According to the Habitat Secretariat, the District will continue with the subsidies in force for 2025 supporting citizens.
These homes will have subsidies that cover from 10 to 30 salaries.
The Secretary of Habitat de Bogotá, Vanessa Velazco, pronounced on the increase in the value of the land and buildings in the city, a situation that generates uncertainty among those who seek to acquire their own housing.
Despite this panorama, The entity keeps subsidies in force and aid for 2025 with the aim of facilitating access to housing, especially vulnerable populations.
“Recall that prices, the appraisals who have the soils are typical of the company of Cadastre and the Secretariat in charge, which is the Cadastre Observatory in Bogotá,” Velazco explained.
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According to the secretary, the offer of subsidies such as ‘Preferential offer’, ‘Reactive your purchase’, ‘reduces your quota’ and the next ‘savings for my house’, seek to mitigate the impact of the increase in the prices of the properties.
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These benefits range between 10 and 30 legal minimum wages in force (SMMLV), depending on the program and the socioeconomic status of the beneficiaries.
The rise in the costs of the land in Bogotá, recently announced by the Agustín Codazzi Geographic Institute (IGAC), could affect the value of housing projects in the city. However, Velazco clarified that the subsidies and stops established for social interest housing (VIS) and housing of priority interest (VIP) are regulated by law and not by market dynamics.
“Therefore, The support we continue to give from habitat They are within the framework of the maximum values established by law, ”he added.
Meanwhilethe Housing Fair in Suba, which will run until Sunday, February 23,He has had a great reception, with 41,200 registered, almost double the 22,000 families registered last year.
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Leidy Serrano, a citizen assistant to the fair, expressed her concerns about the difficulty in accessing subsidies. “Well, the truth I want to acquire my home so it is short or long term. But sometimes they don’t give priority to one, For example, I am a mother of home and supposedly there is a pre -approved 14 million, which seems little because I really need it. ”
He also pointed out that has perceived high interest rates And that “every day the projects are more expensive, because the smaller, they are more expensive over the years.”
Finally, he called on the mayor’s office and the Ministry of Housing so that prioritize subsidies to those who really need them: “Well, have a little more priority and help for people who really need it.”
Source: Integrated information system
