AZMEX I3 15-12-17

AZMEX I3 15 DEC 2017


Governor Pavlovich promotes housing program for migrant Sonorans in Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona, December 14, 2017.-
http://www.elregionaldesonora.com.mx/noticia/71493

With the support of the Mexican Consulates of Phoenix and Tucson, she has started the promotion of the housing program "Build in Your Land", with which Governor Claudia Pavlovich supports the Sonoran migrants and their families who live in the state.

The head of the State Housing Commission (COVES, Comisión de Vivienda del Estado)
Ely Sallard Hernández, led the working meetings with the Consul General of Mexico in Phoenix, Claudia Franco Hijuelos, as well as the Vice Consul in Tucson, Enrique Alfonso Gómez Montiel.

"It is a housing program of the Secretariat of Agrarian, Territorial and Urban Development (SEDATU,
Secretaría de Desarrollo Agrario, Territorial y Urbano ) to which Governor Pavlovich wants to give great impulse and diffusion in Arizona so that it can be used as much as possible by migrant Sonorans who want to improve the quality of life of their relatives who are in Sonora, "said the general director.

At the meeting, the benefits of the "Build in Your Land" program were explained, with the purpose of facilitating the information to the nationals through the consulates, as well as the process of access to the program promoted by the Governments of Mexico and the State of Sonora, in the United States.

"We found great interest on the part of the consular authorities in Arizona and they in turn told us that this program was already known in the region, but from the momentum that Governor Pavlovich is giving her, she has seen greater confidence and intention for part of the Sonoran migrants and the request for information about it has rebounded, "said Sallard Hernández.

According to data from the consular offices of Phoenix and Tucson, an estimated 1.5 million Hispanics live in Arizona, of whom about 600,000 are of Sonoran origin.

That is why the Institute of Mexicans Abroad (IME), included in its catalog of information and services that promotes among migrants through the Mexican consulates the promotion of the housing program "Build in Your Land".

"Under this scheme, the migrants receive a subsidy of around 90 thousand pesos ($4,700 USD) to build a house of 150 thousand pesos ($7,800 USD) (special cost for the program), on their own land or of a family member in Sonora and the rest is paid for five years. ", Explained the director of COVES.

Sallard Hernández, explained that Governor Claudia Pavlovich, seeks to generate certainty for Sonoran migrants to have a house in their own land, for the day they have to return to their country or to improve the quality of life for family members on this side of the border.

"This is a housing program that seeks to support Mexicans who are working in the United States and their families in Sonora, to build a heritage in their own state," said Ely Sallard.

Data:
Sonoran population in Arizona:
600 thousand
Remittances for Sonora in 2016:
410 million dollars
Municipalities that receive the most remittances:
Hermosillo
Nogales
Cacheme
San Luis Rio Colorado
Agua Prieta
Rocky Point
Navojoa
Guaymas

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