Solving Land Disputes
 


San Felipe, Baja, Mexico

Rep. David Lozano Perez, president of the Urban Development Commission, Housing and Spatial Planning of the Twentieth Legislature, along with government authorities, will attend the June 23 meeting of the Economic Development Council with the intention of seeking solutions to the old problem of providing legal certainty in land tenure for those who purchased homes in San Felipe.

The legislative member of the PRI caucus explained that at the request of the inhabitants of San Felipe and the Economic Development Council, chaired by Rafael Navarro, he summoned authorities and the Directorate Corett Urban Development Mexicali together to solve the problem that has exacerbated the slowdown in the region's housing and development.

Lozano Perez said that for years people who bought new homes in San Felipe within developments have lived in uncertainty of land tenure.

"The developers have never met the people who purchased the homes. At the request of these home owners, I was invited to perform this function. Truly this is an old problem of great importance, because it inhibits the development of the port of San Felipe," he said.

The peoples' representative indicated that because of this conflict, it was unlikely that federal economic resources would focus on this area. Solving the land tenure issues would also invite other developers to look toward San Felipe as a possible investment site.

"The goal is for the municipality of Mexicali, through its Department of Urban Development, to provide facilities for developers so they can carry out their projects and be able to meet all the needs of the people who feel affected," he said.

Lozano Perez added that within the technical committee that seeks to solve the problem were Carlos Flores Vásquez, the head of SIDU, and representatives of the College of Notaries of Mexicali.