Families interested in being beneficiaries of the National Government’s housing programs must be very careful so that they do not allow themselves to be deceived by unscrupulous people who they are trying to scam people by asking them for money a change to enroll them in the programs.
Given these cases of attempted fraud that have been registered in different regions of the country, the Housing Minister, Catalina Velascoreiterated that “families do not have to pay any sum of money to access housing programs, nor should they do so to fill out the Sisbén survey.”
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He also said that the programs Change My House, My House Now and My House in the Countryside It does not require any type of intermediaries or payments to access them. If families are interested in knowing the requirements, they should enter the website: minvivienda.gov.co.
“We are at a time close to the electoral season and there are scammers who intend to use these programs to energize political campaigns abusing familiesPlease don’t be fooled,” said the minister.
In addition to this, it is important to clarify that the program is in the process of registering bidders and expressions of interest, but no quotas have been granted by the ministry.
These are the processes and requirements that families must take into account when accessing the housing programs of the National Government:
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change my house
With the Cambia Mi Casa home improvement program, the Government seeks to decentralize the operation and the forms of financing. The Government’s goal for the four-year period is making 400,000 home improvements.
The program abandoned the System for the Identification of Potential Beneficiaries of Social Programs (Sisbén IV), as an instrument for the verification of vulnerability conditions in all modalities.
Through the Sisbén database, it is possible to evaluate the socioeconomic conditions of households, taking into account that the beneficiaries of Cambia Mi Casa must have a Sisben score equal to or less than C18.
Households may receive a benefit to improve their home from up to 22 monthly minimum wages, depending on the location (rural or urban) and the type of intervention to be carried out (rental, structural and/or modular). This subsidy can be complementary with the contributions of the municipal and/or departmental order.
The calls for households interested in applying for this subsidy may do so free of charge through territorial entities and community organizations.
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My House Already
To be a beneficiary of Mi Casa Ya, interested parties must select the VIS or VIP type home of their preference and go to the credit establishment or solidarity economy entity preferably from the home, to start the home buying process.
These entities carry out a first validation of the requirements through the platform that operates the program, in which it is determined if the requirement is met. sisben IV requirementnot own a home and have not received a housing subsidy or prior coverage.
If these requirements are met, the mortgage loan or housing leasing is managed with the credit establishment or solidarity economy entity. These entities load the required documentation on the platform of the Ministry of Housing.
