Collado delivers 254 renovated homes in the Colonial City

Tourism Minister David Collado handed over the first batch of homes under the Colonial City Housing Improvement Program (Promevi), which started with 38 units and grew to 44 as more houses were added to the original plan. In total, the initiative reaches 254 renovated homes in Santo Domingo's historic quarter, as reported by Dominican Today.

Beyond the number, the logic matters: restoring housing in the Colonial City means restoring tourism product. A historic center with active residents, well-kept facades and neighborhood life sustains restaurants, shops and tours far better than any stand-alone promotion campaign. The state provides infrastructure and the private sector responds with hotel investment and services.

The fiscal impact is not small. Every home rehabilitated in that area raises cadastral value, activates local commerce and reinforces a hub that already receives a steady flow of cruise passengers and urban visitors. The Colonial City competes again as a destination in its own right within Santo Domingo.

The reading is clear: Promevi is a tourism development lever with measurable returns. It remains to be seen how it dovetails with incentives to turn those homes into boutique lodging, the natural next step to capitalize on public investment.