Tim Cornelis
16th June 2012, 00:03
Poor people don't want free housing, at least, not according to Giuliani.
http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/24630-colombias-poor-wont-value-free-housing-giuliani.html
Former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani indirectly criticized the Colombian presidents plan to give 100,000 houses to the countrys poorest citizens, saying that people do not value objects they obtain free of charge.
Warning that he does not know the full details of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos plan, Giuliani, speaking at a conference in Cartagena Friday, said that people only value what they earn, local news media reported.
It is possible to give as part of a social policy, he told the Colombian Congress of Construction. But create a process in which giving is part of earning.
Santos has been spearheading a plan, called the Rural Affordable Housing Program, which calls for the government to spend $75 million on 100,000 new and upgraded houses for poor and displaced families. The houses are to be completed by 2013, and the national government is expected to fund 80 percent of their cost, with municipal governments supplying the remaining 20 percent. Past affordable housing initiatives have required applicants to pay 10 percent of the cost.
Giuliani said the key to helping poorer families is to offer them work that allows them to earn income for housing, calling handouts disrespectful," according to Portafolio.co.
Reward them if they evolve and earn a place in society through effort, Giuliani said. And take away the benefits if otherwise.
He is, of course, reiterating the neoclassical/neoliberal myth that if you are poor you are lazy, and that's the reason you don't have things such as decent housing. The complete alienation and detachment from the real world is astounding.
http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/24630-colombias-poor-wont-value-free-housing-giuliani.html
Former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani indirectly criticized the Colombian presidents plan to give 100,000 houses to the countrys poorest citizens, saying that people do not value objects they obtain free of charge.
Warning that he does not know the full details of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos plan, Giuliani, speaking at a conference in Cartagena Friday, said that people only value what they earn, local news media reported.
It is possible to give as part of a social policy, he told the Colombian Congress of Construction. But create a process in which giving is part of earning.
Santos has been spearheading a plan, called the Rural Affordable Housing Program, which calls for the government to spend $75 million on 100,000 new and upgraded houses for poor and displaced families. The houses are to be completed by 2013, and the national government is expected to fund 80 percent of their cost, with municipal governments supplying the remaining 20 percent. Past affordable housing initiatives have required applicants to pay 10 percent of the cost.
Giuliani said the key to helping poorer families is to offer them work that allows them to earn income for housing, calling handouts disrespectful," according to Portafolio.co.
Reward them if they evolve and earn a place in society through effort, Giuliani said. And take away the benefits if otherwise.
He is, of course, reiterating the neoclassical/neoliberal myth that if you are poor you are lazy, and that's the reason you don't have things such as decent housing. The complete alienation and detachment from the real world is astounding.