23. Ownership: In this housing unit:
X. Tenure and acquisition of the housing unit
23. Tenure
The question distinguishes whether the owner or proprietor lives in the housing unit, whether the occupants pay rent if it belongs to a relative or it is loaned.
Read the question and each option until an affirmative answer is obtained and record the corresponding code.
The person who owns the property lives there. It means that the owner is a habitual resident of the housing unit, even if they do not have documents proving their ownership. It does not matter if you have a debt or mortgage.
The rent is paid. When any of the occupants pay rent or rent for occupying the housing unit.
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It belongs to a relative or they loan them the housing unit. If the respondent states that it belongs to their spouse, child, parent, sibling, or other relative or friend who resides in another housing unit; including housing units that are loaned by a company or an institution where one of the occupants works or when the owner has asked them to take care of the housing unit.
They reside in it in another situation. It encompasses cases of housing units in litigation, intestate, occupied without the owner's permission, invaded, or any other different situation.
If they respond that the owner is deceased, ask the respondent to state whether any of the people living there are currently considered the owner or are in another situation, by reading the rest of the options.
If they state that the housing unit is owned by the owner who lives there, but the land is not, record the first option The owner lives here.
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If the answer is rent is paid, It belongs to a relative or the housing unit is loaned, or They reside in it in another situation, go to Section II. List of people and general data; otherwise, continue with question 24. deed or title.
The tenure question is presented in the census manager as follows:
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24. Deed or title
This question allows us to know if the person who owns the housing unit has deeds or ownership titles in their name, or if they are in the name of another person who does not live in the housing unit.
In general terms, the ownership titles of a property are a public document signed by a notary where one or more people are accredited as legal owners of the property.
Read the question and each option until an affirmative answer is obtained and record the corresponding code.
Mark the first option when the deeds are in the name of the owner who resides in the housing unit; also, if they only have the deeds to the land and not to the housing unit because they built it or had it built.
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If there are two people who are the owners and the deeds of the housing unit are only in the name of one of them, mark option 1, which means that the deeds are in the name of the owner or proprietor.
Please note that it is not necessary to show or request any documents.
Mark the second option when they answer that the deeds or ownership titles are in the name of a person who does not reside in the housing unit or when commenting: "They are in my father's name, but he is dead", "They are in my ex-husband's name" or "They are in my daughter's name, but she doesn't live here anymore".
Record no deeds if the respondent indicates so or mentions that they are in process, that they only have a receipt or sales contract.
The option Don't know is not read and is only recorded in cases where the respondent does not know the answer.
The deed or title question is presented in the census manager as follows:
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25. Acquisition
The purpose of the question is to find out how the owner or proprietor obtained the housing unit.
Read the question and each option until an affirmative answer is obtained and record the corresponding code.
Consider the following criteria:
The acquisition question is displayed in the census manager as follows:
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