"No government has ever built more than 100,000 houses in a year"

Aquiles Martini Pietri, the president of the Venezuelan Real Estate Chamber, said that "no government has ever built more than 100,000 houses in Venezuela in a year," not even in 2011.

Martini Pietri said that the data released by the government include items that are not new houses, such as the replacement of slums with houses, "which is a commendable plan, but they are not new units," the businessman said in an interview with Venezuelan radio station Unión Radio.

The developer added that out of the 146,000 housing units announced by government authorities, 50,000 were part of the program of replacement of slums with houses; 40,000 were built by the private sector, and between 40,000 and 60,000 units were built by state-run agencies.