More than 6,600 families in central Villa Clara province whose homes were damaged by the passage of three hurricanes in 2008 have benefited from restoration works carried out during the first months of 2009.
Director of the Provincial Housing Institute Francisco Hernández told ACN news agency that his organization's main goal is to repair damage caused by the hurricanes to some 18,000 houses in the territory.
He said that the main problems reside in the roofing with 15,000 houses affected, most with partial damage. Forty percent of these have been repaired so far, and Hernández said that the rest will be repaired during the first half of 2009.
Villa Clara was one of the provinces with the smallest amount of homes damaged by the hurricanes, with only 500 destroyed, as compared to the western and eastern regions of the country that suffered direct hits from Gustav, Ike and Paloma.
Provincial housing plans for the year in Villa Clara include 640 new homes.
The hurricane season in the Caribbean officially begins June 1 and ends November 30.
(Avanza reparación de viviendas dañadas por huracanes)
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