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The authorities of the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Housing and Territorial Planning signed an agreement to achieve up to 300 housing alternatives for active officials of the Ministry of National Defense, retirees, pensioners and pensioners throughout the national territory, which will be executed in 2024, 2025 and 2026 with an investment of 512,000 UR.
The agreement was signed by the Minister of National Defense, Armando Castaingdebat, of Housing and Territorial Planning, Raúl Lozano, and the Director General of the Armed Forces Services, General Ricardo Devita. The event was also attended by the Undersecretaries of Defense, Marcelo Montaner, and of Housing and Territorial Planning, Tabaré Hackenbruch, and other military and civil authorities.
The agreement provides for "300 housing solutions, 256 new homes, 44 of which are modules that will be refurbished and donated by the company UPM, through which solutions are provided for service housing to no less than 300 families throughout the country. Therefore, it is a very important milestone for the Ministry of National Defense," emphasized Minister Lozano, "we have worked hard for all those who serve the country and who are in such need of housing."
The Minister of Defense stressed that "this Government came convinced and leaves convinced that the country has a significant debt with the military personnel of this country. And that is where we moved forward in what we call social commitment, which does not begin with this and much less ends with this, because the deficiencies of the Armed Forces and those thousands of Uruguayans who gave their lives for the country with 300 houses are not resolved."
"That's why I want to bring back the social commitment and continue fighting so that members of the Armed Forces can, in some cases, even regain their dignity, people who are going through a very hard time. Today is something to enjoy, to celebrate, but it is a commitment for those who come to continue working in this line."
Castaingdebat also recalled that "we are working hard on the issue of the Plan Avanzar, where fortunately in a very short time we managed to overcome public time limits and today there are members of the different forces who are already homeowners after having lived a large part of their lives in settlements."
For his part, General Devita stressed that "without a doubt this is marking a before and after, logically due to the situation, receiving 300 service homes, knowing what it means and above all what it will also mean to include retired personnel and also pensioners of the Retirement and Pension Service of the Armed Forces, a situation that until now had not been taken into account and that from this new situation will be taken into account and will surely mean a lot for those people who are always in social vulnerability."
