Honduras: $50 Million in Housing

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Dilcia Galo is the director of the program. She remarked they have already awarded the construction of 2.500 residences, and are in the process of awarding the remaining 800.

Galo explained that the Government has created a $50 million trust fund at the Central Bank of Honduras to finance the construction of these residences.

Source: laprensahn.com

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