Government to hand over 160 apartments

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With a budget of more than RD$136 million, the government will hand over 160 apartments in a residential complex it built for the victims of the flooding in Villa Altagracia during tropical storms Noel and Olga in late 2007. According to El Caribe, the apartments are located in ten buildings in Villa Progreso-Altagracia and Villa Progreso-La Cumbre. The units were built by the National Housing Institute (INVI), thereby fulfilling a promise that the President made to the flood victims. According to the Presidential Press Office, each apartment has two bedrooms, a living and dining area, kitchen, bathroom, stairs, and communal areas with roofs that have been treated for leaks, a simple cement floor, Class A windows, pine cabinets and stainless steel kitchen sinks. The residential area also includes water, lights in public areas, paved streets, sewers, a water treatment facility, parking and garden spaces. The total cost of the project was covered by the INVI and construction began last year. The Quinto Centenario barrio, as it has been named, will be used to house most of the people who were affected by the flooding in Villa Altagracia.

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