Chile housing ministry funds temples amid subsidy cuts and 492k home deficit

Chile's Ministry of Housing (Minvu) will, for the first time, finance construction of religious temples via its neighborhood improvement program, allocating ~$5.9 million to 22 church projects. This comes as the ministry has cut thousands of housing subsidies while the country faces a shortage of nearly 492,000 homes. The move signals a potential misallocation of resources, likely to spark political controversy.