to Caixa do not have the purchase made due, for example, to the lack of documentation required in licensed buildings (Habit), or the property is built in allotment not intended for residences at the city’s Territorial Planning Master Plan.
“If the city identifies that in a polygonal there are several good houses for sale, the city can quickly make a process of land regularization, help in the notary to register those houses. This makes it possible for the box to buy that house. We need the mayor, “said Rui Costa.
Calamity
Extreme climate events in Rio Grande do Sul affected more than 2.34 million people in 468 of the state’s 497 cities. The tragedy left 183 dead, 806 injured and 27 missing, according to the Rio Grande do Sul Civil Defense.
In all, floods reached 455,000 households and 75,300 companies. At the time, 581,638 people were displaced and 81,170 people were in shelters.
