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07-04-2008, 03:30 PM
512 families, victims of Tropical Storm Olga in November 2007, will soon be able to move into new homes in the Villa Liberacion neighborhood in Santiago from President Leonel Fernandez. The project is located in La Herradura section of Santiago and was built at a cost of RD$377 million. There are 32 buildings with 16 apartments each. Neighborhood boards will choose the beneficiary families, according to a report in the Listin Diario. Alma Fernandez, director of the National Housing Institute, said 2,586 families will benefit from the housing program for the victims of TS Olga. The families lost their homes due to flooding of the Yaque River.

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