Overview
- The proposal would amend the Housing Law to require the National Housing Program to include strategies and action lines for recovering and reassigning vacant dwellings.
- It makes the percentage of homes in abandonment an evaluation metric for program objectives and for the performance of implementing agencies.
- The plan sets viability parameters centered on habitability, accessibility and location, acknowledging that some units cannot be feasibly recovered.
- It calls for transparent, legally certain direct allocation by housing authorities and for avoiding intermediaries such as auctions.
- Citing the scope of the problem, coverage notes an estimated 650,000 abandoned homes across 378 municipalities and underscores a state-led, integrated approach that ensures infrastructure, services and proximity to jobs.