This Thursday the National Assembly, AN, approved a draft agreement on the occasion of celebrating the 12th anniversary of the Great Housing Mission VenezuelaGMVV.
The agreement recognizes the scope of the GMVV, and in a special way the struggle of the Venezuelan people to advance in the conquest of the right to housing, which has resulted in the delivery of more than 4,500,000 decent homes.
Likewise, the text ratifies the commitment of the Legislative Branch to continue promoting plans, policies and programs to strengthen the GMVV.
“The Great Venezuela Housing Mission in these 12 years has been able to guarantee 4 million 500 thousand decent homes for the people of Venezuela and that deserves the recognition and applause of all the people and all the deputies,” he said. Rigel Sergent at the beginning of his speech to present the draft agreement.
In this regard, the legislator pointed out that this figure is accepted by international organizations such as the UN, which recognizes that Venezuela is one of the few countries that is complying with the Habitat III Agenda that guarantees access to land, the right to decent housing for the entire Venezuelan population.
GMVV achievements
Asking himself how the National Government, through the GMVV, has been able to reach that figure in such a short time, Sergent first highlighted that the GMVV has been able to democratize access to urban land. In this regard, he pointed out that more than 1,200 GMVV urban developments have been built and consolidated on more than 9,000 hectares, with access to services and urban equipment.
“The Great Venezuela Housing Mission would be impossible without the participation of the people,” the deputy highlighted in second place. In this regard, he recalled that in the face of the pandemic and the economic blockade it was the participation of popular power that prevented the GMVV from paralyzing. On this point, he indicated that currently 70% of the housing built by the Housing Mission is done directly by the people.
“We have to commemorate this anniversary because the GMVV guarantees the right to the city, it builds below market value – approximately 50% – and the GMVV is technology, because it is not only built using traditional methods,” said the deputy. , while urging them to be proud of this Mission.
On April 14, the Great Housing Mission Venezuela (GMVV) unveiled the milestone 4,500,000 in the Terrazas Cinco Águilas Blancas housing development, Jacinto Plaza parish, Libertador municipality, Mérida state.
On that occasion, President Nicolás Maduro ratified the goal of 5 million or more homes for Venezuelan families.
Special guests
At the beginning of the discussion of the agreement, the president of the National Assembly, Jorge Rodríguez, welcomed the special guests in session.
Among them, the international guests stand out, Magdalena Ferliza, Coordinator of the area of production and social management of habitat of the office for America and Ellis Martínez, coordinator of instuonal development of the Community Cooperation Civil Association of the Integral Organization of the International Coalition, both from from Mexico.
Also present as special guests were María Deryalis Vallet, Deputy Director of the office of the Ministry of Habitat and Housing; Angel Porfirio Muñoz, spokesman for the comptroller of the construction of the Waraira Repano Venezuelan Living Assembly of the El Recreo parish, Caracas; Jersey Carolina Chacón González, spokesperson for the movement of the tenant movement and activists of the platform of the movement of settlers. In addition, as international guests in the session
As well as, Iván Alexander Guerra, trainer of the grassroots Committee of the Movement living Venezuelan Francisco de Miranda of Urbanismo Ciudad Tiuna; Yesenia Hernández, militant and national coordinator of the Anotate and Build Youth Movement and Gilberto Barrios, spokesperson and national organizer of the Venezuelan Hugo Chávez Living Movement.
