In order to publicize the implementation of the new Law on Real Estate Co-ownership in Condominiums, The Executive Secretary of Condominiums of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development (Minvu), Doris González, held a visit with the authorities of the O’Higgins region, where she assured that this legal instrument, enacted in 2022, has relevant, constructive, normative and daily coexistence aspects of people.
In an interview with El Rancagüino, he announced that he had been working with Ministry personnel, discussing some important issues regarding the functioning of the condominium platform, the concerns of the communities, but also “planning activities that are relevant and that we hope to be able to announce in the short term,” with workshops and training for the administration committees in the communities of the region.
He also said that this new Law helps communities to take charge of their common spaces, decision-making, how to manage their condominiums and “ultimately, it also creates a new institutionality, a new body within the ministry, which is the Executive Secretariat of Condominiums.”
“Today we are working on three lines that are quite important, which are, the constructive, how new condominiums are built, (…) also the regulatory issues, how they are applied with the different State institutions, the construction departments, the municipalities, the teams of our own regions, with the communities and also, the operation of a digital platform for the administration of condominiums,” said González.
Doris González announced that, in September of next year, every person who manages condominiums must be registered, in order to comply with this Law; and that, through the Housing Emergency Plan, The construction of 260 thousand homes is planned nationwide, making this a fairly substantial task that has been carried out in all regions.
He mentioned that the regulations regarding condominiums and co-ownership have existed since 1937, which was known as the Law of Vertical Coexistence, known as the “law of sale by floor”, which was in charge of regulating the sale of these units to different owners, which were now vertical and not single-family homes.
“This new law on real estate co-ownership also brings new features such as the role that public institutions must play, in this case municipalities, governorates, SERVIU itself, which must deepen their support for social housing condominiums,” he clarified regarding the responsibilities of public institutions for compliance with this Law.
On the other hand, he indicated that the municipalities also have a requirement that, in the event that a community has a problem, some conflict that needs to be resolved, the municipality can help in the mediation of that conflict, of course, with the co-owners.
The Executive Secretary of Condominiums also stated that this new Co-ownership Law seeks to make condominiums function much better, ensuring the proper functioning and maintenance of spaces that are vital to their functioning.
Regarding the common areas within the condominiums, Doris González explained that all the condominiums built by the Ministry of Housing through State resources have these spaces guaranteed, such as green areas, children’s play areas and some infrastructure that allows the community to meet, recreate, as well as children to have a space to recreate.
One of the novelties of the Real Estate Co-ownership Law 21,442 is that the assemblies or the community itself can use different mechanisms to meet and make decisions, where González gave as an example the power to have telematic or mixed assemblies, since it is often difficult to bring people together due to their work obligations, care tasks and an endless number of chores of its members.
Another of the new features that the MINVU secretary mentioned is the National Registry of Residential Condominiums, which consists of a virtual platform in which an administrator, natural or legal person, registers electronically to manage condominiums. That is, it is not necessary to go to the offices of the Seremi or Serviu, but can do so directly from a computer or cell phone with a Unique Key.
González recommended visiting the Ministry’s website www.minvu.gob.cl, where a lot of information can be found in a section called the Real Estate Co-ownership Law; there are also informational brochures that discuss how condominiums work, such as: administrative bodies, how to form an Administration Committee, how the Assembly works and how to resolve a conflict.
“It is vital that we can inform ourselves, and also, on this same website, you can ask us questions (…) through our citizen service system, which is what we are assuming today, such as the case of consultations at a national level in which communities ask us what to do or how to act in the face of complex situations,” he indicated.
Finally, Doris González announced that “today in our country 30.6% of the housing in urban areas is co-owned. We have an emergency housing plan, which is a presidential goal, a commitment by President Gabriel Boric, headed by Minister Carlos Montes, to achieve 260,000 homes built and that also generates many more condominiums, so it is an issue that we need to visualize, look at and support also from the institutions that are responsible for building cities.”
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