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Judi Lynn

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Sun Apr 28, 2013, 02:09 AM Apr 2013

Santos to spend night in ‘free housing’ apartment

Santos to spend night in ‘free housing’ apartment
Apr 26, 2013 ?
posted by Johnny Crisp

President Juan Manuel Santos will spend his Friday night in one of the apartments destined for Colombia’s poorest citizens as part of the government’s free housing initiative.

In 2012 the Santos government committed to the construction of 100,000 free homes to be given to the least privileged citizens across the country. The president announced this week that he, along with Housing Minister German Vargas Lleras, will spend a night in one of the apartments in order to check the quality of the housing.

The apartment that will house the president for a night will be chosen out of 320 of the 1,600 apartments in the Nando Marin housing project that are destined for the most disadvantaged citizens of Valledupar, the capital of the northern Cesar department.

According to Santos, the aim of the visit is to make sure “that the bathrooms work, and that when I go to have a shower I’m not going to end up with the tap in my hand without any water coming out.”

More:
http://colombiareports.com/santos-to-spend-night-in-free-housing-apartment/

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Santos to spend night in ‘free housing’ apartment (Original Post) Judi Lynn Apr 2013 OP
Wow! Can you imagine if our "leaders" were so involved with the good of the people? OffWithTheirHeads Apr 2013 #1
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