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Imagen generada alusiva a la entrega de títulos de propiedad en El Almirante II. · EPM

Abinader delivers property titles in El Almirante, expanding legal security

President Luis Abinader delivered 2,500 property titles in El Almirante II, Santo Domingo Este, in a ceremony benefiting some 13,000 people and raising to…

--- The context --- In El Almirante II, in Santo Domingo Este, many families have lived for decades on land where they built their homes without the legal documentation proving their ownership. That lack of paperwork left residents in legal insecurity, because the effort invested in their homes was not backed by a formal title. --- The facts --- President Luis Abinader delivered 2,500 property titles this Sunday to families in the sector, in a ceremony that, according to what was reported at the event, benefits some 13,000 people. With this delivery, the total number of families favored in the sector rises to 4,000, after a first delivery that titled the land of 1,500 households. The regularized plots are located in parcel 1-B-REF, in the Cadastral District, covering a surface of 507,699.82 square meters. During the event, Duarte Méndez, executive director of the State Land Titling Technical Executing Unit, put the estimated savings for beneficiaries at RD$200 million and said they received the documents at no cost. According to the official, that amount corresponds to what families would have paid had they completed the process through private services. The blessing was given by Friar Yenny Wadner Familia. Abinader announced that he will return to the sector to deliver another 2,500 certificates, completing the goal of 6,500 titles, and announced ceremonies in Sabana Perdida, San Cristóbal and the East region. Official projections point to 45,000 people benefited in the community. --- The positions --- Abinader presented regularization as a measure of social justice for families who occupied their land without papers and argued, in remarks attributed to his address, that they now hold real patrimony for themselves and their families. Duarte Méndez noted, for his part, that titling brings residents greater peace of mind and a document that legally recognizes their rights. Speaking on behalf of the families, Mildred González Cruz expressed her satisfaction at receiving the document certifying ownership of her home. --- What remains unknown --- The detailed schedule of the announced upcoming ceremonies is not yet known, nor how the remaining delivery in the sector will be organized. It has also not been specified what procedures will follow for families still awaiting their certificate. The available information is limited to the announcements made during the event and the official projections shared by the authorities. --- Unanswered questions --- When will the president return to El Almirante to deliver the remaining announced certificates? How will the ceremonies planned in Sabana Perdida, San Cristóbal and the East region be organized? What steps must families who have not yet received their title follow to complete their process? What support will new owners have to make use of the legal security granted by the document they received? --- EPM analysis --- The delivery expands the reach of the program in a sector where informal tenure was the starting point for thousands of residents. The central fact is not only the number of documents handed out, but the change in legal condition of households that now hold formal backing over the land they inhabit. 📌 EPM Take: In EPM's view, the delivery in El Almirante II matters because it turns a wait of decades into a documented right for thousands of families who can now prove what they built with their effort. Legal security, when it arrives with a title in hand and at no cost to the beneficiary, is a concrete form of social justice. The challenge now is to complete the announced goal in the sector, sustain the pace in the other localities and support new owners so that formal patrimony becomes real stability for their homes.
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